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Firearm examiner’s testimony can be heard by jury in murder case

Whitley County Circuit Court Judge Dan Ballou overruled a motion to exclude testimony from a firearms examination expert in the case of Paul Brock, who could potentially face the death penalty if convicted. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get...

COVID no reason to disallow the death penalty

A Whitley County Circuit Court judge has overruled five separate motions, including a motion to exclude the death penalty because of COVID, in Paul Brock’s capital murder case. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please login...

Murder suspect claims victim killed herself, wants copies of her medical, psychological records

Nicholas Rucker, who is charged with murder, claims that he didn’t kill Vicki Conner on May 22, 2019, and that instead Conner shot herself to death right in front of him. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please login to...
Posted On 23 Sep 2020

Federal prosecutors seeking death penalty against Daniel Nantz

Nine months after prosecutors began the process, U.S. attorneys filed paperwork declaring their intention to seek the death penalty again Daniel S. Nantz, who is accused of the 2019 kidnapping and murder of Geri D. Johnson that also resulted in the death of her unborn child....

Jurors will be allowed to hear murder suspect’s two-hour statement to police

Jurors will be able to hear Paul Brock’s nearly two-hour long statement to police during his capital murder trial, which is scheduled to start Dec. 1. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please login to view this content. Not...
Posted On 22 Jan 2020

Courtney Taylor capital murder trial still on track to start in early March

Barring unforeseen circumstances happening, the long awaited trial of Courtney Taylor, who is accused of killing her husband and two teenage daughters nearly two years ago, appears headed for an actual trial in early March. Courtney Taylor, 44, is charged with three counts of...
Posted On 27 Nov 2019

Judge refuses to suppress Courtney Taylor’s statement to police

Jurors will be able to hear Courtney Taylor’s nearly 90-minute statement to police from her hospital bed in part explaining why she killed her husband and her two daughters. Part of the reason she killed her husband was that she blamed him in part for going through most of her...
Posted On 09 Oct 2019

Prosecutors seeking death penalty against recently indicted Nicholas Rucker

Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against a Woodbine man, who was indicted Monday for allegedly killing his girlfriend in May before fleeing the scene and spending 44 days on the run. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every...
Posted On 21 Aug 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

Courtney Taylor admitted to killing her family during interview with state police

Days after she allegedly shot and killed her family, and then got shot after she pointed a gun at a Whitley County Sheriff’s deputy, Courtney Taylor gave police a nearly 90-minute statement explaining in part why she killed her family. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents...
Posted On 25 Jul 2019