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Monday, November 14, 2011
Ind. Courts - "Fire postpones sentencing in murder case"
Jeff Wiehe reports in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette in a story that begins:
BLUFFTON – A large fire in Bluffton has postponed a sentencing hearing for a man convicted of killing his estranged wife.Here is the story via WANE, with striking video of the fire.Tyler White, 29, was to learn his fate Monday morning in the death of 28-year-old Amy White, who was pregnant at the time of her death.
Halfway though the hearing, the Wells County Courthouse was evacuated because of a fire at a building next door. A pillar of flame 20 feet high could be seen outside the courtroom window on the third floor.
The fire appeared to be coming from above the Hideaway Lounge, which itself was the scene of a homicide a few months ago.
A dozen firefighters remained at the scene shortly before 10 a.m., and smoke was still billowing out of the building.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on November 14, 2011 01:37 PM
Posted to Indiana Courts