Michael Penrod News Today

LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WLFI) — The family of a homicide victim has spoken out thanking the team of detectives for their hard work solving the case.

Joshua White pleaded guilty in January to burglary for his role in 28-year-old Amber Barrett's death, and on Monday he received a 23-year sentence.

The fourth and final person was sentenced Monday in connection to the 2020 murder of a Lafayette woman.

Joseph Adkins has 15 months left to serve on an unrelated sentence before he begins serving time for charges from the killing of Amber Barrett.

When Michael Penrod left the courtroom, he stepped into a 30-year prison sentence for robbery and being a habitual offender.

Michael Penrod will spend 30 years in prison. Prosecutors dropped a murder charge in exchange for the plea deal.

Michael Penrod pleaded guilty Wednesday to the Sept. 28, 2020, robbery in which 28-year-old Amber Barrett was killed.

A judge accepted a guilty plea from two people involved in a 2020 fatal robbery Wednesday afternoon Michael Penrod and Joseph Adkins plead guilty in separate hearings in the Tippecanoe

A judge accepted a guilty plea from two people involved in a 2020 fatal robbery Wednesday afternoon Michael Penrod and Joseph Adkins plead guilty in separate hearings in the Tippecanoe

Emily Madison is agreeing to admit to murder and serve a 45-year prison sentence.