Indiana man convicted in 2013 deaths of his parents
A northwestern Indiana man has been convicted of murder in the 2013 bludgeoning and strangulation deaths of his parents.
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Former town marshal gets 50 years in wife’s murder
A central Indiana judge has given a 50-year prison sentence to a former deputy town marshal in the death of his wife who was shot with his police weapon.
Prosecution on hold in Indiana boy’s strangulation death
Prosecution of a Vincennes man charged with fatally strangling his 5-year-old son is on hold while his defense attorney argues he shouldn’t face a possible sentence of life in prison without parole.
Pharmacist in deadly meningitis outbreak cleared of murder
A pharmacist at a facility whose tainted drugs sparked a nationwide meningitis outbreak that killed 76 people in states including Indiana was cleared Wednesday of murder but was convicted of mail fraud and racketeering.
Court: Man deserves new trial because jurors slept
A man convicted of involuntary manslaughter should get a new trial because two jurors at his original trial slept during testimony, the highest court in Massachusetts said in a decision released Thursday.
Richmond Hill bombing mastermind’s conspiracy conviction affirmed
A mastermind of the deadly explosion in Indianapolis’ south side Richmond Hill neighborhood in November 2012 has once again lost an appeal of one of his many convictions, with the Indiana Court of Appeals on Thursday upholding his conviction of Class A felony conspiracy to commit murder.
7th Circuit denies relief for man who killed stepmom at 17
A 17-year-old whose jailhouse confession to his mother that he killed his stepmother was secretly recorded by detectives, who testified about the incriminating statement at his trial, lost his federal habeas appeal Monday after the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld his sentence.
Man sentenced to 55 years in triple slaying
A 25-year-old man has been sentenced to 55 years in prison after reaching a plea deal in the stabbing deaths of three people in northwestern Indiana.
Gary man arrested in slayings of 2 women in Indianapolis
A Gary man has been charged with murder in connection with the shooting deaths of two Gary women whose bodies were discovered in a burning car in Indianapolis.
Jury convicts ex-Oklahoma police officer in 4th murder trial
A white former Tulsa, Oklahoma, police officer was convicted of first-degree manslaughter late Wednesday in the off-duty fatal shooting of his daughter's black boyfriend after jurors in three previous trials couldn't decide whether to find him guilty of murder.
Murder conviction affirmed after judge recusal appeal
A man who murdered a friend and shot and wounded another lost his appeal that argued the jurist who rejected his guilty plea then presided over his murder trial wrongly denied a motion for a new judge.
Muncie man convicted of woman’s ‘09 fatal stabbing for drugs
A jury has convicted a Muncie man of murder in the slaying nearly eight years ago of a woman stabbed about 70 times while being robbed of prescription pain medicine, prosecutors say.
Man seeks clemency in 1996 murder of Anderson neighbor, 69
A former Anderson man convicted as a teenager of killing a 69-year-old neighbor is seeking clemency.
January trial scheduled in university student’s death
A trial for a man accused of fatally shooting a University of Southern Indiana student has been rescheduled for early next year.
Indiana police probe possible suspect in Delphi girls’ killings
Indiana investigators are looking into whether a man arrested in Colorado for allegedly threatening people along a hiking trail with a hatchet could be linked to the February killing of two teenage hikers in Delphi.
Indianapolis double murder suspect arrested in El Paso
Federal marshals in El Paso, Texas, have arrested a 48-year-old man wanted for a double slaying in Indianapolis.
Death penalty sought in Indiana officer’s shooting death
Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for the man charged in the fatal shooting of a police officer who had come to his aid after the suspect's car overturned in a crash in Indianapolis.
Boone prosecutor seeking death penalty in attack on couple
A central Indiana prosecutor has filed death penalty charges against a teenager accused in the home invasion stabbing death of a 73-year-old suburban Indianapolis man and an assault on his wife.
Indiana man convicted in boy’s death to get reduced sentence
A young man originally sentenced to a 90-year prison term is getting a reduced sentence for his role in the killing of a northern Indiana boy.
Gary man gets 195 years for murders of brothers, 3rd person
A judge sentenced a Gary man to 195 years in prison in the 2015 slayings of two teenage brothers and a third person.