Monsters Among Us: John D. Miller charged with the 1988 rape and murder of 8-year-old April Tinsley

April Tinsley

Grabill man charged with the cold-case murder of April Tinsley
Police make arrest in April Tinsley murder, 1988 Fort Wayne cold case
Police make arrest in April Tinsley case
Arrest made in notorious April Tinsley cold case
Man arrested in notorious April Tinsley cold case
Man arrested in connection with 30-year-old cold case rape and murder of 8-year-old April Tinsley
DNA evidence credited for arrest in April Tinsley’s 1988 killing
Cold Case Confession: April Marie Tinsley’s Killer Caught, Say Police
Community reacts to Tinsley case arrest
Indiana child killer who taunted police featured on Investigation Discovery
DNA evidence credited for arrest in April Tinsley’s 1988 killing
Movies/Documentaries
On the Case with Paula Zahn: Notes from a Killer

John D Miller

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Monsters Among Us: Kenneth R. Pitts Jr. charged with the murder of 77-year-old Alice “Anita” Oswald, whose body was found in her SUV at the bottom of a pond

Anita Oswald obituary
Police ask for public’s help in missing person’s case
Active Silver Alert: Police still searching for Alice “Anita” Oswald
Body found inside vehicle matching missing woman’s SUV
Female body found inside vehicle belonging to missing Terre Haute woman
Suspect Announced in Alice Oswald’s Murder
Suspect announced in Alice Oswald’s death
Terre Haute Police looking for suspect in connection with the murder of Anita Oswald
Murder warrant issued in death of woman found in sunken SUV
Police: Kenny Pitts sought in Oswald homicide

Defendants
Kenneth Pitts
Teresa Pitts (assisting a criminal and obstruction of justice)

Cold Case: Psycho For Love: Jason Tibbs killed Rayna Rison when she refused to be his girlfriend, sentenced to 40 years in prison

Rayna Rison

Find-A-Grave: Rayna L Rison
Three cold cases heat up
Jason Tibbs arrested in 1993 murder of NW Indiana teen, Rayna Rison
LaPorte man arrested for murder in cold case of missing teen Rayna Rison
Charged
Jason Tibbs found guilty of murdering Rayna Rison
Jason Tibbs found guilty in cold case murder of Rayna Rison
Tibbs sentenced to 40 years in cold case murder of Rayna Rison
Murder appeal denied in 1993 Rayna Rison killing
Appeals court affirms conviction in Rison slaying

Movies/Documentaries
Unusual Suspects – Deadly Intent: Forget Me Not

INMATE INFORMATION

DOC Number 917757
First Name JASON
Middle Name
Last Name TIBBS
Suffix
Date of Birth 06/07/1975
Gender Male
Race White
Facility/Location Pendleton Correctional Facility
Earliest Possible Release Date 08/22/2033

Sentence Information
Date of Sentence 12/19/2014
Description MURDER
Term in Years / Months / Days 40 00 00000
Type of Conviction M
Indiana Citation Code 35-42-1-1
Cause Number 46C01 1308 MR 000278
County of Conviction LAPORTE
Projected Release Date 08/22/2033

Boyfriends From Hell: Mitchell Lee Vanryn charged with beating his girlfriend’s 2-year-old son, Malakai Michael Garrett to death

Malakai Michael Garrett

Fort Wayne police investigate death of toddler
Man arrested for beating death of toddler in Ft. Wayne
2-year-old’s family says authorities failed them
Father, grandmother say deceased toddler was abused
Court docs: Indiana toddler died after he was severely beaten by his mother’s boyfriend
Mother’s boyfriend charged after Indiana toddler dies from beating
Court Documents: Boy died from injuries consistent with blows from a fist
Court Docs: toddler’s death ruled homicide, shows boy was beaten
Court Docs: toddler showed severe signs of internal, external injuries in beating death
Murder charge filed in toddler’s death
Father of toddler who was beaten to death speaks out
gofundme: Justice For Malakai
Facebook: Mitchell Livinni Van Ryn

INMATE INFORMATION

Offender Name: VANRYN, MITCHELL LEE LYNN
Custody Status: In Custody
Age: 27
Location: Allen County Jail
Race: White
Contact Facility: Allen County Jail
Offender ID: 553273
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: 06/25/1990

Monsters Among Us: Charles Stephenson beat 67-year-old Leigh Cummings to death with a cast iron skillet and pepper mill; Sentenced to LWOP

Leigh Cummings

Friends of Leigh Jennings shocked at details of murder
Indiana Woman’s Friend Charged With Murder
Jury selection begins in Stephenson murder trial
Trial continues for murder of IN woman
Stephenson found guilty of beating woman to death
Man gets life in prison without parole in Ind. woman’s murder
Charles Stephenson v State of Indiana 2015 (conviction and sentence affirmed)
Aurora Woman’s Killer Loses Supreme Court Challenge

Movies/Documentaries
Murder in the Heartland: Fear Travels Fast

INMATE INFORMATION

CHARLES R STEPHENSON
DOC Number 233024
First Name CHARLES
Middle Name R
Last Name STEPHENSON
Suffix
Date of Birth 10/04/1953
Gender Male
Race White
Facility/Location Indiana State Prison
Earliest Possible Release Date 00/00/0000

Sentence Information
Date of Sentence 07/02/2013
Description MURDER
Term in Years / Months / Days LIFE
Type of Conviction M
Indiana Citation Code 35-42-1-1
Cause Number 15C01-1205-MR-001
County of Conviction DEARBORN
Projected Release Date 00/00/0000

Monsters Among Us: Daniel Kevin Seltzer killed George Lamphere and Gerald Gherardi; Sentenced to 50 years, and then 60 years in prison

Victims
Gerald G. Gherardi, 28 [3/29/1981]
George Lamphere, 34 [1983] (no picture)

Facebook: Remembering Gerry Gherardi and George Lamphire
Suspect charged 26 years after Mishawaka man’s murder
After 26 years, justice is served
Convicted killer sentenced in 1981 murder
Man gets 60-year term in 1981 Mishawaka murder
Convicted killer sentenced in 1981 murder
Daniel Kevin Seltzer v State of Indiana 1986 (conviction and sentence affirmed)
Daniel Seltzer v State of Indiana 2010 (conviction and sentence affirmed)
1981 Mishawaka cold case is focus of Paula Zahn program this Sunday

Movies/Documentaries
On t he Case with Paula Zahn: Deadly Hymn

INMATE INFORMATION

DANIEL K SELTZER
DOC Number 194779
First Name DANIEL
Middle Name K
Last Name SELTZER
Suffix
Date of Birth 09/29/1960
Gender Male
Race White
Facility/Location Deceased
Earliest Possible Release Date 06/09/2015

Sentence Information
Date of Sentence 03/11/2009
Description MURDER
Term in Years / Months / Days 60 00 00000
Type of Conviction M
Indiana Citation Code 35-42-1-1
Cause Number 71D080709MR00006
County of Conviction ST JOSEPH
Projected Release Date 06/09/2015

Sentence Information
Date of Sentence 11/02/1983
Description MURDER
Term in Years / Months / Days 50 00 00000
Type of Conviction M
Indiana Citation Code 35-42-1-1
Cause Number 23593
County of Conviction ST JOSEPH
Projected Release Date 09/23/2008

Deadly Women: Lisa Shuler shot & killed her lover, Charles Pierce, over some racy pictures he took of her; Sentenced to 45 years in prison

Charles Pierce

Police: man shot at Floyd Co. home
Woman who claimed she shot intruder facing murder charge
Woman charged with murder during sex fantasy pleads not guilty
Not guilty plea entered in New Albany rape fantasy murder case
Woman pleads not guilty in rape fantasy slaying
Rape fantasy, explicit photos lead to murder of Louisville man
Woman sentenced to 45 years after pleading guilty to “rape fantasy” murder
Woman sentenced to 45 years in prison after killing lover during sex fantasy
Indiana woman gets 45-year sentence in slaying
Murderpedia: Lisa Shuler

Movies/Documentaries
Deadly Women: Tipping Point

INMATE INFORMATION

LISA M SHULER
DOC Number 246009
First Name LISA
Middle Name M
Last Name SHULER
Suffix
Date of Birth 10/27/1981
Gender Female
Race White
Facility/Location Indiana Women’s Prison
Earliest Possible Release Date 03/09/2036

Sentence Information
Date of Sentence 03/05/2014
Description MURDER
Term in Years / Months / Days 45 00 00000
Type of Conviction M
Indiana Citation Code 35-42-1-1
Cause Number 22D03 1305 MR 00930
County of Conviction FLOYD
Projected Release Date 03/09/2036