On June 5, Navajo County Sheriff’s Office deputies were notified that a missing abducted child, Indiana Tarter, age 1, was possibly in the Holbrook area by outside authorities. Upon conducting patrol in the area deputies located the suspect vehicle parked at a local hotel.
On May 1, 2018, the Circuit Court of Lonoke County Domestic Relations Division filed an Order granting custody of the 1 year old child to the biological father. The father has been unable to locate the mother, Heather Tarter. The Lonoke County Sheriff’s Office had entered the child into the National Criminal Information Center (NCIC) as missing.
Heather was located at the motel traveling with her mother. Upon deputies speaking to her, the child was located inside the room. Both Heather and her mother Jeri Dianna Tarter were arrested when warrants were issued for their arrest from the Lonoke County Sheriff’s Office. The baby was turned over the Department of Child Safety in Flagstaff.
Currently both Heather and her mother are being held in the Navajo County Jail for Custodial interference / felony arrest warrants no bond holds.