Elkhart woman charged in May house fire that killed 2 people
A northern Indiana woman has been charged with allegedly setting a May house fire that killed a man and an 8-year-old boy.
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Miami Correctional Facility inmate stabbed, bled to death
The death of a Miami Correctional Facility inmate found deceased in his prison cell has been ruled a homicide, Indiana State Police said Thursday.
Jailed ex-officer in murder plot beaten to death
A former Bureau of Prisons officer who was serving time behind bars for an inappropriate sexual relationship with an inmate and a plot to kill his wife, as well as a separate plot to kill a federal agent who was investigating him, has been beaten to death at a federal prison in Indiana, two people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.
Valparaiso woman arrested in death of baby found in Pennsylvania dumpster in 2007
An Indiana woman has been arrested in the death of an infant found in a Pennsylvania trash container almost a decade and a half ago, authorities said.
Indiana woman, 82, found stabbed to death in lakeside home
Police are investigating the slaying of an 82-year-old woman whose stabbing death inside her lakeside home is the first homicide in several years in a northeastern Indiana county.
NW Indiana man gets 5-year sentence for boy’s fatal shooting
A northwest Indiana man has been sentenced to two years in prison for the death of a 4-year-old boy he was babysitting who accidentally shot himself with an unsecured handgun.
Missouri killer seeking firing squad loses high court appeal
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear an appeal from a Missouri death row inmate who is seeking execution by firing squad.
Man arrested in deaths of 3 people in Miami County
Police captured a man who was wanted in the fatal shooting of three people at a central Indiana home.
Fort Wayne man charged in death of toddler
A Fort Wayne man has been charged in the death of his girlfriend’s toddler son, who authorities said was battered so badly an autopsy found that his heart had been ripped in half.
2 charged in dismemberment of Fort Wayne man appear in court
Two men charged in the death and dismemberment of a 55-year-old man requested public defenders during their initial court appearances Tuesday.
Court proceedings in killing of Indiana girl, 6, remain open
Court proceedings involving a 14-year-old boy charged in the asphyxiation death of a 6-year-old northern Indiana girl will remain open to the public, a magistrate has ruled.
Ex-officer convicted on all counts in George Floyd’s murder
Former Minneapolis Officer Derek Chauvin was convicted Tuesday of murder and manslaughter for pinning George Floyd to the pavement with his knee on the Black man’s neck in a case that touched off worldwide protests, violence and a furious reexamination of racism and policing in the U.S.
Biden praying for ‘the right verdict’ in Chauvin trial
President Joe Biden said Tuesday he was “praying the verdict is the right verdict” in the trial of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin. He said he believed the case involving the death of George Floyd, which has gone to the jury and put the nation on edge, was “overwhelming.”
FedEx workers are likely to suffer trauma, need support after mass shooting
What appears to be the deadliest workplace shooting in Indiana history is likely to cause a wide range of effects on surviving employees at the FedEx Ground Operations Center, from shock and confusion to grief and depression.
Texas’ longest serving death row inmate has sentence tossed
An appeals court has overturned the sentence of Texas’ longest serving death row inmate whose attorneys say has languished in prison for more than 45 years because he’s too mentally ill to be executed.
Defense rests without Chauvin testimony at George Floyd murder trial
The defense at the murder trial of former Officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd rested its case Thursday without putting Chauvin on the stand, presenting a total of two days of testimony to the prosecution’s two weeks.
Expert witness: George Floyd died from lack of oxygen
George Floyd died from a lack of oxygen, which damaged his brain and caused his heart to stop, a medical expert testified Thursday at former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin’s murder trial.
Indiana woman gets 32 years in husband’s stabbing death
A Fort Wayne woman who pleaded guilty to fatally stabbing her husband during an altercation in a parking lot has been sentenced to 32½ years in prison.
Colorado shooting leaves 10 dead in latest mass tragedy
A shooting at a crowded Colorado supermarket that killed 10 people, including the first police officer to arrive, sent terrorized shoppers and workers scrambling for safety and stunned a state that has grieved several mass killings. A lone suspect was in custody, authorities said.
Iowa man gets 45 years in killing outside Gary gas station
An Iowa man has been sentenced to 45 years in prison after pleading guilty in the 2015 death of an Illinois man fatally shot outside a Gary gas station.