MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. (WISH) — Indiana death row inmate Jeffrey Weisheit died by lethal injection inside the Indiana State Prison at 12:45 am CST, Thursday Nov. 5, more than 15 years after he murdered 8-year-old Alyssa Lynch and 5-year-old Caleb Lynch in a Vanderburgh County arson.  Weisheit had no final words according to the Indiana […]

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. (WOWO). Indiana has carried out the execution of Jeffrey Weisheit, convicted of murdering 8-year-old Alyssa Lynch and her 5-year-old brother, Caleb, in a 2010 house fire near Evansville. The execution took place early Thursday at the Indiana State Prison, after Gov. Mike Braun denied Weisheit’s clemency request Monday and the Indiana Supreme Court rejected his final request for a stay Wednesday. The children’s mother, Lisa Lynch, had urged state officials to uphold the de

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MICHIGAN CITY, Ind — Indiana executed Jeffrey Weisheit early Thursday morning for the 2010 murders of two young children in Evansville. The Indiana Department of Correction says Weisheit died by lethal injection at 12:45 a.m. Central time at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City. The execution process began shortly after midnight. Hours earlier, the […]

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Jean Crouch formerly of Salem, Indiana, age 99, passed away on October 30, 2026, at Nazareth Home in Louisville, where she had resided for the past 2 years. She was born April 15, 1927, in Evansville, Indiana, the daughter of Harold F. Kroener and Lillian M. (Arvin) Kroener. She was raised in Evansville, attending parochial […]

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