Murder charge filed in death of Indiana trooper
A prosecutor filed a murder charge Thursday and requested a sentence of life without parole against a man accused driving his car over an Indiana state trooper in northeastern Indiana.
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2 brothers face charges in decade-old slaying in Kokomo
Two brothers have been arrested in a decade-old slaying in north central Indiana.
3 Indy men guilty in fatal shooting of 3 men, 1 woman
Three Indianapolis men have been convicted of murder and other charges in the fatal shooting of three young men and a young woman found slain in a ransacked Indianapolis apartment, a prosecutor said Friday.
Michigan man gets 65 years in boy’s Indiana beating death
A Michigan man was sentenced Friday to 65 years in prison on murder and other charges in the Indiana beating death of his girlfriend’s 3-year-old son.
Murdaugh judge’s own legal story unfolded in South Carolina
The judge who sentenced Alex Murdaugh on Friday to life in prison for killing his wife and son has earned attention and plaudits for his even-handed demeanor throughout the trial and for his dressing-down of the once-prominent lawyer.
Alex Murdaugh gets life in prison in murder of wife, son
South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh was sentenced to life in prison without parole Friday, a day after he was convicted of murder in the shooting deaths of his wife and son.
On stand, Alex Murdaugh denies killings but admits lying
Disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh denied killing his wife and son but admitted lying to investigators about when he last saw them alive as he took the stand in his own defense Thursday.
Columbus man convicted of murdering girlfriend; remains found buried
A jury convicted a southern Indiana man of murder Friday in connection with the death of his girlfriend whose remains were found buried in a shallow grave.
5 Memphis officers plead not guilty in death of Tyre Nichols
Five former Memphis police officers pleaded not guilty Friday to second-degree murder and other charges in the violent arrest and death of Tyre Nichols, with his mother saying afterward that none of them would look her in the eye in court.
Goshen man gets 55 years for killing car dealer
A judge sentenced a northern Indiana man Thursday to 55 years in prison for the stabbing death of a 73-year-old car dealer.
2 Indiana men could face life in prison in teen’s 1975 death
A judge told two Indiana men Wednesday that they could face life in prison if they’re convicted in the slaying of a 17-year-old girl who was found dead in a river nearly a half-century ago.
2 men arrested in 1975 slaying of Indiana girl, 17
Two Indiana men have been charged with murder nearly a half-century after a 17-year-old girl failed to return home from her job at a church camp and was found dead in a river, state police announced Tuesday.
Judge convicts 16-year-old of murder in Indiana girl’s death
A judge found a 16-year-old boy guilty of murder Thursday in the asphyxiation slaying of a 6-year-old northern Indiana girl.
Manslaughter conviction upheld after toxicology report excluded
The exclusion of a toxicology report did not undermine a man’s voluntary manslaughter conviction, the Court of Appeals of Indiana ruled Thursday.
Allen Co. picked for jury selection in slain Delphi teens trial
A jury for the trial of an Indiana man accused of killing two teenage girls from Delphi nearly six years ago will be selected from a northern Indiana county of over 300,000 people, online court filings on Tuesday showed.
Jurors to be selected from north of Delphi in Allen murder trial
Jurors for the trial of an Indiana man accused of killing two teenage girls from Delphi will be brought from one of two counties north of the location where the murder occurred, attorneys in the case decided Friday.
Alex Murdaugh goes on trial in 2021 killings of wife, son
Lawyers expect jury selection to last several days before testimony begins in the trial of disgraced South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh.
Jurors in Delphi murders trial to be picked out of county
Jurors at the trial of an Indiana man accused of killing two teenage girls nearly six years ago will be selected from outside the county where the crime took place, a judge said Friday.
Goshen man pleads guilty but mentally ill in car dealer’s murder
A northern Indiana man Thursday pleaded guilty but mentally ill to murder in the stabbing death of a 73-year-old car dealer.
Court of Appeals affirms conviction in child suffocation death
The Court of Appeals of Indiana has upheld the murder conviction of a Gary woman who admitted that she fatally smothered her 1-year-old foster child in her crib in 2017.