Charges were filed against Carlos Ellis, Jr. 19 in April 2025 and a friend of his, now an “unknown” suspect, for murder, felony murder and attempted robbery. Since then, the latter two charges were dropped. Ellis was found guilty of murder Thursday in Allen Superior Court after a three-day trial, Judge Fran Gull presiding.

Two PODs involved in the construction still sit in the parking lot, a kind of funereal monument. That’s where Woods went down, according to court testimony and a probable cause affidavit written by detective Geraud Bartels.

In December, 2023, two groups of Servpro workers, one hired out of Louisville; the other, Chicago, squared off late one Saturday afternoon and had a heck of a brawl in the southeast parking lot of the Red Roof Inn on West Coliseum Boulevard, according to a probable cause affidavit written by homicide detective Geraud Bartels. It started over a remark a Chicago supervisor hurled at the guys from Louisville. They weren't getting their work done, he said. That was enough to p