SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) _ The sister of a man on trial for charges stemming from a 2012 Indianapolis house explosion has testified he texted her the night of the blast saying he and his girlfriend has just won $250,000 at a casino in Lawrenceburg.
The Indianapolis Star reports Tammy Durham also said Mark Leonard messaged her that he would send a limousine to drive her to the Hollywood Casino.
However, an agent for the Indiana Gaming Commission said Leonard gambled only briefly at the Hollywood Casino and lost $100.
Leonard faces charges included arson, murder and conspiracy for the blast at then-girlfriend Monserrate Shirley's home that killed a couple next door and damaged or destroyed dozen of homes.
Durham says Shirley was “overly in love'' with Leonard but he wasn't with her.
