A man accused of battering a woman and leaving her baby in the trunk of a car turned himself in at the Lake County Jail Friday morning, according to Gary police.
Billie Roy White is facing felony charges in Lake County stemming from the incident, according to court records.
White “battered” a woman and fled with her 4-month-old child from the 5000 block of Carolina Street in Gary last Saturday night, police spokeswoman Lt. Dawn Westerfield said in a news release. White returned shortly later without the child and refused to give the baby’s location, the release states. White left the area, and the woman called police, Westerfield said in the release.
Gary police combed the area for the infant, including a K-9 search, and the baby was found in a trunk of an abandoned vehicle nearby, according to Westerfield and court records.
Gary police were looking for White on Thursday, but White was booked in Lake County Jail on Friday, according to Westerfield.
His first court date had not been scheduled as of Friday afternoon, according to court records.
