INDIANAPOLIS -- IMPD and the city of Indianapolis would be hard-pressed to cite a more crime-ridden, dangerous complex than Towne and Terrace near 42nd Street and North Post Road.

”It has been a property that has been riddled with crime, a lot of drug trafficking, and the residents who were living here, they deserved better, they deserved to be safe in their homes,” said Senior Policy Advisor to the Mayor Aryn Schounce.

Towne and Terrace was the scene of more than a dozen murders over the last decade, as well as instances of drug dealing and squatters. This comes as city officials fought with the landlords and the homeowners' association to fix up the property.

”It had to do with the neglect and the disrepair, slumlords, people just didn’t care,” said former resident Liz Durden. ”Some p

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