Murder

Nicholas Stanley's defense attorney, Vincent Campiti, on Thursday told Elkhart Circuit Judge Michael Christofeno that he was wrong, and risks a retrial, for refusing to tell the jury that they can convict Stanley on the lesser charge of manslaughter for acting in "sudden heat."

An 18-year-old accused of shooting a South Bend woman during a Facebook Marketplace robbery attempt now faces a murder charge after she died.

Stephen Sherwood was paroled in 2024 after serving less than half his sentence for beating 4-year-old Hope Barrett to death in a Martinsville motel room in 1995. On New Year's Eve in Mishawaka prosecutors say he held his ex-girlfriend at knifepoint as she held her two-month-old grandson.

Elkhart County Prosecutors charged 29-year-old Franklin Elmore Jr. and his wife, 27-year-old Cheyenne Elmore, after they say Franklin severely beat his 6-year-old son Justin on Aug. 3.

An arrest has been made in connection with the shooting death of a popular Elkhart restaurant owner.

Jermaine Munn, was convicted of murder, but now says the St. Joseph County Prosecutor's Office coordinated with jailhouse informants to create false testimony.

Stephanie Steele's ruling to deny a new trial for Jeff Pelley, 52, is his last best chance at a new trial

D'Drea Bostic is now charged with the 2015 killing of 41-year-old Guiseppe Bailey

Police believe Johnnie Tener, 71, was shot and killed by his wife Linda Tener.