A Whiting man convicted last year and sentenced to 180 years in prison for his role in a 1998 Hammond triple murder received a fair trial, according to the Court
David L. Copley Jr., 47, first talked to police about the homicides in in 1998 and ultimately helped prosecutors secure the conviction of his co-defendant.
"James Higgason and David Copley beat Elva Tamez, Jerod Hodge and Timothy Ross to death," a deputy prosecutor said. "They bashed their skulls in a drug-fueled frenzy."