A 36-year-old woman was found dead Wednesday with an 8-foot python wrapped around her neck, lying of the floor of a house owned by by a county sheriff with 140 snakes inside, the Lafayette Journal & Courier reported. Twenty of the snakes belonged to Laura Hurst, the woman who was found dead, Indiana State Police …
A 16-year-old Indiana boy admitted in court on Wednesday to killing his pregnant girlfriend and his unborn child nearly a year after her murdered body was found in a dumpster. According to WSBT, Aaron Trejo unexpectedly pleaded guilty to murder and feticide during a status hearing in St. Joseph County. Trejo told the court that …
Thursday’s episode of “The Dr. Oz Show” will explore whether an Indiana couple adopted—and abandoned—an 8-year-old Ukranian girl or a 22-year-old sociopath. Kristine and Michael Barnett, 45 and 43, were charged last month with neglect of a dependent for allegedly abandoning their adopted daughter, Natalia Barnett, in a rented Lafayette apartment and fleeing to Canada …
An Indiana man who admitted to drugging a 5-year-old girl’s cereal before he filmed himself sexually assaulting her learned this week that he will likely spend the rest of his life behind bars. Eric Weiler, 46, was sentenced to 60 years in prison on Thursday after pleading guilty to production and possession of child pornography …
Authorities in Illinois have reportedly discovered more than 150 fetuses in the trunk of a car that belonged to a late Indiana doctor who performed legal abortions until his medical license was suspended in 2015. WRTV reported that Will County police made the discovery on Wednesday while inspecting properties and cars owned by Dr. Ulrich …
“I saw her putting chemicals, bleach, Windex something like that, in my coffee and I asked her, what are you doing? She said, ‘I am trying to poison you.'”
An Indiana woman accused of strangling her 10-year-old stepdaughter and hiding her body in a shed on her property reportedly plans to represent herself in court. People magazine obtained a probable cause affidavit stating that Amanda Carmack, 34, confessed to killing Skylea Carmack but couldn’t recall what prompted it, only telling police that she was …
Officials confirmed on Thursday that the 10-year-old Indiana girl who was found dead behind her home days after her reported disappearance was strangled. According to WPTA, the Fort Wayne Forensic Examination Unit completed their autopsy on Skylea Carmack on Wednesday—and deemed her death was a homicide as she died from strangulation. While her stepmother, Amanda …
An Indiana girl whose reported disappearance on Saturday sparked a statewide SILVER Alert has been found dead in a shed located behind her family home, police announced on Wednesday. Skylea Carmack, 10, was reportedly found dead in a plastic bag hidden inside a shed located at her Gas City home. Police made the grisly discovery on …
Authorities in Indiana have issued a statewide SILVER Alert for a 10-year-old girl who reportedly vanished on Saturday. The Gas City Police Department said in a Facebook post on Monday that they, along with Indiana State Police and other agencies, plan to conduct “specialized searches” for Skylea Carmack. Police said she was last seen at …
An Indiana mother was arrested earlier this month for allegedly leaving her toddler son in a hot car during a Department of Child Services meeting regarding an incident involving her 4-day-old son. Jennifer K. Ost, 27, reportedly arrived at Community Hospital and met with a DCS worker and hospital police officer on July 16, days …
Police reports show reality television star Amber Portwood was arrested this week in Indiana. According to Newsweek, 29-year-old Amber Portwood, known for her appearances on MTV’s “Teen Mom,” is accused of domestic battery and as of the latest reports available remained in a processing facility following her arrest in Indianapolis on Friday. She is accused …
