(Radio Iowa) – An Indianola daycare operator is charged with first-degree murder in the death of a child. Indianola Police say they got a 9-1-1 call on October 8th of last year and found an unresponsive four-month-old child at the Indianola daycare operated by 51-year-old Melissa Hancock. The infant was airlifted to a Des Moines hospital, but died the next day.

Indianola police say their joint investigation with the D-C-I and medical examinations revealed injuries consistent with child abuse caused by Hancock. Hancock turned herself in and is being held on a one-million dollar bond.