Suspect Arrested in ‘Evil’ Murder of Two Indianapolis Moms

An Indiana man on probation was identified as the suspect behind the shock murders of two Indianapolis women, with police revealing Friday that his arrest came largely because his alleged victims fought back against him.

David Hiner, 30, now faces a pair of murder charges for the slayings of Marianne Weis and Shannon Lassere, announced Chief Christopher Bailey of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department in a news conference.

Bailey said the women, both mothers who were well known on Indianapolis’ east side, were killed by “multiple sharp force injuries.” The nature of their deaths evoked fear across Indianapolis, and sparked a two-week probe into identifying their killer.

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