An Indiana man has been accused of killing his 81-year-old father and trying to kill his mother. Indianapolis Police responded to the home of John and Olanna Pedigo late last week and found John Pedigo dead and Olanna with serious injuries, WISH reported. The investigation began when the couple’s 54-year-old son, Bryan Pedigo, reportedly told …
An Indiana couple has been charged with neglect — and the stepmother charged with battery — a 911 call brought emergency responders to the home and found an unresponsive 7-year-old girl was brought to the hospital with “bruises all over her.” Jennifer Revis, 33, reportedly told police her stepdaughter suffered a seizure after an argument, …
An Indiana man will spend decades in prison after he pleaded guilty to killing his 6-year-old son. Franklin Elmore Jr., 29, got 55 years for the murder of Justin Elmore and another 10 years for related crimes, to be served consecutively, WNDU reports. “I’m satisfied with it. It’s better than what I thought he would …
An Indiana man is charged with neglect and intimidation against four children who said he threatened to suffocate them if they didn’t go to sleep, beat them, and forced them to stand in a corner for hours. Hancock Superior Court Judge Dan Marshall issued four no contact orders on 35-year-old Curtis Edward Bordenkircher after giving …
An Indiana woman was arrested last week after she reportedly fired her gun into the ground to try to get a group of children to be quiet. Nicole Gilstrap, 42, told deputies she was “tired of” hearing children in the field next to her house and “shot her gun into the ground to get them …
An Indiana man seemed to think it was a joke when he was arrested earlier this week for breaking into his ex-girlfriend’s home. Hayden Cooper, 30, stuck his tongue out and grinned in a mugshot taken after his arrest on Wednesday. He’s been charged with felony residential entry, WBIW reported. Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office deputies …
The Indiana parents of an 8-month old girl have been arrested after the child was found weighing just nine pounds and suffering from severe malnourishment. The Jennings County Sheriff’s Office said Benjamin Tackett and Kayla Thompson, both 25, frequently locked the baby in a room alone for 10 hours at a time while they slept. …
A Kentucky woman was found dead in a fish and wildlife area in Indiana, and investigators are looking at a person of interest in her death. But Henderson, Kentucky, officials haven’t said if they’re looking at a murder investigation. The body was found Sunday in Indiana’s Blue Grass Fight and Wildlife Area, a few miles …
An Indiana father charged with murder in the death of his 6-year-old son has pleaded guilty to the charge. Franklin Elmore Jr., 29, entered the guilty plea earlier this month and is scheduled to be sentenced on November 25, WNDU reported. Elmore and his wife, 27-year-old Cheyenne Elmore — 6-year-old Justin Elmore’s stepmother — were …
An Indiana woman was charged with murder after she allegedly shot and killed a man who honked at her when she didn’t move after a traffic light turned green. An affidavit says that Deborah Benefiel, 23, got angry when 21-year-old Kentrell Settles honked his horn and drove around her, then followed him and fired a …
A 20-year-old Indiana man is behind bars, accused of killing his mother and burning her body in the backyard. Nicholas Yates was arrested after police investigated his own missing person report for Cheryl Yates, WTHR reported. Court documents say Yates reported his mother missing on October 5, telling Vermillion County deputies that he last saw …
A former professional football player turned television analyst was arrested over the weekend after a bizarre altercation outside an Indianapolis hotel. According to an affidavit from the incident, Indianapolis police arrived at Loughmiller’s Pub and Eatery just after 12:30 a.m. Saturday and found Mark Sanchez, 38, “with several stab wounds to his upper right torso …
