What is wrong with these people? 2 children, starved, beaten and put in a closet for weeks; 4 adults arrested and charged

Donald Hawk (top, left); Madeline Hawk (top, right); Melissa Chandler (bottom, left); Jennifer Leonard (bottom, right)

Police Detail Horrific Child Abuse Allegations
Dad Says He Didn’t Know 4-Year-Old Was Locked in Closet for Weeks
Police: 4-year-old children abused, kept in closet
Kokomo: Four charged in child abuse case

Update: Allison Rinsch murder *Damon Catt convicted of her murder; sentencing will be June 6*

           Damon Catt

Man Found Guilty of Vincennes Murder
Catt found guilty of murder
Catt guilty of murder
Man found guilty of killing girlfriend

Kaleb Lay murder 4/01/2008 Evansville, IN *3 year old Kaleb was beaten to death by his parents, Amanda Brooks Lay and Terry Lay; they have been arrested and charged with his murder*

          Amanda Brooks Lay                      Terry Lay

Coroner: Child died of “multiple blunt trauma”
Victim of alleged child abuse declared brain dead
Vigil For Little Boy
Update: Parents now charged with murder in child’s death
Abuse of the system

Breaking News: Jeffrey Pelley’s murder conviction overturned; case may have to be dismissed

        Jeffrey Pelley

Ind. Quadruple Murder Conviction Tossed
Pelley’s conviction for the murder of his family thrown out
Pelley’s quadruple murder conviction overturned
Court tosses quadruple murder conviction
Lawyers, neighbors react to Pelley appeal decision

Teresa French murder 5/13/93 Muncie, IN *husband, Anthony French and Jess Woods arrested for her murder*

       Teresa French                  716 W. Cromer Ave. Muncie IN

Muncie police solve 15-year-old murder
Arrests made in fifteen year old murder
Warrants sealed in arrests for 1993 Teresa French murder
Husband of woman slain in 1993 arrested in killing

  
                    Anthony French                                                Jess Woods

Ida Jefferson murder 2/29/08 Evansville, IN *Police looking for her former boyfriend, Joaquin Starks*

                 Joaquin Starks

Suspect hunted in slaying
Suspect at large in fatal shooting
Hunt for a murder suspect
Update: Police find shooting suspect’s car

Update: Isom Family murder *Kevin Isom facing the death penalty*

                           Kevin Isom

Death Penalty Sought In Gary Triple Murder
Lake Co. man faces death penalty
Prosecutor seeks death penalty for man accused of killing his family
State requests death penalty in Gary killings

Robert Nalley murder 2/1/08 Indianapolis, IN *3 charged in attack: Jeremy Arthur, Michael Blankenship and Allen Blankenship*

                          Robert Nalley

Indy man, 18, dies after beating with bat
Men Accused In Fatal Baseball Bat Beating

Victim’s brother says fatal beating was over $80
Mother defends her sons accused of brutally beating teen
Man, 18, dies after beating with bat
Brothers charged in beating death of teen
Brothers Charged With Murder In Baseball Bat Attack
Teen charged with murder in baseball bat beating death
Three Face Charges in Baseball Bat Murder

 
           Allen and Michael Blankenship                         Jeremy Arthur

Ginger Johnson murder 1/30/08 Eastside, IN *father Dwayne E. Johnson Jr shot and killed daughter, then killed himself*

Father kills girl, 8, and then himself
Indianapolis father kills daughter, 8, then himself

Update: Josiah Shaw murder *Father considered a person of interest*

Gary toddler dies, mom shot in apparent carjacking
Person of Interest Questioned in Indiana Carjacking That Left Toddler Dead
Cops question father in slaying of baby boy
Person of interest arrested in Gary baby’s death
Baby’s father person of interest in deadly carjacking
Dad ‘person of interest’ in baby’s fatal shooting