An Indiana man convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend in 2014 was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Joseph Oberhansley was convicted of murder and burglary in the death of Tammy Jo Blanton, 46. WLKY reported that Blanton’s mutilated body was found under a tarp in the bathroom of her Clark …
An Indiana man accused of stabbing his ex-girlfriend to death and eating parts of her body was found guilty Friday in a Clark County court, the Louisville Courier-Journal reported. Joseph Oberhansley, 39, initially confessed to the brutal crime but later walked that confession back, saying two men broke into Tammy Jo Blanton’s house that day, …
An Indiana man accused of brutally murdering his ex-girlfriend and cutting out parts of her organs with a jigsaw took the stand in his own defense Thursday, telling the court two men broke into Tammy Jo Blanton’s house that day, knocked him unconscious, and killed her, according to WDRB. Blanton, 46, was found in the …
On Wednesday, a forensic analyst testified that numerous evidence pieces collected in the case against an Indiana man accused of killing his girlfriend in 2014 matched both the suspect and victim’s DNA. As CrimeOnline reported, Joseph Oberhansley, 39, is accused of killing 46-year-old Tammy Jo Blanton inside her Jefferson, Indiana, home in 2014. Authorities found …
The second murder trial for an Indiana man accused of killing his former girlfriend and eating her heart began Friday in Clark County. Joseph Oberhansley, 39, claimed innocence upon entering court on Friday, according to ABC 11. As law enforcement brought him into the building, Oberhansley reportedly said two other men were the guilty parties. …
A psychiatrist filed a letter with an Indiana court expressing his opinion that a man charged with his ex-girlfriend’s brutal murder is now competent to stand trial. As CrimeOnline previously reported, a court sided with psychiatrists nearly a year ago in declaring 35-year-old Joseph Oberhansley mentally unfit for criminal proceedings. That decision came amid the …
An Indiana man who allegedly stabbed his estranged girlfriend to death and devoured parts of her body was found mentally incompetent to stand trial. On Wednesday, a Clark County judge found Joseph Oberhansley, 36, unfit to face murder, burglary, and rape charges in the September 2014 slaying of Tammy Jo Blanton, 46. WDRB reported that Oberhansley is …
