DENVER - A newly released indictment says a missing 6-year-old girl from Colorado died because she was undernourished, suffered cruel punishment and was denied medical care.

The 60-count indictment against Aaron Thompson was released Wednesday. It had been issued in May 2007 but wasn't made public until The Denver Post and The Associated Press filed a lawsuit seeking access under open records laws.

The indictment accuses Thompson and his girlfriend, Shely Lowe, of fatal child abuse against Thompson's daughter, Aarone (EHR'-in-ay).

Aarone's body has never been found. Lowe died in May 2006 of heart problems.

The indictment says the abuse took place between May 12, 2002, and Aug. 31, 2004.

Thompson reported his daughter missing on Nov. 14, 2005, telling police in the Denver suburb of Aurora she had run away after an argument over a cookie.