Gang involvement is hush-hush at this murder trial. Reading through the probable cause, there are no rap lyrics that tie Dionee White, 23, to the 2024 homicides of Adaija “Daisy” Okey and Lamarion “LD” Bailey. 

“When did Christopher change from a seven or eight year old sitting around the pool to an 11-12-13 year old running around with guns?” he asked, incredulously. Everything was normal until one of the kids said something really nasty about one of the mothers, the source said. From that point on, it was war played out on the streets of southeast Fort Wayne.

Morning testimony featured FWPD officers, detectives and two young women, best friends, who were hanging around with the wrong crowd in September 2023. Their testimony was pivotal. S.C. was the girl with the car, a black Chevy Cruze. That night, she lent it to Terrance Sanders Jr. because he kept asking her for it, she said.

Responding officers and EMS found the younger brother crying over his dead brother, cradling him in his arms, according to the probable cause affidavit submitted by homicide detective Aaron Johnson. Detectives plumbed social media and found rap videos tying Recht, now 21, to the homicides. Words like “All that dissing he was doing, they ain’t think we was going to get him back, front yard Boogie, more through the mail you gonna get it back.”

After a four day trial, an Allen County Jail convicted Sanders of murder - acting in concert, attempted murder for the wounding of the younger brother of the deceased BMG gang member, battery, and a Level 5 felony criminal gang activity. The homicide took place Sept. 12, 2023 at 1:50 a.m.

You have “two tough dogs squaring up and eventually they’re going to fight. They’re trying to be the biggest badass dog in town,” Deshaies said on the stand. In court testimony, Deshaies identified Sanders, now 20, as a member of the BSG, aka Big Swen Gang, named after a deceased member.