Pierceton Toddler's Death Ruled Homicide

A 34-year-old Pierceton man could face new charges this week, now that a coroner has ruled that a two-year-old girl’s death was a homicide. Police arrested the man Friday on a preliminary charge of battery. Over the weekend, an autopsy indicated that two-year-old Samantha Muchowicz died of blunt force trauma. The suspect is the boyfriend of the child’s mother, but he is not her father.