An Indiana man was found guilty of killing his girlfriend, whose body was found in a shallow grave in 2021.
Indiana Man Found Guilty Of Murdering His Girlfriend, Dumping Body In A Shallow Grave At His Workplace (PHOTO: True Crime Daily)
The Indiana Man Linked With 2021 Murder
A jury convicted an Indiana man of murder Friday in connection with the death of his girlfriend whose remains were found buried in a shallow grave at his workplace. A Bartholomew County Sheriff Chris Lane on September 9, 2021, Patrick Doyle, 40, of Columbus, was initially arrested for possession of child pornography, and while he was in custody, he confessed to a detective that he killed his live-in girlfriend, 37-year-old Heather Steuver.
Steuver was reported missing by her parents in late August 2021, and her remains were later discovered in a shallow grave at Doyle’s workplace, Lane said. An autopsy report revealed that Steuver died of blunt force trauma to the head, and her death was ruled a homicide. After her body was found, investigators also located a pillowcase in a lake nearby with the victim’s dentures, a T-shirt, her sandals, cigarettes, a lighter, and a sponge, WTHR-TV reports.
The Indiana Man Was Found Guilty
On Friday, February 17, Lane announced Doyle was found guilty of murder with his girlfriend. His trial for the child pornography charges is reportedly scheduled for April 25 and sentencing was scheduled for March 23. The jury was obtained from another county because of pre-trial publicity.
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