Man Gets 86 Years in Prison for Murder of Pastor’s Wife

Man Gets 86 Years in Prison for Murder of Pastor’s Wife
Larry Jo Taylor Jr. Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department via AP
The Associated Press
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INDIANAPOLIS—A man found guilty of murder, robbery, and other charges in the 2015 killing of an Indianapolis pastor’s wife during a break-in was sentenced Friday to 86 years in prison.

Larry Jo Taylor Jr. in September also was convicted after a four-day bench trial of burglary, theft, criminal confinement, and carrying a handgun without a license in the slaying of Amanda Blackburn. He was acquitted of a robbery charge. His two jury trials ended in mistrials, most recently in June.