COLUMBUS, Ind. (WISH) — An Indianapolis man on Wednesday was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of his girlfriend, who was found shot dead in her home with a plastic bag around her head in 2023.
Judge Jim Worton sentenced Anthony Wayne Carter, 51, to life in prison without a chance of parole during a hearing in Bartholomew Superior Court 1.
Authorities did a welfare check at the home of Carter’s girlfriend, Ashley Neville, about 5:30 a.m. April 16, 2023, along County Road 650 South near the community of Waynesville. Carter had admitted he killed his girlfriend to a relative who later called 911, leading to the welfare check…