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.
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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.
IN justices uphold murder conviction, LWOP sentence after finding child’s behavior did not provoke ‘sudden heat’
The Indiana Supreme Court has affirmed the murder conviction and life without parole sentence of a Grant County woman, finding the child victim’s behavior did not cause adequate provocation to support the defendant’s claim she acted in “sudden heat.”
Appellate court rejects Brady claim but rebukes state for not disclosing witness’s complete criminal history
While the Court of Appeals of Indiana agreed with the state that the withholding of evidence about a witness was “negligible, at best” in a trial that ended with a murder conviction, it admonished the prosecutors for failing to disclose.
Purdue student charged with killing roommate unfit for trial
A Purdue University student charged with murder in the stabbing death of his dormitory roommate is incompetent to stand trial, a judge ruled Thursday.
Man gets 2.5 years for buying gun used to kill Chicago cop
An Indiana man who pleaded guilty to making an illegal “straw” purchase of a handgun that was later used to kill a Chicago police officer was sentenced Wednesday to 2 1/2 years in prison.
Indiana boy, 15, charged as adult in woman’s fatal shooting
A northern Indiana boy who was 14 when he was arrested for allegedly taking part in a drive-by shooting that killed a woman inside a home will be charged as an adult in the shooting.
U.S. Supreme Court will review conviction in murder-for-hire case
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear an appeal arising from a murder-for-hire ordered by the onetime leader of a violent international crime ring.
Justices reinstate murder conviction in Gary shooting based on ‘whole picture of the evidence’
The Indiana Supreme Court has reinstated a man’s murder and attempted murder convictions related to a 2020 fatal shooting in Gary, rejecting the defendant’s evidentiary challenges and finding that the “whole picture” supports the convictions.