Body Found in Indiana Pond Identified as Missing Illinois Toddler

Body Found in Indiana Pond Identified as Missing Illinois Toddler
(Left) Ja'nya Murphy holds Jaclyn “Angel” Dobbs. (Right) Jaclyn “Angel” Dobbs. Wheeling Police Department
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WHEELING, Ill.—A child’s body found in a northwest Indiana retention pond has been identified as that of a 1-year-old suburban Chicago girl whose mother was found dead days earlier in her apartment, police said.

The body found Thursday in a Hammond pond by construction workers was identified as Jaclyn Angel Dobbs of Deerfield, Illinois, and an autopsy was scheduled for Friday, Indiana State Police said.