As Ritchie's life ends ... Toney was the oldest of four siblings and was became a father figure to his younger brothers and sister when their own dad died too young, said DeeDee Toney-Horen ...

Ritchie was 12 years younger than Toney when he shot and killed the father of two. Now, Ritchie is 12 years older than Toney when he was killed. Koselke, echoing pleas from Ritchie at a previous ...

FILE - This undated photo provided by the Indiana Department of Correction shows Benjamin Ritchie, who was convicted ... killing of the 31-year-old married father of two children.

He was 31 years old. Ritchie went on trial and was convicted of Toney's murder in 2002. William Toney, who went by Bill, was a husband and father. His daughters were 4 years old and 18 months old ...

Ritchie’s execution marked Indiana’s second in 15 years. In December, the state executed Joseph Corcoran, who had been convicted of shooting four people to death in 1997.

Mike Braun rejected a clemency plea from Benjamin Ritchie on Wednesday ... “By all accounts, Bill Toney was a loving husband, father, and friend as well as a devoted public servant who genuinely ...

At the time, Ritchie was on probation for a 1998 burglary conviction. Toney, 31, had worked at the Beech Grove Police Department for two years. The married father of two was the first officer of ...

An Indiana man convicted in the fatal shooting of a police officer in 2000 was executed Tuesday by lethal injection in the state’s second execution in 15 years. Benjamin Ritchie, 45, had been on ...

Ritchie’s execution and two others in Texas and Tennessee will be carried out this week. Toney, 31, had worked at the Beech Grove Police Department for two years. The married father of two was ...

Supported by By Joseph Bernstein Photographs by Henry Leutwyler On an early summer day in 1986 in a federal building in Newark, my father, Michael Bernstein, sat across a conference table from an ...

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Parole Board rejected a clemency plea from Benjamin Ritchie, recommending that Gov ... “By all accounts, Bill Toney was a loving husband, father, and friend as well as a ...

Ritchie was executed at the Indiana State Prison ... He apologized for his actions, which led to the killing of the 31-year-old married father of two children. "I've ruined my life and other ...