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
A star witness who flipped against his co-defendant in a 1998 Hammond triple homicide was sentenced to 45 years Friday in line with the deal he struck with prosecutors.
"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."
David L. Copley Jr., 47, of Franklin, Indiana, denied a defense attorney s suggestion that he pointed a finger at James Higgason III because he wanted to protect the father of
David L. Copley Jr., 47, testified Wednesday he and 52-year-old James Higgason III beat three people to death Jan. 8, 1998, in Hammond to rob them of drugs and money.