This week, Douglas Mieras, 64, was charged with Felony 4 child solicitation. (A Felony 4 carries a sentence of between two and 12 years.) The probable cause against Mieras details text messages from Mieras to his victims that are so disturbing, the exact messages will not be published by The Probable Cause.

Louisa Young is still waiting to hear from the Indiana Department of Correction concerning her son’s death. Damarcus Thomas turned 25 on his deathbed, so to speak.

This week, Williams faced a jury for the second murder he’s accused of committing, that of Vanessa Brabson, 34 at the time of her death. He was found guilty of murder and drug dealing after the jury spent about seven hours deliberating the case. 

It could have gone another way, if the bullets had hit their mark. But as it is, the probable cause affidavit is scary enough. Just before midnight July 10, Wyat Michael Prichard, 19, is accused of threatening to kill his girlfriend’s family members, according to a probable cause affidavit written by Allen County Sheriff’s Deputy Z. Filipiak. 

Inmate Jeffery Clouser, 60, was found hours later with his face smashed in so badly, it's hard to imagine anyone surviving such an attack.

Who knows what he told her or even what age she thought Reid J. Cowan was when she agreed to send him nude photos of herself, some as she performed sexual acts on herself, according to a probable cause affidavir submitted by Det. Jacob Quick of the Indiana State Police.