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A northwest Indiana man has been sentenced to 150 years in prison for the slayings of a Gary woman and her 13-year-old son, who were fatally shot in their home...

"What you took away from my family can never be replaced," Rosetta Haywood told defendant Darren Taylor, who was convicted in August of murdering Haywoods 35-year-old sister and 13-year-old nephew.

During his closing arguments, Lake County Deputy Prosecutor Patrick Grindlay urged jurors to use their common sense, stick to the facts, follow the evidence and believe their eyes.

The witness, who hunched over and looked down for much of his time on the witness stand, said he was shocked when Darren "Duke" Taylor shot 35-year-old Temia Haywood inside

Darren "Duke" Taylor, 41, of Hammond, is accused of fatally shooting Temia Haywood, 35, and her 13-year-old son, Lavell Edmond, on March 23, 2019, at Haywoods home in Gary.

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CROWN POINT — A defense attorney said Tuesday he is considering filing a motion to bring the Lake County sheriff before the court to testify about why sheriffs police arrested his client against medical advice and disconnected medical equipment from the man before an arrest warrant was valid. Darren Taylor, who failed to show up June 21 for his trial on charges he murdered a Gary woman and her teenage son, was being treated at Community Hospital for an undisclosed medical condition when sh...

CROWN POINT — A defendant charged with murdering a woman and her 13-year-old son nearly two years ago has a new attorney and wont face a jury until at least