Infamous Indiana Murderers

Brian Jones was, by all accounts, a fledgling serial killer. There was no other term more befitting for a man who literally stalked the city streets and night clubs and the walkways of the local college searching for that next “special girl". Just like infamous serial killer Ted Bundy, Brian loved the buzz he got off the hunt. In many ways, he preferred the hunt to the actual kill. The final act was good, oh yeah, but it didn’t last as long as this.

In the last 30-plus years, gay men and women in Indiana have been raped, beaten, and murdered. Last year in Indiana, a Catholic Priest was attacked and beaten while praying in a church. A Jewish synagogue was vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti, and another church was plastered with racist and homophobic banners. Murder suspect Steven Leyendecker was the poster boy for a good profile makeup.

The horrific crimes had authorities and local Monroe City, Indiana, residents alike dumbfounded, as well as terrified for years, due to the brutal and vicious nature of the crimes. Sherry Gibson had been beaten and stabbed dozens of times and raped - the crime so brutal it made some of the Charles Manson murders of 1969 look almost tame in comparison. To add insult to injury, the barn was then set ablaze by Gibson's assailants, in hopes she'd burn up, therefore, leaving no trace of evidence for police.