An Indiana woman has been convicted for her role in the murder of a man and rape of a woman whom she met for a threesome, a liaison that went sideways when her boyfriend violently interrupted the rendezvous, WKRC-TV reports.
On Wednesday, jurors in Vanderburgh County found 37-year-old Heidi Kathleen Carter guilty of aiding, inducing or causing murder and aiding, inducing or causing rape. She also was convicted of three counts of criminal confinement.
The charges stem from an incident on October 19, 2021, when Carter matched with the female victim on a lesbian dating app and later met up with her and the woman’s boyfriend.
While at Carter’s home in Evansville, the three got drunk and high and then began to have sex. But they were interrupted when Carter’s boyfriend, Carey Hammond, barged in and began violently assaulting the visitors.
“The next thing I know, there’s a man bursting through the door with a baseball bat attacking us,” the female victim testified during Carter’s trial, according to the Evansville Courier & Press.
Authorities alleged that Carter and Hammond restrained the two visitors, and then Hammond beat the male visitor with a baseball bat and raped the female victim.
The female victim alleged that Carter was holding a gun, threatened to kill them both and told them that she “knows someone in Indianapolis who knows how to hide a body,” Fox News reports.
Carter briefly left the residence, during which time Hammond fatally strangled the male visitor with a belt when he attempted to break away from restraints. Carter allegedly offered to help Hammond move the male’s body when she returned to the house.
Later, Carter and Hammond allegedly asked a housekeeper to clean the home. The housekeeper observed blood on Carter’s footwear and a gun in her hand. The housekeeper was told to clean two rooms, at which point Hammond and Carter ordered a pizza.
The housekeeper allegedly heard a female who was crying out for help while upstairs. She also sat on a pile of blankets and pillows before realizing the male victim’s body was underneath.
The housekeeper asked to leave but Hammond and Carter allegedly told her she could not. However, the housekeeper eventually escaped and alerted police.
Responding officers took Carter into custody without incident, but when Hammond exited the home, he was holding what officers thought was a gun and police fatally shot him.
Carter told investigators that she was pretending to help Hammond to appease him, although she admitted to threatening the housekeeper and helping hide the male’s body.
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[Featured image: Heidi Kathleen Carter/Vanderburgh County Sheriff]
