Appeals Court Upholds Marshall County Murder Sentence

Shane Weedling

The Indiana Court of Appeals has upheld the sentence of the Plymouth man accused of beating his girlfriend’s toddler to death with a hairbrush after she wet the bed in their motel room. Shane Weedling received the maximum 65-year sentence for murder in connection with Serenity Wilson’s 25-year death after pleading guilty. His sentence was left to the discretion of Marshall Superior Court Judge Robert O. Bowen. Continue reading

Maximum Sentence Handed Down for Toddler’s 2015 Murder

Shane Weedling
Shane Weedling

The Marshall County man who admitted to beating his girlfriend’s toddler to death with a hairbrush last September because she wet the bed received a maximum sentence for murder this morning in Marshall Superior Court. Judge Robert O. Bowen told Shane Weedling the only factor in his favor was his guilty plea in connection with Serenity Wilson’s murder last year in a Plymouth motel room. Continue reading