Indiana man gets 95 years in slaying where body was burned

GOSHEN, Ind. (AP) - A northern Indiana man convicted in a fatal shooting where the victim's body was later driven to Michigan and burned has been s...

March 24, 2023
7:38 PM

GOSHEN, Ind. (AP) - A northern Indiana man convicted in a fatal shooting where the victim's body was later driven to Michigan and burned has been sentenced to 95 years in prison. An Elkhart County judge sentenced Austin Bowlin of Elkhart on Thursday for the slaying of Jeffrey Crapo, 32. A jury had convicted Bowlin, 38, in February of murder and other charges in Crapo's murder. According to trial testimony, Bowlin shot Crapo twice in the head on March 1, 2020, and then drove around in a car with the Elkhart man's body before leaving the car in Jackson, Michigan, a few days later.