Police Investigate Claims
POSTED: 5:19 pm EDT April 26, 2010
UPDATED: 6:46 pm EDT April 26, 2010
INDIANAPOLIS -- The father of a 5-year-old girl who was found dead in a retention pond on Indianapolis' southwest side said she was pushed by a 6-year-old boy.
The stunning allegation comes a week after the body of Chesney Allen was pulled from a pond near the Valley Brook Mobile Home Park, near Kentucky Avenue and High School Road, on April 19.
Mike Allen said that Chesney's death, tragic by any account, was both deliberate and preventable, 6News' Joanna Massee reported.
"She was knocked in. It was revenge," Allen said. "(She was knocked in) by the boy that was picking on her."
Donna Steele, the mother of the 6-year-old boy, insisted that her son was not involved in Chesney's death and said she didn't know the boy had been accused of bullying the girl.
"They're trying to take the blame off themselves," Steele said. "I think it's stupid for them to be blaming a kid when they could be blaming themselves."
"You don't want to hear what I have to say (to that)," Allen said.
Asked if he thought the boy was capable of killing the girl, Allen replied, "Hell, yes. They're not any different than an adult."
Steele admitted that her son had expressed anger in the past, but said he was just talking and wouldn't intentionally hurt someone.
"He all the time goes around here threatening to kill people, but it's just the way he is," she said.
Allen said he wants Indianapolis police to take a closer look at the case.
"I know if nothing gets done, he needs to be watching over his shoulder, cause I will know where he's at every day of his life," Allen said, referring to the boy. "I will keep track."
Indianapolis police said they are looking at the case from every angle, including the allegations that came out Monday.
Allen said he wants fences put up around retention ponds. There was not a fence around the pond in which Chesney died.
The stunning allegation comes a week after the body of Chesney Allen was pulled from a pond near the Valley Brook Mobile Home Park, near Kentucky Avenue and High School Road, on April 19.
Mike Allen said that Chesney's death, tragic by any account, was both deliberate and preventable, 6News' Joanna Massee reported.
"She was knocked in. It was revenge," Allen said. "(She was knocked in) by the boy that was picking on her."
Donna Steele, the mother of the 6-year-old boy, insisted that her son was not involved in Chesney's death and said she didn't know the boy had been accused of bullying the girl.
"They're trying to take the blame off themselves," Steele said. "I think it's stupid for them to be blaming a kid when they could be blaming themselves."
"You don't want to hear what I have to say (to that)," Allen said.
Asked if he thought the boy was capable of killing the girl, Allen replied, "Hell, yes. They're not any different than an adult."
Steele admitted that her son had expressed anger in the past, but said he was just talking and wouldn't intentionally hurt someone.
"He all the time goes around here threatening to kill people, but it's just the way he is," she said.
Allen said he wants Indianapolis police to take a closer look at the case.
"I know if nothing gets done, he needs to be watching over his shoulder, cause I will know where he's at every day of his life," Allen said, referring to the boy. "I will keep track."
Indianapolis police said they are looking at the case from every angle, including the allegations that came out Monday.
Allen said he wants fences put up around retention ponds. There was not a fence around the pond in which Chesney died.
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