An Uber driver from Indianapolis has been arrested by police, accused of raping and subsequently murdering a passenger. Francisco Valadez, 29, was taken into custody by homicide detectives on Tuesday morning and has been provisionally charged with murder.

A local Uber driver who reportedly told police he raped and killed missing Indy woman Chanti Dixon before dumping her body in an alleyway and throwing her phones into the woods has

IMPD arrested 29-year-old Francisco Valadez in the death of 30-year-old Chanti Dixon, whose body was found Monday afternoon near Raymond Street and Sherman Drive.

The body of 30-year-old Chanti Dixon was found by a family member in a wooded area near her apartment, one day after she went missing.

An Uber driver, 29-year-old Francisco Valadez, who admitted to killing his passenger, will stay in jail without bond. He appeared in court with a red jumpsuit. His feet and hand were in shackles. He looked straight at the judge as she was speaking.

Francisco Valadez, a 29-year-old Uber driver, has been arrested and charged after he admitted to killing and raping Chanti Dixon, 30.

The Uber driver told cops an armed Black man came up to his car and tried to rob the woman and shot her during the robbery attempt.

Indianapolis police authorities are investigating the death of a Black woman who was found in a wooded area. Police say the last person she was with was her Uber driver...however, she never made it home.