Boyfriend found covered in blood yelling about his 'baby' after blasting girlfriend in garage is convicted of murder

A 37-year-old antheral successful Indiana faces decades successful situation aft a assemblage convicted him of sidesplitting his woman with a azygous gunshot to the caput wrong the victim's location 3 years ago.

A assemblage successful Monroe County recovered Bryce Michael Leighton blameworthy of 1 number of murder successful the slaying of 48-year-old Tara Langley, prosecutors confirmed to Law&Crime. Circuit Judge Mary Ellen Diekhoff presided implicit Leighton's trial.

As Law&Crime previously reported, the probe began erstwhile deputies with the Monroe County Sheriff's Office and exigency aesculapian unit responded astatine 1:30 a.m. connected Nov. 4, 2023, to Langley's location successful the 5900 artifact of E. State Road 45 for an chartless disturbance.

Upon arriving, archetypal responders encountered Leighton extracurricular the location with humor connected his apparel and hands portion yelling incomprehensibly astir his "baby," Indianapolis-based Fox affiliate WXIN reported, citing a probable origin affidavit.

Deputies soon recovered Langley's assemblage wrong the home's attached store with humor pooling astir her head. Near her body, deputies recovered an "AR-15-style rifle" and a "civilian-style stun gun/Taser."

A neighbour confirmed to investigators that the neighbour had called 911 to study a suspicious idiosyncratic aft proceeding a antheral extracurricular yelling good aft midnight.

Investigators described the location arsenic being successful a "general authorities of disarray, with breached furniture, appliances and solid throughout."

When taken successful for questioning, Leighton reportedly was "hysterical and hard to understand," deputies wrote. Asked astir what happened, helium responded that helium was "having flashbacks," began crying and said: "My baby, ohio God."

He aboriginal claimed helium changeable Langley successful self-defense, saying helium had been trying to permission the location erstwhile "she came astatine me," referring to Langley.

Leighton reportedly described Langley, his woman of 7 years, arsenic drunk and mean, according to the affidavit, adding that she was often cruel erstwhile she drank. He besides claimed her drinking and atrocious behaviour had worsened implicit the past fewer months.

Leighton said helium and Langley were arguing and helium was packing his things to get distant from her assertive behaviour erstwhile she utilized a Taser connected him, according to WXIN. He said helium had warned her earlier not to usage the Taser connected him.

"Leighton said she [Langley] turned the stun weapon instrumentality and erstwhile it archetypal popped, 'everything went into a blur,'" constabulary wrote successful the affidavit, according to the Lexington Herald-Leader. "I asked him if the weapon was successful his hands astatine that clip and helium said yes," the affidavit continued.

According to the Herald-Times, Leighton spent respective years down bars for a 2010 incidental successful which helium was intoxicated and driving a stolen car erstwhile helium caused a head-on collision with cabdriver Gwendolynn Sanders, 31, who died astatine the scene.

The Monroe County Prosecutor's Office said Leighton volition beryllium sentenced successful December.