Family of 12-year-old fatally struck by vehicle demands answers
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A 12-year-old boy died Friday morning after a hit-and-run in an alley west of downtown Indianapolis.
Now, his family is demanding answers on the circumstances surrounding his death.
Monterious Crowe left home about 6:35 a.m. Friday and told his mom he had a place to stay. He took a trash bag of clothes with him.
Just before 9:20 a.m. Friday, Indianapolis police were sent to a report of a person down in the 500 block of North Elder Avenue, just west of the White River off West Michigan Street, in the Haughville neighborhood.
Upon their arrival, they found Crowe’s body, but had not identified him.
He was taken to a local hospital, where he died. His family still had not been told about his death.
His mother became worried when she did not hear from him and began searching frantically. That search continued until Sunday, when she got a call that Crowe’s phone and clothes had been found near a body later identified as Crowe.
His family is left searching for clarity about how he died and why.
“He doesn’t know anybody in this area. He’s never even been over here,” Crowe’s aunt Zakiya Cole Morris told News 8 about the area his body was found.
Crowe’s family said they believe he may have been fleeing from someone when it happened.
Above all, the family is seeking justice for Crowe and asks anyone with information to come forward.
“That’s all I want is justice, for me and my family, whoever you are and whatever you did,” Morris said. “If it was an accident, whatever it was, you don’t leave a 12-year-old child in an alley, you don’t leave your child in an alley, you don’t leave a niece or a nephew in an alley.”
Crowe’s family is remembering him as a loving friend, sibling and son.
“He was just a happy child, he loved to go play with his friends,” Morris said. “He loved basketball, just a typical 12-year-old child.”
Anyone with information should reach out to the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department Crash Investigations Office by calling 317-327-6549 or emailing Detective Eric Snow at eric.snow@indy.gov.
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