Indiana man gets 27-year jail sentence in Detroit dating app murder
An Indiana man who prosecutors said used a dating app to target members of the LGBTQ community has been sentenced to at least 27 years in jail for the killing of a Michigan man.
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Teen charged in death of Indiana girl moving closer to trial
A teenage boy accused of killing a 6-year-old northern Indiana girl is moving closer to a possible trial after a judge declined to dismiss charges in the case and doctors found him competent to stand trial.
7th Circuits splits in affirming habeas corpus relief to Elkhart man convicted of murder
A split 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed an Elkhart man’s granted habeas corpus petition, finding that the Court of Appeals of Indiana applied a rule contradicting Supreme Court precedent in refusing him relief, leaving its decision not entitled to deference under the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act.
Murder conviction, sentence upheld for Lake County man in woman’s disappearance
A Lake County man accused of killing a mother of three after they attended a concert in Chicago cannot be rid of his murder conviction, the Court of Appeals of Indiana has ruled.
Fort Wayne man gets life in killing of girlfriend, 3 kids
An Indiana man convicted of killing his girlfriend and her three young children was sentenced Friday to four life sentences without the possibility of parole.
July 4 parade attack suspect indicted for murder, attempted murder
The man accused of opening fire on an Independence Day parade in suburban Chicago has been indicted by a grand jury on 21 first-degree murder counts, 48 counts of attempted murder and 48 counts of aggravated battery, representing the seven people killed and dozens wounded in the attack on a beloved holiday event.
Charges dropped against Indiana man in 2015 killings of four
Prosecutors have dropped murder charges against a man accused of killing four people inside an Indianapolis home in 2015, citing the deaths of two witnesses and the discovery that DNA evidence had been compromised.
Goshen man gets 65 years for killing 2 former co-workers
A 20-year-old man who admitted he fatally shot two former co-workers at a northern Indiana pizza shop has been sentenced to 65 years in prison.
Florida trucker gets 55 years for partner’s Indiana slaying
A Florida truck driver has been sentenced to 55 years in prison for fatally stabbing his driving partner while the man was behind the wheel of their truck along an eastern Indiana highway.
127-year sentence upheld in ‘horrific’ torture, murder case
A man who brutally tortured and murdered a woman and seriously injured and robbed another individual will keep his 127-year sentence behind bars, the Court of Appeals has affirmed.
Indiana man accused of dismembering girlfriend’s body
A western Indiana man is accused of dismembering his girlfriend with a chain saw and putting her remains in trash bags after she died while they were smoking methamphetamine.
Man charged with killing Terre Haute cop won’t face death penalty charge
Federal prosecutors will not seek the death penalty against an Indiana man charged in the fatal shooting of a Terre Haute police detective who was also an FBI task force officer.
Indiana woman pleads guilty but mentally ill in 2nd woman’s murder
A woman accused of fatally shooting another woman last year pleaded guilty but mentally ill to a charge of murder on Friday.
Indianapolis man pleads guilty to killing mail carrier
An Indianapolis man has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder for fatally shooting a U.S. Postal Service mail carrier, prosecutors said Wednesday.
COA rejects evidentiary challenges, upholds murder conviction
With the dying words of his victim and cellphone records against him, an Indiana murderer failed to get his conviction overturned by the Court of Appeals of Indiana on Thursday.
7th Circuit affirms lifetime imprisonment for gang member convicted in deadly drug conspiracy
An Indiana gang member convicted of conspiracy and racketeering in a scheme to distribute illegal drugs will keep his lifetime imprisonment sentence and convictions, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled.
Lafayette woman gets 55 years in 3-year-old’s beating death
A northwestern Indiana woman convicted of murder in the beating death of her 3-year-old son was sentenced Tuesday to 55 years in prison.
Judge’s comment doesn’t require reversal of 15-year sentencing enhancement, COA rules
Despite a judge’s comment that a defendant “dodged a bullet” in avoiding a murder conviction, the St. Joseph County man cannot avoid a 15-year sentencing enhancement on his conviction of reckless homicide with the use of a firearm, the Court of Appeals of Indiana has concluded.
Whiting man gets 180 years for killing woman, 2 teens in ’98
A judge sentenced a Lake County man Friday to 180 years in prison for killing a woman and two teenage boys found bludgeoned to death in 1998 in a house in northwest Indiana.
Convictions upheld for man in Allen Co. drug robbery gone wrong
A man involved in a robbery-turned-murder will keep his related convictions despite his arguments against a traffic stop and the jury instructions in his case, the Court of Appeals of Indiana has ruled.