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He was a fresh, young law student working an internship alongside Marion County prosecutors, his childhood dreams of pounding tables, yelling at judges and making criminals pay echoing in his mind.
Homicide without a body. It was going to be tough, if not impossible, to get a conviction. Karen Jo Smith, a 35-year-old Indianapolis woman, had gone missing in the middle of a chilly December night, two days after Christmas in 2000. She was last seen asleep in her recliner; discovered missing by her children after asking her ex-husband Steven Halcomb to leave.
He was a fresh, young law student working an internship alongside Marion County prosecutors, his childhood dreams of pounding tables, yelling at judges and making criminals pay echoing in his mind.
Homicide without a body. It was going to be tough, if not impossible, to get a conviction. Karen Jo Smith, a 35-year-old Indianapolis woman, had gone missing in the middle of a chilly December night, two days after Christmas in 2000. She was last seen asleep in her recliner; discovered missing by her children after asking her ex-husband Steven Halcomb to leave.
Her remains were never found. They still haven t been found. But four years after Smith s disappearance, seven days of testimony, 50 witnesses, 300 pieces of evidence, Ryan Vaughn and his prosecuting partner Ellen Corcella convinced a jury to convict Halcomb. He received a 95-year prison sentence, a rare success in a murder-with-no-body case.