Uber Driver Arrested for Alleged Rape, Murder of Woman: ‘No One Deserves To Be Treated This Way’

“This is disgusting, disturbing, and no one deserves to be treated this way,” IMPD Chief Chris Bailey said.

An Uber driver has been charged with murder of an Indianapolis woman.

Chanti Dixon went missing on Sunday morning, only to be found dead on Monday afternoon in the city’s southeast. Police arrested Francisco Valadez, the 29-year-old rideshare driver.

“This is disgusting, disturbing, and no one deserves to be treated this way,” IMPD Chief Chris Bailey said during a news conference Tuesday afternoon.

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Police said Dixon ordered an Uber around 3:30am after she finished work on Sunday morning, but was not heard from after. Her family than reported her missing the following morning and was able to track her through her phone, per police.

Someone within the community found Dixon’s body and called 911. Details from the Uber app then led police to Valadez.

Dixon was found outside of a house in a wooded area with a gunshot wound to the head, per authorities. She was “naked, unresponsive and lying on her stomach,” per WXIN . She was reportedly pronounced dead on the scene.

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