On February 5, 2015, 40-year-old Shane Paul Williamson was found dead in the parking lot of his residence in Hartford City, Indiana. Inside the Williamson apartment his 14-year-old daughter, Katelin L. Williamson, was also found deceased.

Authorities identified 60-year-old Charles Whittington as the suspect; investigators say Whittington had become angered by online interactions between Williamson and Whittington’s former girlfriend. Prosecutors said Whittington entered the apartment, shot Katelin, then waited for Shane to return and killed him. Whittington was arrested and charged with two counts of murder.

In November 2015 a Blackford Circuit Court judge convicted Whittington and sentenced him to 170 years in prison.