On Thursday, a 17-year-old Indiana boy was formally charged as an adult for Sunday’s shooting that killed his parents, two siblings, and his older brother’s pregnant girlfriend. Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears announced Thursday that Raymond Ronald Lee Childs III was charged with six counts of murder for the deadly shooting at the teen’s Indianapolis …
The 13-year-old victim reportedly witnessed her older brother kill their parents before she was fatally shot
Five people, including a pregnant woman, were killed early Sunday morning in a mass shooting at a home in northeastern Indianapolis, the Indy Star reports. Police said it was the largest mass casualty shooting in the city in more than 10 years. Police were initially called to the area at about 4 a.m. with a …
A 16-year-old Indiana boy has been charged with fatally shooting his father earlier this month and letting his 15-year-old friend take the blame, Fox 59 reports. Court documents say James Beau Burkhart and his unnamed friend invited the elder Burkhart, James Jason Burkhart, into the friend’s home in Centerville on December 15, where he was …
A 2-year-old boy apparently picked up a loaded gun and pulled the trigger Tuesday afternoon, shooting himself to death while his mother fed her infant child in another room. The Indiana State Police said that Leighton Owings had been in a bedroom while his mother, 22-year-old Caci Seals, was in the front room of her …
An Indiana fire chief has been charged with sexual misconduct with a child following a months-long investigation into his conduct seven years ago when he was a school bus driver for the Madison-Grant United School Corp. James Randall Sizelove, 56, also worked for the Summitville Fire Department and was a reserve officer with the Summitville …
An 8-year-old Indiana girl died on Wednesday, days after she was reportedly shot in the head by a stray bullet. WLS reported that on October 22, Timiya Andrews was shot while doing homework on her living room floor. East Chicago police, who responded to the scene after receiving an alert from their ShotSpotter system, determined …
An Indiana man was criminally charged Wednesday with sexually assaulting a 7-year-old girl. Court documents stated that Patrick Comiskey Jr., 20, fled a Gary home after the victim’s 12-year-old brother struck him in the head with a metal bottle. The 12-year-old told police that he witnessed Comiskey with his hands down his younger sister’s pants, …
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 …
Police in Indiana are asking the public for information regarding a September 30 home invasion involving four unidentified suspects. The South Bend Police Department said in a Facebook post that officers learned of the home invasion while responding to reports of shots fired. WSBT reported that during the ordeal, a 5-year-old boy in the home …
Armed robbers shot dead an Indiana mother and critically wounded the father last week while the couple’s 6-year-old son watched from the back seat of his dad’s truck, WISH reports. Wilma and Jonathan Hochstetler’s son retrieved his father’s cell phone after the brutal attack early Thursday morning so he could call 911. The couple, from …
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, …
