GUILTY IN - Christian, 23, & Jaiden Melcher, 11 mos, slain, Jeffersonville, 16 April 2005

[mysteriew]

A man who police said strangled his pregnant wife and their 11 month old son, then stuffed their bodies into a household storage container where the bodies remained for about a week, has been charged with three counts of murder.

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050423/NEWS01/50423001

 

[Cypros]

OMG! It is like wife- and child-killing is an epidmic in this country. What is WRONG with people??! :banghead:

 

[smidgeon]

Another ringing endorsement for the early release program. What a !!!

 

[OkieGranny]

From August 2006:

http://www.wave3.com/story/5237636/life-sentence-for-man-who-admitted-killing-pregnant-wife-son

The Jeffersonville man who admitted murdering his pregnant wife and 11-month-old son is headed to prison for the rest of his life. On Thursday, a judge sentenced 28-year-old Zachariah Melcher to life in prison without the possibility of parole...

Melcher admitted strangling Christian, who was eight months pregnant, and suffocating their 11-year-old son, Jaiden, by placing a plastic bag over his head.