Four charged in quadruple killings
INDIANAPOLIS (Feb. 28, 2014) Marion County Prosecutor Terry Curry announced new charges Friday in last week quadruple homicide on South Parker Avenue.
Earlier this week, police arrested Kenneth canada goose outlet new york city Rackemann, 24, Samantha Bradley, 20, canada goose outlet reviews Valencia Williams, 21, and Anthony LaRussa, 26, following the fatal shootings of four people inside the southeast side home. Killed were 21 year old Hayley Navarra, 22 year canada goose uk shop canada goose outlet online canada goose uk black friday old Kristy Mae Sanchez, 43 year old Jacob Rodemich and 47 year old Walter Burnell.
An informant who worked canada goose outlet uk security for Burnell helped investigators crack the case after witnessing the canada goose outlet killings. Rackemann, according to court documents, canada goose factory outlet also worked security for Burnell canada goose store drug operation. They originally went to the home under the guise of arranging a methamphetamine deal with Burnell although their real intent canada goose outlet store was to rob him, https://www.doloresnet.com court documents said. On Thursday, Feb. 20, the informant and Navarra were dropped off at the home in the canada goose outlet in usa Canada Goose online 3400 block of South Parker Avenue. Rackemann said he would return with Williams canada goose outlet nyc and Bradley. When they canada goose outlet store uk came back, Rackemann pulled a gun on Burnell and told him to up off everything in an effort to rob him. Burnell replied, have to shoot me, court documents said.
According to court documents, Rackemann fatally shot Burnell, and then stalked everyone else inside the house as he demanded to know where Burnell kept his safe. The informant said Rackemann shot and killed Burnell, Rodemich and Sanchez. He said Williams fatally shot Navarra. The witness told police that Navarra pledged not official canada goose outlet to say anything about the killings if they let canada goose black friday sale her live; she was shot twice in the head.
Bradley and Williams were tasked with dumping stolen items and weapons from the cheap Canada Goose home; they left a bag of clothes and cell phones in a dumpster at West Lake Apartments on the west side. Bradley tried to get rid of a gun by throwing it cheap canada goose into a lake, but the gun didn break through the ice, goose outlet canada court documents said.
A man later came across the bag while digging through a dumpster at the apartment complex. He turned on one of the phones and read text messages between Jacob Rodemich and his brother. The man called police and turned over what he had found.
According to court documents, LaRussa wasn at the home Canada Goose Outlet on South Parker Avenue when the killings took place but helped plan the robbery.
Curry said the suspects had several inconsistencies in their stories when interviewed. Investigators also found forensic evidence canada goose uk outlet linking them to the crime.