Judge Declares Mistrial in Case of Pastor’s Wife’s Slaying

This file photo provided by the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department shows Larry Jo Taylor Jr. 18, of Indianapolis. Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department via AP, File

INDIANAPOLIS—A judge declared a mistrial in the case of a man charged in the fatal 2015 shooting of an Indianapolis pastor’s wife after learning some jurors knew she had been pregnant — a fact defense attorneys had successfully moved to keep from the jury.

Marion County Judge Grant Hawkins declared the mistrial Monday on the first day of Larry Jo Taylor Jr.’s murder trial in Amanda Blackburn’s killing.