Indiana man charged with attempted murder of toddler after police discover more than 100 videos of abuse Share Shares Copy Link Copy

Hide Transcript Show Transcript

SEXUAL ASSAULT ACCUSATION, WAS HE OUT? COURT RECORDS INDICATE ALL THOSE CASES WERE DISMISSED, AND 8 OUT OF 9 WERE DONE SO BECAUSE HE WAS FOUND TO BE INCOMPETENT. >> JUST TO KNOW THIS HAPPENED ITS HEARTBREAKING. I JUST SEEN HER PLAYING WITH HER IPAD IN T MORNING. HOURS LATER THAT IPAD WAS GONE STOLEN, AND ACCORDING TO POLICE THE 8 YEAR WAS THE VICTIM OF BEATING SO VIOLENT HER SKULL WAS FRACTURED. SHE HAD ALSO BEEN SEXUALLY ASSAULTED. IT HAPPENED FRIDAY, ON HALE AVENUE. WHEN THE GIRL WAS SITTING ON THESE STEPS PLAYING WITH THAT IPAD. THE NEXT DAY POLICE ARRESTED MAN THAT, ACCORDING TO NEIGHBORS, LIVED NEARBY IN AN ABANDONED HOME. >> MR. MADDEN HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH RAPE IN THE FIRST DEGREE VICTIM UNDER 12 YEARS OF AGE, ASSAULT IN THE FIRST DEGREE AND ROBBERY IN THE FIRST DEGREE. 29-YEAR-OLD CANE MADDEN ADMITTED TO BEATING THE GIRL ON THE HEAD WITH A SHOVEL AND THEN RAPING HER. BUT ON MONDAY, NOTING MADDEN HAD BEEN DEEMED INCOMPETENT IN PREVIOUS CASES, A PUBLIC DEFENDER ASKED FOR A MOTION TO DISMISS. >> HE WAS RELEASED AND IMMEDIATELY WENT OUT AND HAS NOW ADMITTED TO VAGINALLY RAPING AN 8 Y/O CHILD. I WILL NOT BE DOING THAT. IN JUST 4 YEARS, MADDEN WAS CHARGED IN CONNECTION TO 9 CRIMES, MENACING, CRIMIN MISCHIEF, BURGLARY, ASSAULT, MOST NOTICEABLY A 2017 ARREST WHERE POLICE SAY HE ADMITTED SEXUALLY ASSAULTING A WOMAN, THEN BITING OFF PART OF HER FACE. THE COURT FOUND HE SUFFERED FROM ' ’BEHAVIORAL DISORDERS’ AND HIS LOW INTELLIGENCE WOULD KEEP HIM FROM UNDERSTANDING THE COURT PROCESS SO HE WAS DEEMED INCOMPETENT AND THE CHARGES WERE DISMISSED. BUT ON MONDAY, A JUDGE REFUSED TO BUDGE ON HIS BOND. >> IT IS GOING TO REMAIN AT $1 MILLION. HE IS A DANGER TO THIS COMMUNITY. NEIGHBORS LIKE RUTH WATKINS ARGUE HE’S ALWAYS BEEN A DANGER AND SHOULD NEVER BEEN OUT AND ON HER STREET. >> THE SYSTEM HAS GOT TO DO BETTER THAN WHAT IT’S DOING, FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY NOT ONLY FOR JUST HER LAUREN: CANE MADDEN, AS YOU JUST HEARD, REMAINS BEHIND BARS TONIGHT ON A $1 MILLION BOND HE RETURNS TO COURT NEXT WEEK. LAUREN ADAMS, WLKY NEWS. JENNIFER: THANKS LAUREN. ACCORDING TO FAMILY FRIENDS, THAT LITTLE GIRL REMAINS HOSPITALIZED AND WILL HAVE TO UNDERGO SEVERAL MORE SURGERIES. RICK: NEW TONIGHT AT 6:00, A SOUTHERN INDIANA MAN IS BEHIND BARS ACCUSED OF TRYING TO KILL HIS 18-MONTH-OLD STEP-SON. THE BOY’S MOTHER TOLD SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES SHE LEFT HER SON WITH CHRISTOPHER KELLER WHILE SHE WENT TO WORK. THE NEXT MORNING SHE NOTICED BRUISES, BITE MARKS, AND OTHER INJURIES. THE TODDLER WAS TREATED FOR FRACTURES TO HIS SPINE AT RILEY CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL IN INDIANAPOLIS. KELLER WAS INITIALLY ARRESTED FOR BATTERY AND NEGLECT. BUT NOW, HE’S FACING ATTEMPTED MURDER AND DOZENS OF COUNTS OF BATTERY AFTER DETECTIVES DISCOVERED SEVERAL HOURS OF SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHOWING THE ABUSE. KELLER IS BEING HELD ON A 4 MILLION DOLLAR BOND AT THE JEFFERSON COUNTY INDIANA

SIGN UP FOR BREAKING NEWS Get local stories sent straight to your inbox as news breaks. Submit Privacy Notice