Man shot his girlfriend while 5 kids were in the next room
A man who shot his girlfriend while their children were in the next room was convicted

Background: The Gary, Ind. neighborhood where Ieisha Jefferson was found shot dead in December 2022 (Google Maps). Inset (top): Samuel Carlos Edwards (U.S. Marshals). Inset (bottom): Ieisha Jefferson (Obituary).

An Illinois man who became a wanted fugitive after his girlfriend was found shot dead in her Indiana home in 2022 has been found guilty of her murder.

Samuel Carlos Edwards, 38, was convicted of murder on March 12 after an emotional trial that included testimony from one of his young children. On the night of Dec. 27, 2022, Edwards put the five children he shared with 31-year-old Ieisha Jefferson in a bedroom next to the one where their mother was, closed the door, and shot the children’s mother in the head. Edwards then went on the run for more than a year before he was arrested in Houston, Texas, in April 2024.

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