Jalan Carpenter was found guilty of murder in Allen Superior Court Thursday after a three day trial. The jury believed that Carpenter, now 22, waited for John Peterson, 19, a signed basketball player for Manchester University, in the area of Vance and Reed on March 26, 2021 and ambushed Peterson at 10:28 p.m. that night.

Maybe because of memories of a lost romance or loneliness, or because of fear or coercion, or maybe the awkward hope of a diamond ring, Priya Whitt kept her silence for years. “Don’t say nothing,” she was told and Reginald Gant and Gregory Robinson expected her to keep her mouth shut.