Overview
- Medical records and police documents show the congressman’s two‑year‑old daughter had a broken collarbone and a bruise investigators described as handprint‑like.
- Cleveland Clinic doctors and child‑welfare officials referred the case to police, and detectives pursued the possibility of inflicted injury for months without identifying a suspect.
- Local child‑welfare investigators later closed the file as unsubstantiated with the suspected perpetrator listed as unknown, and no criminal charges have been filed.
- Miller denies harming his daughter, has released custody records and sued his ex‑wife for defamation while his ex‑wife has sued over the public release of a sensitive image of the child.
- The unresolved probe has prompted a House Ethics review, fractured Republican support, and turned the district into a competitive campaign battleground that could draw increased outside spending.