Death Penalty Trial: Jury Selection Begins For Kevin Isom in 2008 Indiana Murders of 3 Family Members
October 15, 2010Prosecutors in Lake County, Ind., will seek the death penalty against a man accused of killing his family last summer.
Prosecutors say Kevin Isom shot his wife and her daughter and son inside the family's apartment in Gary on August 7, 2007. He was charged with three counts of first-degree murder for the deaths of 40-year-old Cassandra Isom, 17-year-old Michael Moore and 13-year-old Ci'Andria Cole.
According to a court affidavit, Isom allegedly told investigators that he shot his family because his wife was going to leave him. He also said she had been supporting the family on her own and that he had not been working.
Now Isom also faces four attempted murder charges for allegedly shooting at police officers who had responded to a hostage situation at the Lake Shore Dunes complex, where Isom allegedly killed his wife and stepchildren.
"Every death is traumatic to a police officer, but the death of children perhaps hit them more. For the officers who came under fire, it brings home the danger they face," said Gary Police Cmdr. Sam Roberts.
"We have to send a message to the public that we cannot allow anyone to harm our officers," added Gary Police Det. James Bond.
Isom is currently being held at the Lake County Jail in Crown Point, Ind.
See posts for her dear mother Cassandra Isom and sister Ci'Andria Cole.
1 comments:
I can't believe it's been 10 years since we last spoke. Seems like just yesterday we were in my basement making music, laughing, planing for the future. I still dream about you today like you never left. You were the most driven person I ever met. You were my courage when I was to shy and nervous to believe in myself. As a man now, I live my life in your honor, striving to make you proud. Brothers always.
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