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Man Charged In 7 Slayings To Be Sentenced In Another Case
Desmond Turner Previously Found Guilty Of Spitting On Guard
POSTED: 7:13 am EST January 31,
2008
UPDATED: 11:35 am EST January 31,
2008
INDIANAPOLIS -- One of two men charged with murder in the slayings of seven family members in an east side home in 2006 is due in court Thursday.Desmond Turner is expected to be sentenced on a battery charge after he was found guilty of spitting on a Marion County Jail guard.
Previous Images: Seven Relatives Slain In Indianapolis House
Turner faces a maximum sentence of three years in prison on the battery charge, but he faces the death penalty in the murder case.Turner and James Stewart, the other man charged in the slayings, are also scheduled to have a pre-trial conference Thursday in the Hamilton Avenue killings, which happened in June 2006.The murder trial is expected to begin in February 2009.Three children and four adults were killed in a home at 560 Hamilton Ave.
Previous Images: Seven Relatives Slain In Indianapolis House
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Previous Stories:
- June 1, 2007: Community Marks Year After 7 Slain In Indy Home
- January 20, 2007: Man Charged In 7 Slayings Injures Jail Officer
- June 8, 2006: Suspect Withdraws Speedy-Trial Request
- June 7, 2006: Funeral Held For 6 Of 7 Victims
- June 7, 2006: Trial Date Set
- June 6, 2006: Death Penalty Sought Against 1 Suspect
- June 5, 2006: Affidavit: Suspect Announced Plans To Kill
- June 4, 2006: Prosecutor To Seek Death Penalty
- June 3, 2006: Suspect In 7 Slayings Surrenders
- June 3, 2006: Suspect Not Found In Morning SWAT Search
- June 2, 2006: Police Miss One Suspect, Arrest Another
- June 2, 2006: Massacred Family Members Described As Good Neighbors
- June 2, 2006: Suspect Named In Slayings Of 3 Boys, 4 Adults
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