CROWN POINT â A woman and two men were charged in connection with the double-homicide of two teenagers last fall in Calumet Township, police said.Â
Dawn M. Carden, 42; Alvino S. Vino Amaya, 36; and Elijah D. Robinson, 19, all of Gary, face several charges following an extensive investigation by the Lake County Sheriff s Department, said Lake County Sheriff Oscar Martinez.Â
The victims, 17-year-old Maxwell Kroll and 18-year-old Elijah Robinson, were believed to have been fatally shot in retaliation for stealing a handgun, police said.
The two teens were killed Oct. 16, 2020, and were found inside a home in the 3900 block of West 51st Avenue in Calumet Township.
Three arrested in slayings of two teens in Lake County
February 12, 2021 GMT
CROWN POINT, Ind. (AP) A woman and two men each face two counts of murder in the shooting deaths of two teenagers at a home they shared in northwestern Indiana, authorities said.
Dawn M. Carden, 42; Alvino S. Amaya, 36; and Elijah D. Robinson, 19, all of Gary, were charged in the slayings of 17-year-old Maxwell Kroll and 18-year-old Elijah Robinson last Oct. 16 near Griffith, Lake County Sheriff Oscar Martinez said Thursday.
It wasn’t clear if the victim Elijah Robinson and the suspect Elijah D. Robinson are related.
The victims were believed to have been fatally shot in retaliation for stealing a handgun, police said.
Three people have been arrested and charged in the October shooting deaths of two Calumet Township teens who the suspects believed stole a gun from one of them.
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