Ind. Code § 35-40-15-6
Limitations on new investigations
As added by P.L.71-2021, SEC.10.
(a) An immediate family member is only entitled to request a new investigation under this chapter if the earlier investigation resulted in an uncharged death. An immediate family member is not entitled to request a new investigation under this chapter because the family member is dissatisfied with any other aspect of the earlier investigation, including:
- (1) the failure to identify a suspect, or the identification or exclusion of a particular person as a criminal suspect; and
- (2) a conclusion concerning which criminal offense resulting in death was committed.
- (b) The superintendent of the state police department is only required to consider a request to conduct one (1) new investigation, regardless of the number of immediate family members who request a new investigation.
As added by P.L.71-2021, SEC.10.