Monday, November 21, 2011

Dad convicted of killing pregnant wife in front of 1-year-old son (Bluffton, Indiana)

The dad is identified as TYLER WHITE.

http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/f67a4ac49aa8400fbe2e6e8eecfa57b2/IN--Estranged-Wife-Shot/

NE man draws 70-year sentence for shooting pregnant estranged wife in front of 1-year-old son


THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
First Posted: November 18, 2011 - 12:41 pm
Last Updated: November 18, 2011 - 12:42 pm

BLUFFTON, Ind. — A northeastern Indiana man convicted of murder for fatally shooting his estranged wife in front of their 1-year-old son has received a longer prison sentence because she was pregnant.

The Journal Gazette reports (http://bit.ly/ttRtx5) a Wells County judge on Friday sentenced 29-year-old Tyler White to 60 years in prison for the 2009 shooting of 28-year-old Amy White. He added an additional 10 years because Amy White was about 12 weeks pregnant when she was shot.

A jury of six men and six women found Tyler White guilty of murder Oct. 4.

Jurors rejected claims from White that he acted in self-defense after his estranged wife pulled a handgun from her jacket with their son playing a few feet away at his parents' Bluffton home in October 2009.