Texas DA defends plea deal for man who is now suspect in Indiana killings
AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas prosecutor’s office says it knew nothing of a 2004 attack on an Indiana woman when it offered a lighter sentence in a 2009 sexual assault case to a man now suspected of several...
View ArticleTexas DA defends plea deal for man who is now suspect in Indiana serial killings
AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas prosecutor’s office says it knew nothing of a 2004 attack on an Indiana woman when it offered a lighter sentence in a 2009 sexual assault case to a man now suspected of several...
View ArticleTexas prosecutor cites weak case for 2009 plea deal for future suspected...
Published October 27, 2014Associated Press Facebook0 Twitter0 Email Print AUSTIN, Texas – A Texas prosecutor is defending her office's 2009 plea deal in a sexual assault case involving a man now...
View Article>Texas DA defends handling of Vann's '09 case
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas prosecutor is defending her office's 2009 plea deal in a sexual assault case involving a...
View ArticleTexas prosecutor: Indiana suspect history unknown
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas prosecutors may not have offered a suspected serial killer such a lenient prison sentence in a 2009 sexual assault case had they known about his conviction on a similar...
View Article>Indiana man was violent long before 7 killings
GARY, Ind. (AP) — With hindsight, there were signs years ago of increasing violence against women by Darren Vann, who police say has confessed to killing seven women in northwestern Indiana and is...
View ArticleWho is Indiana serial killer suspect Darren Deon Vann?
October 22, 2014 -- Updated 0402 GMT (1202 HKT) Gary, Indiana (CNN) -- Darren Deon Vann was no stranger to police. Even before police caught up with him this weekend, Vann's record was...
View ArticleStates predict inmates’ future crimes with secretive surveys
On a hot Friday last July, a parolee was mowing a lawn in a small cul-de-sac on the west side of the city when he stopped to ask for a glass of water. The 70-year-old widow whose yard he was mowing...
View ArticleSuspected Serial Killer Charged In Seven Murders
Darren Vann confessed to killing a total of seven women, whose bodies were found in and around Gary, Indiana, in 2014. Although he was originally facing two charges of first-degree murder, the Lake...
View ArticleIndiana suspect violent long before 7 killings
GARY, Ind. – With hindsight, there were signs years ago of increasing violence against women by Darren Vann, who police said Tuesday has confessed to killing seven women in northwestern Indiana....
View ArticleTexas DA defends handling of Vann's '09 case
AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas prosecutor is defending her office's 2009 plea deal in a sexual assault case involving a...
View ArticleTravis County DA defends handling of Darren Vann sexual assault case
Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg on Monday defended how...
View ArticleSuspect in 7 killings in Indiana silent in court
CROWN POINT, Ind. — A man who allegedly confessed to killing seven women in Indiana refused today to speak or even acknowledge his name to a judge, and a sheriff said later that the defendant was upset...
View ArticleStates using ‘secretive‘ tests to predict inmates’ future crimes
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — States are trying to reduce prison populations with secretive, new psychological assessments to predict which inmates will commit future crimes and who might be safe to release,...
View ArticleNot guilty pleas for suspect in 7 Indiana deaths
CROWN POINT, Ind. (AP) — A judge recorded not guilty pleas Wednesday for a former Marine who is charged with murder in the strangulation deaths of two women found in northwestern Indiana and is...
View ArticleStates predict inmates' future crimes with secretive surveys
States are trying to reduce prison populations with secretive, new psychological assessments to predict which inmates will commit future crimes and who might be safe to release, despite serious...
View ArticleIndiana man was violent long before 7 killings
(AP) — With hindsight, there were signs years ago of increasing violence against women by Darren Vann, who police say has confessed to killing seven women in northwestern Indiana and is scheduled to...
View ArticlePolice: Indiana suspect hints at more killings
GARY, Ind. (AP) — Police investigating the slayings of seven women whose bodies were found in northwest Indiana over the weekend said Monday they believe it is the work of a serial killer, and that the...
View ArticlePolice: Indiana suspect hintsat more killings
GARY, Ind. — Police investigating the slayings of seven women whose bodies were found in northwest Indiana over the weekend said Monday they believe it is the work of a serial killer, and that the...
View ArticleTexas DA office: '04 attack unknown in '09 case
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas prosecutor's office says it knew nothing of a 2004 attack on an Indiana woman when it offered a...
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