True Crime delivers some of the Region's worst tales of murder, deceit and betrayal. Check out this slideshow to see where the cases stand.
True Crime delivers some of the Region's worst tales of murder, deceit and betrayal. Check out this slideshow to see where the cases stand.
In the early morning hours of Sept. 27, 2003, a Gary family arrived at their home after celebrating a relative's college graduation.
PORTAGE — Jason Kirby was only 5 years old when his body was found along the side of a deserted road in Portage.
GARY — Richard Meadows wanted to one day make it in the Guinness Book of World Records.
GARY — On Nov. 11, 2002, Ronnie T. Thomas walked into the Lake County Sheriff's Department to report a woman he had been with had fallen onto the Borman Expressway.
MUNSTER — It's been several years since a surveillance camera captured Dr. Promila Mehta-Paul making a bank deposit in Highland.
LAKE STATION — A week after a 6-year-old girl was sexually assaulted, strangled to death and dumped into a river, mourners memorialized her by throwing rose petals into the water.
EAST CHICAGO — On the 18th anniversary of her brother's killing, Nora Ferrer began making her round of calls to law enforcement officials.
HAMMOND — Leonard Fowler always cashed his paycheck and kept the money in his wallet.
VALPARAISO — Christel Helmchen was working an overnight shift Nov. 14, 1990, at the White Hen Pantry when two men walked in to buy cans of pop.
HOBART — After stirring drugs into her husband's coffee, Barbara Garcia waited for him to fall asleep.
MERRILLVILLE — It's been several years since a 27-year-old man was found shot to death on the cooler floor of Piatak Meats.
Tony Spilotro, who would eventually be portrayed by Joe Pesci in the Martin Scorcese film "Casino," was born and raised in “The Patch,” a near west side Chicago neighborhood that was a haven for Italian immigrants in the 1940s and 50s. Spilotro entered high school at Steinmetz, but when his …
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The free event is set for 6 p.m. Thursday in the Savannah Center's Bergland Auditorium at Indiana University Northwest, 3400 Broadway, Gary.
Charging documents say that Lloyd Clark Gatlin, 28, killed Martin Cabrera on Aug. 18, 2021, in East Chicago.
Deonlashawn C. Simmons, 37, was sentenced to 105 years in prison, including firearm and habitual offender enhancements, for killing Takaylah Tribitt, records show.
An outspoken Hoosier lawmaker representing a portion of southeastern Indiana was arrested Wednesday following a vehicle crash near his hometown of Seymour, records show.
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"The cause of the fire is under investigation and being handled by the Lake County Sheriff's Department," according to Crown Point Fire Rescue.
A Chicago woman who fatally shot her ex-girlfriend in Hammond after learning that she had started dating a man received a fair trial, according to the Indiana Court of Appeals.
"He told her that he was stressed, that he needed it," police said.
"Witnesses said the two had been swimming in the river and were last seen being carried downstream by the current and then going under the surface of the water," the DNR said.
The free event is set for 6 p.m. Thursday in the Savannah Center's Bergland Auditorium at Indiana University Northwest, 3400 Broadway, Gary.
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Deonlashawn C. Simmons, 37, was sentenced to 105 years in prison, including firearm and habitual offender enhancements, for killing Takaylah Tribitt, records show.