Indiana man gets 91 years for death of man found slain in woods

FORT WAYNE, Ind. — A Fort Wayne man convicted of homicide within the April taking pictures dying of a person whose physique was found in a wooded space was sentenced to 91 years in jail Tuesday.

A jury final month additionally discovered Anthony J. Lopez, 42, responsible of unlawful possession of a firearm within the dying of William Jeffrey Kintzel, 63, of South Whitley.

Allen County Superior Courtroom Choose Fran Gull sentenced Lopez to 65 years for the homicide, 20 years for a sentence enhancement for utilizing a gun within the crime and 6 years for carrying a handgun with a felony conviction inside the earlier 15 years.

Kintzel was dealing with an upcoming trial for cocaine possession when his physique was found April 14. Police imagine the slaying occurred days earlier.

Prosecutors mentioned a close-by resident’s surveillance digicam captured footage of Kintzel driving Lopez and one other man close to the wooded space, parking, and the person ready in Kintzel’s SUV whereas the sufferer and Lopez head into the woods after which Lopez runs out of the woods.

Lopez’s lawyer, Richard Thonert, has mentioned he’ll enchantment the verdicts.

The driving force of the SUV was Michael Allen Barker, 42, of Fort Wayne, investigators have mentioned.

There’s a warrant for Barker’s arrest charging him with homicide and felony theft leading to severe bodily harm.