Alyssa Shepherd Contends State Did Not Prove Criminal Recklessness

ROCHESTER, Ind. (AP) — An appeal filed by an Indiana woman convicted in a crash that killed three children crossing a highway to board a school bus contends the state didn't present enough evidence that she was criminally reckless. A brief filed with the Indiana Court of Appeals argues the state didn't prove Alyssa Shepherd acted recklessly as opposed to negligently. A Fulton County jury convicted Shepherd of three counts of reckless homicide and other charges. A judge sentenced her to four years in prison. The October 2018 crash near Rochester killed 6-year-old twin brothers Xzavier and Mason Ingle, and their 9-year-old sister, Alivia Stahl, and seriously injured a fourth child.