Crime
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Husband-And-Wife Private Detectives Investigate The Murder Of Their Own Daughter
Jessie Whitehouse was shot in her home last fall, and IMPD hasn’t yet publicly identified a suspect.
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Down For The Count: A Lawyer’s Look At The Mike Tyson Rape Trial
In the aftermath of the former heavyweight champ’s conviction, a legal expert and courtroom observer wrote a book that provided a blow-by-blow breakdown of the proceedings, excerpted in Indianapolis Monthly in 1992.
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The Decision: Mike Tyson’s Rape Trial, 25 Years Later
On February 10, 1992, an Indianapolis jury found Mike Tyson guilty of raping Miss Black America contestant Desiree Washington. The case landed the city in the media spotlight, sparked debate over race and sex, and shaped the celebrity-trial era. Now, on the 25th anniversary of the verdict, insiders recount how a boxer’s fight for his freedom ended in a unanimous decision.
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A System Reboot for Child Pornography Detectives
Three Hoosiers revolutionized the way authorities now investigate those crimes all over the world—a method employed all too often at home.
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Blindsided: A Dream Engagement Turned Nightmare
Don Huckstep thought he’d found true love in his small hometown of Fowler, Indiana. But when Teri Deneka mysteriously vanished from his life, the disappearance foreshadowed a bizarre—and grisly—series of discoveries that left Huckstep, police, and another man’s family with more questions than answers.
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The City’s Big Bet on Tarkington Park
With a revived green space, Indy hopes to build a developer’s playground in an area that has been sliding.
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Calling for Backup
This winter, IMPD begins to equip some patrolmen with body cameras. Should Indy be more concerned about the shortage of cops to wear them?
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Jim Jones: The Dark Side of Indiana
On the state’s Bicentennial, remembering one notorious Hoosier who perpetrated a painfully instructive worst-case scenario.
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Granddad Gone Bad
Last summer, Chris Carlson left Indianapolis with his three grandsons for a male-bonding adventure in the Grand Canyon, a hike that would land him in prison for child abuse. Many called him a monster. But is it possible he just didn’t know any better?
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IM Crime Files: In the Name of the Father
As leader of the Indianapolis Black Panther Militia in the 1990s, Mmoja Ajabu bred hate and anger in the name of social justice. When his son was convicted in a horrific murder, he incurred the wrath of the entire city. Now, Ajabu returns to prominence.
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