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No, three murder charges, one enhancement for the babyIIRC there are 4 murder charges, two each for Amanda and baby.
In bold are the three murder charges and the enhancement against LT with the sections of the applicable law underneath.
35-42-1-1(1): Murder 35-42-1-1(1)
Indiana Code - Section 35-42-1-1: Murder
(1) knowingly or intentionally kills another human being;
35-42-1-1(2): Murder 35-42-1-1(2) (Murder in the course of a burglary)
35-42-1-1(2): Murder 35-42-1-1(2) (Murder in the course of a robbery)
(2) kills another human being while committing or attempting to commit arson, burglary, child molesting, consumer product tampering, criminal deviate conduct, kidnapping, rape, robbery, human trafficking, promotion of human trafficking, sexual trafficking of a minor, or carjacking;
http://codes.lp.findlaw.com/incode/35/42/1/35-42-1-1
35-50-2-16/NC: Murder/Att Murder Causing Termination Of Human Pregnancy Enhancement 35-50-2-16
Indiana Code - Section 35-50-2-16: Termination of a human pregnancy; enhancement
(a) The state may seek, on a page separate from the rest of the charging instrument, to have a person who allegedly committed or attempted to commit murder under IC 35-42-1-1(1) or IC 35-42-1-1(2) sentenced to an additional fixed term of imprisonment if the state can show beyond a reasonable doubt that the person, while committing or attempting to commit murder under IC 35-42-1-1(1) or IC 35-42-1-1(2), caused the termination of a human pregnancy.
(b) If the person is convicted of the murder or attempted murder in a jury trial, the jury shall reconvene to hear evidence in the enhancement hearing. If the trial was to the court, or the judgment was entered on a guilty plea, the court alone shall hear evidence in the enhancement hearing.
(c) If the jury (if the hearing is by jury) or the court (if the hearing is to the court alone) finds that the state has proved beyond a reasonable doubt that the person, while committing or attempting to commit murder under IC 35-42-1-1(1) or IC 35-42-1-1(2), caused the termination of a human pregnancy, the court shall sentence the person to an additional fixed term of imprisonment of not less than six (6) or more than twenty (20) years.
(d) A sentence imposed under this section runs consecutively to the underlying sentence.
(e) For purposes of this section, prosecution of the murder or
attempted murder under IC 35-42-1-1(1) or IC 35-42-1-1(2) and the enhancement of the penalty for that crime does not require proof that:
(1) the person committing or attempting to commit the murder had knowledge or should have had knowledge that the victim was pregnant; or
(2) the defendant intended to cause the termination of a human pregnancy.
http://codes.lp.findlaw.com/incode/35/50/2/35-50-2-16