The Louisiana woman charged in the death of a 5-year-old boy found stuffed into a “Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas” suitcase in southern Indiana was sentenced Tuesday to 30 years in prison. Dawn Coleman was given five years of the sentence suspended, WTHR reported. Coleman pleaded guilty to aiding, inducing, or causing murder, neglect of …
A 3-year-old Indiana boy pulled a loaded, unsecured handgun out of his mother’s purse and fatally shot his 2-year-old brother. Gary Police were dispatched to a hospital on word of the shooting, and officials offered thoughts and prayers for the family. “Our hearts and prayers go out to the loved ones of the two-year-old child …
An Indiana man has been charged with murder after he admitted shooting his girlfriend in the head with an AR-style rifle during an argument. Bryce Leighton, 34, claims he killed Tara Langley, 48, in self-defense because she fired a stun gun at him. The Herald Times reported. Monroe County Sheriff’s deputies were called to the …
A 32-year-old has been arrested for molesting a 13-year-old girl last year. Formal charges have not yet been filed against Scott A. Eacret, Jr., who also reportedly sent semi-nude photos to the girl earlier this year and threatened her not to tell anyone, according to WXIN. The victim told a school social worker and family …
An Indiana apartment complex maintenance man has been charged with the murder of a 15-year-old girl whose body was found in woods behind the apartment building earlier this week. The owner of apartment, the Gene B. Glick Company, confirmed that Tevis Walker, 34, worked at the Carriage House East apartments, the same complex where Janiya …
The case against an Indiana man accused of killing two teen girls in Delphi in 2017 edged closer to chaos on Thursday after one of the defense attorneys accused the judge of “ambushing” the defense and asked the state Supreme Court to remove her from the case. Judge Frances Gull announced last week that Bradley …
An Missouri woman was arrested this week on charges of murder and plotting with her mother to kill her stepfather. Ashley Nicole Jones, 29, reportedly admitted to police that she had bought ethylene glycol — a substance found in such products as antifreeze, hydraulic break fluid, solvents, paints, films, and cosmetics — from the internet, according to The …
A man in Indiana was shot to death while apparently attempting to steal a parked Kia Thursday night, but it doesn’t appear it was the car’s owner who stopped the theft. Aaniece Key said she was leaving to go to work shortly after 8 a.m. on Friday and saw man in the driver’s seat of …
A teacher at an Indiana Baptist school was arrested last week on charges relating to sexual misconduct with a student, just days after he was fired following a confrontation at his church by members of two groups calling themselves “PredHunters Indiana” and “Creeps Spotlight.” Fishers Police told the Indianapolis Star they received an anonymous tip …
Cheyenne Hill is now charged with neglect leading to the 18-month-old girl’s death.
A 6-month-old Indiana boy was found with more than 50 rat bites, and now the baby’s parents and aunt — said by neighbors to be “good people — are in jail on multiple child neglect charges. Police were called to the home of David and Angel Schonabaum in Evansville on September 13, when David Schonabaum …
An Indiana teenager accused of stabbing his mother Friday morning told police he did it to kill the demon in her. The 16-year-old boy has been charged with attempted murder, aggravated battery, and two counts of battery. He’s also charged with two counts of torturing an animal for alleged stabbing two dogs, according to WBND. …
