November 18th, 2008
The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police has announced that Michael Brown, 56, was arrested Saturday in San Diego. He was wanted for the murder of Eric Hendricks, 73, and Milton Lindgren, 70 in October.
According to court records, two murder charges were filed against Brown on Thursday and a warrant for his arrest was issued. While neighbors believed that the murders might have been a hate crime, police have not said what led to the deaths.
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Lynn David
November 18th, 2008
Jim, I don’t think they were necessarily a ‘couple.’ Milt Lindgren had been caring for Eric Hendricks who was confined to a wheelchair.
As for why they were killed, it will not matter much here except to form a reason to link the murderer to the crime.
Stefano A
November 19th, 2008
In the original WRTV (News 6 Indianapolis) and the Indianapolis Star have both quoted Parick Bear, a friend of the victims,…
What is disturbing is that Michael Brown, the man arrested, is also one of the two men who called the police to report the murder.
Stefano A
November 19th, 2008
I doubt I’ve seen all of the coverage, so does anyone know what led the police to suspect Brown?
Since Brown was a friend of the two men it seems odd that he’d suddenly up and start vandalizing their home and then murder them for being gay, and since nothing was taken it wouldn’t appear he was after money.
I’ll be interested in finding out what the motive was.
AJD
November 19th, 2008
Even if it is considered a hate crime, Indiana doesn’t have a hate-crime law, let alone one includes sexual orientation.
Stefano A
November 21st, 2008
A memorial services was held for the two men yesterday. In the coverage of the memorial more information about Brown was revealed:
While it’s true that Indiana has no hate- or bias-crime laws that carry criminal penalites. . .
Stefano A
November 21st, 2008
BTW:
No mention, however, was made how long ago that was.
Jim Burroway
November 21st, 2008
Given this latest information, it looks like this wasn’t a hate crime.
Timothy Kincaid
November 21st, 2008
It may even be a situation of faked hate crime – a murder that was made to look like a homophobic hate crime in order to cover up a theft
Stefano A
November 21st, 2008
That is my suspicion.
Janet Robinson
November 27th, 2008
WRTV owes Marcus Miller a public apology for splashing his name across TV as a suspect in the robbery. This was done before the police — from jail –discovered that he was not involed in the robbery and released him. WRTV this is irresponsible journalism, and until I, his grandmother, and his worried family understand WHY?, we willl continue to pursue this issue.
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