HARTFORD CITY, Ind. (AP) _ A judge has sentenced an eastern Indiana man to 170 years in prison for the shooting deaths of a man and his daughter earlier this year.
60-year-old Charles Whittington of Portland was sentenced for the Feb. 5 slayings of 40-year-old Shane Paul Williamson and his 14-year-old daughter, Katelin, at the Hartford City apartment building where the victims lived.
A Blackford Circuit Court jury convicted Whittington of two counts of murder on Nov. 9. A witness testified during the trial that Whittington was agitated by Shane Williamson's online contact with his former girlfriend.
Whittington was taken into custody hours after Shane Williamson was found dead in a parking lot and his daughter was found slain in their apartment. Surveillance cameras had captured images of him and his truck.
