Lafayette Police Find Body Connected to Shooting, Child Abduction Case
The man's identity will be released by the Tippecanoe County Coroner following an autopsy.
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April 18, 2026
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LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Police in Lafayette said a man’s body was found near the truck of a person of interest in a shooting and child abduction case.
The body was discovered at around 11 a.m. Friday in the area of 7000 East Country Road 900 South.
Lafayette police confirmed that the man’s body was located near the truck of 37-year-old Adam Joseph McDaniel, a suspect in the shooting of 39-year-old Rayne Shideler and the abduction of a 7-year-old child.
The man’s identity will be released by the Tippecanoe County Coroner following an autopsy.

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