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2017 murder victim was found with hair tie in his hand, now prosecutors want hair samples from defendants

A Whitley Circuit Judge approved a request Thursday morning for hair samples to be taken from a suspect in a triple homicide for comparison purposes to a hair tie found at the crime scene in the hand of a dead child. Darnel Chivers, 39, Anthony Hester, 34, and Jeremy Hatfield,...
Posted On 31 Oct 2019

‘This proceeding is illegal,’ triple homicide suspect tells judge

Abraham Lincoln once said, “He, who represents himself, has a fool for a client.” An Indianapolis man, who is charged with three counts of capital murder and is facing the death penalty, if he is convicted, has informed a local judge that he plans to represent himself in court...
Posted On 02 Aug 2019

‘I want to know how you just kidnapped me and brought me here?’ defendant asks judge

“I want to know how you just kidnapped me and brought me here?” defendant Darnel Chivers asked Whitley Circuit Judge Paul Winchester during his arraignment Thursday morning in connection with the 2017 triple homicide of a local family. On May 20, 2019, a Whitley County Grand Jury...
Posted On 27 Jun 2019

Two more Indiana men indicted Monday in connection with 2017 Whitley County triple homicide

A Whitley County Grand Jury indicted two Indianapolis men Monday morning in connection with the 2017 triple homicide of a local family. The grand jury indicted Darnel Chivers, 39, and Anthony Hester, 34, charging them with three counts of murder in the strangulation deaths of...
Posted On 20 May 2019