Indianapolis Man sentenced to 50 years for murdering uncle

Indianapolis (WISH) — The Marion County Prosecutor’s Workplace introduced at this time that Sylvester Ford has been sentenced to 50 years in jail for the 2020 homicide of his uncle, Devon Ford.

On the morning of Feb. 16, 2020, Officers had been dispatched to an condominium on the 100 block of Diplomat Courtroom. Police situated Sylvester Ford shortly after arriving and adopted him to the condominium the place he acknowledged his uncle had been shot.

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Police discovered Devon Ford lifeless within the condominium bed room with a number of gunshot wounds.

Investigators questioned relations that Sylvester had contacted after the taking pictures. The household stated that Sylvester informed them conflicting tales about what occurred to Devon.

Investigators questioned Sylvester and he acknowledged that he had been residing along with his uncle for a short while earlier than the incident, and that he was upset along with his uncle earlier than the taking pictures. He later confessed to taking pictures his uncle 3 times.