Serial killer Darren Vann's ex: 'He wasn't violent'

HAMMOND, INDIANA -- The former wife of suspected serial killer Darren Deon Vann said her ex-hubby was never violent when they were together.
"This is all unbelievable to me," the unidentified woman said. "A total shocker. I never knew him to be violent, never.  He was so protective of those around him. He was a real friendly person, that's why all this is a shock to me. He had a job all the time; if he lost one, he would quickly get another one."

Joseph Oberhansley ate gal pal's brains, heart, lungs

Cops in Indiana believe Joseph Oberhansley not only murdered his girlfriend but ate parts of her body as well during a cannibalistic frenzy. Oberhansley, 33, was formally charged in the sickening slaying of Tammy Blanton in Jeffersonville in the southeastern corner of the state. Besides the murder charge, the twisted accused killer was charged with the abuse of a corpse and breaking and entering.
Oberhansley reportedly told police he ate a portion of Blanton's brains, heart and lungs after stabbing the woman to death.
Cops say the discovered Blanton's bloody and ravaged  body in a bathtub: with sections of her skull carved out. "[Oberhansley] further admitted to cooking a section of her brain and eating it," the police report said.
Oberhansley is a veritable prince charming with a criminal record stretching back to his teens. In 2000, he was convicted of manslaughter in the death of his 17-year-old girlfriend.
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LAUREN SPIERER CASE: FAMED PI GETS GREENLIGHT

POLICE and the family of missing Indiana co-ed Lauren Spierer, pictured right,  are hoping famed private eye Bo Dietl will give the frustrating probe an extra boost. Dietl has been given probationary permission to investigate the pretty blonde's disappearance. Spierer, 20, vanished on June 3 in Bloomington, Indiana after a heavy night of boozing and partying with pals. She has not been seen since and there have been few clues to her fate.
Her mom Charlene said: "Lauren is an important

LAUREN SPIERER'S DAD: 'WON'T LEAVE WITHOUT HER'

MISSING INDIANA University co-ed Lauren Spierer's parents have boldly declared they aren't leaving Bloomington without her. Robert and Charlene Spierer have been in the city since Lauren vanished June 3 after a night of drinking with friends. They've conducted searches and made public pleas for information about what happened to the pretty blonde but are still waiting for leads or suspects. And they deeply suspect her friends know more than they're telling cops.

IS DAVID ISON MANIAC BEHIND INDIANA MASSACRE?

IS THIS the maniac behind the Indiana massacre that left five dead? Cops are calling David E. Ison, 46, pictured left, of Glenwood, Indiana a person of interest in the weekend slaughter. He is currently being held on an attempted robbery charge. He has not been charged in the murders that police suspect are likely drug related. A warrant was issued Tuesday in the

INDIANA MASSACRE VICTIMS ID'D; KILLER AT LARGE!

INDIANA COPS have identified the five victims found shot to death at two rural homes--and say the unknown killer was not among the corpses. The slayings Sunday near Laurel have triggered waves of fear and police are urging residents to be cautious. The victims are: Angela Napier, 47, Jacob Napier, 18, Roy Napier, 50, Melissa Napier, 23, and Henry Smith, 43. So far, cops say there are no suspects in the senseless slaughter, although the Napier family was widely believed to have been involved in the drug trade. Anyone with information to call police at 812-689-5000 or 911 immediately.
Police also urge residents in Laurel to be vigilant in

INDIANA MASSACRE: COPS TIGHT-LIPPED ON 5 DEAD

COPS IN Indiana remain tight-lipped on the weekend massacre that left 5 dead at two rural residences as residents cower in terror. Authorities have yet to reveal whether the slaughter was a domestic murder-suicide, drug related or a a criminal world settling of accounts. They refused to call it "a manhunt" suggesting either they know who the triggerman is or the killer is dead.

INDIANA GIRL, 11, SHOT BY SISTER, 14, PLAYING CSI

AN 11-YEAR-OLD girl was blasted in the head with a shotgun by her 14-year-old sister during a game of CSI that went horribly wrong.
The pair were playing a game based on the on the hit TV show when the girl picked up the gun and: "shot pellets in the head area from a 20 gauge shotgun," according to Cass County conservation officer Brenda Louthain. Neither parent was home at the time. 

LEGENDARY PI: LAUREN SPIERER COPS 'GOMER PYLES'

LEGENDARY private and former NYPD detective Richard 'Bo' Dietl revealed he has a team of detectives on the ground in Bloomington, Indiana hunting for clues in the disappearance of pretty co-ed Lauren Spierer, 20. And he also had a few things to say about cops in the Hoosier state.
When asked about cooperation between local police and his investigators, Dietl said: " I thought I was talking to Gomer Pyle out there. I met with the chief and all a gotta say is, thank God for New York City detectives." Dietl said he's been trying to help the Westchester, NY family "find their little girl."
Lauren vanished June 3 after a night of heavy partying. Her pals have been less than forthcoming in the probe. Earlier in the interview Dietl said he saw

COPS SAY EX-BOYFRIEND MURDERED AMANDA BACH

COPS SAY a Northwest Indiana man murdered pretty Amanda Bach who had been missing since last Thursday and was found dead Saturday--300 yards from the accused killer's home. Dustin McCowan, 18, then allegedly shot to death his former girlfriend, Bach, 19. He has been charged with murder.

Bach left her Portage, Indiana home at 10 p.m. Thursday to go see McCowan, and police found her gold Pontiac around 3:30 a.m. Friday at a general store. Detectives say the bubbly brunette had sustained trauma. McCowan was arrested at Indiana University in

BODY FOUND IN WOODS NOT LAUREN SPIERER: COPS

UPDATE: Police in Indiana say the body they found in a woods on Tuesday is not that of missing Indiana University co-ed Lauren Spierer. They did not say who it was or release the results of an autopsy on the corpse.
 EARLIER: COPS IN INDIANA are being tight-lipped on whether a body discovered in rural Jennings County could be that of missing co-ed Lauren Spierer. Emergency officials had to use ATVs and four-wheel drive vehicles to investigate, Jennings County Sheriff Steve Hoppock said in a news release. It appeared the body had been there for some time, he said.
State Police crime technicians were called to the scene, as was the Jennings County coroner’s office.

DR. MEHTA PAUL MYSTERY: SON A PERSON OF INTEREST

COPS IN Indiana believe that a missing doctor is dead and have named her oldest son as a person of interest in the six-month mystery. Ophthalmologist Promila Mehta Paul, M.D. disappeared March 21 and her son Paresh Paul--who lived with her--disappeared at the same time. He was found five days later crossing the border with Mexico back into the USA and detained at San Ysidro, California. He refused to speak with cops and has not yet been arrested or charged.

INDIANA COPS SEARCH LANDFILL FOR LAUREN SPIERER

THE NEXT phase of the grim Lauren Spierer investigation has taken a darker probe as investigators are now scouring a landfill near Bloomington for the co-ed's body. Lauren, a student at the University of Indiana vanished June 3. Foul play is suspected by law enforcement insiders.

LAUREN SPIERER'S FOLKS TWEET: 'IT WILL HAUNT YOU'

MISSING Indiana University co-ed Lauren Spierer's family have tweeted a chilling message to her kidnapper: "Everywhere you go, for the rest of your life, it will follow you. In your happiest moments, it will haunt you. Do the right thing. 800-CRIME-TV." The pretty blonde from posh Westchester, New

LAUREN SPIERER'S MOM MAKES HEARTBREAKING PLEA

ON JUNE 3, pretty blonde New York co-ed Lauren Spierer, 20, disappeared after a night of heavy partying in Bloomington, Indiana where she attended university. She has not been seen since and numerous searches have turned up little evidence. Her parents have been on the ground since Day 1. Here is her mom Charlene's open letter:
July 21, 2011
Our daughter, Lauren, disappeared on June 3, 2011. In the blink of an eye, she disappeared. I truly hope as a parent, you never get that phone call. The feeling is indescribable. Weeks later, the feeling is the same. It's as if our lives before June 3rd never happened. We are suspended in time. I cannot imagine doing anything other than searching for Lauren until the time we

HOLLY BOBO, LAUREN SPIERER: CHILLING SIMILARITIES

TWO STUDENTS. Two blondes. Both petite. Both 20-years-old. Two young women in the prime of their lives. Two victims? The disappearance of Indiana University student Lauren Spierer on June 3 has chilling similarities to the mysterious April kidnapping of Tennessee nursing student Holly Bobo. They look eerily the same and it is raising frightening questions.
Lauren's mom Charlene said: "I can't even tell you what it's like to get that phone call that your daughter is missing." Holly's mom

LAUREN SPIERER PAL NOT TALKING TO DETECTIVES

SHHH. That's the tact being taken by a "person of interest" in the sensational Lauren Spierer missing person case. Jason 'Jay' Rosenbaum who told cops he last saw the pretty blonde walking alone and barefoot to her Bloomington, Indiana apartment on June 3 has now clammed up.
He is the last person known to have seen the 20-year-old co-ed from New York, who had spent the evening partying hard with pals. And there has also been some suggestion the petite fashion merchandising student may have been hammering cocaine, OD'd and panicked pals hid her body.
A police source said:"It's very disappointing we have this life and death investigation and this guy isn't saying a thing."
Rosenbaum, 21, along with Lauren's boyfreind. Jesse Wolff, are

VIDEO: MISSING LAUREN SPIERER ARGUING WITH 4 MEN

LAUREN SPIERER, RIGHT

HMMM. What to make of this? The young man who was partying with Lauren Spierer before she disappeared Friday says he has no memory of their last moments. Why? His mouthpiece says Corey Rossman got punched in the face after the twosome returned to Lauren's apartment complex.Carl Salzmann said: "At Smallwood, someone confronted them. He got punched in the face. He has no memory of that, or of the 15 minutes leading to that moment. The first memory he has is the next morning when he wakes up in his bed."

LAUREN SPIERER DISAPPEARANCE: COPS FEAR FOUL PLAY

LAUREN SPIERER, RIGHT

Cops in Indiana fear a New York co-ed may have met with foul play after she vanished Friday after a night of partying at a Midwest bar. Lauren Spierer, 20, a pretty blonde sophomore at Indiana University was last spotted in bare feet walking home alone in Bloomington.
Her dad Robert told the New York Post: "It's every parent's nightmare." Surveillance video from her apartment complex reveals she never made it home and her keys were discovered a block away from where she was last seen. Investigators are now scouring nearby woods, dumpsters and back alleys for any sign of the petite student--who stands just 4'11" and weighs a mere 100 lbs. Her wealthy parentshave flown to Indiana to help with the search say she has a heart defect and requires meds.

RILEY CHOATE, EX-WIFE CHARGED IN TORTURE MURDER

MEET Mr. and Mrs. Monster. Riley Lowell Choate, 39, and Kimberly Leona Kubina, 45, are just about the biggest dirtbags you can find in these 50 states. Choate and Kubina for nearly three years kept his son Christian, 13, naked and locked in a dog cage or chained to a bed. If he made a peep he would be pummeled relentlessly. His body was found buried in a shallow grave under a concrete slab near where he once lived in northern Indiana. His short, horrific life mercifully over. And on Tuesday, his father and stepmother were charged with murder and a litany of other offences.