Man charged with Laurel slayings pleads guilty to murder
David Ison walks into the courthouse on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2011.
Photographer: Jay Warren
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Posted: 02/15/2012
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By: Sarah Beth Hensley
A southeastern Indiana man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to shooting five people to death in an apparent drug dispute.
David Ison, 46, appeared in Franklin Circuit Court and entered a guilty plea for five counts of murder for the Sept. 25 slayings in Laurel, Ind.
Ison had previously pleaded not guilty to the five counts of murder in the slayings of 50-year-old Roy Napier; his estranged 47-year-old wife, Angela; their children, 23-year-old Melissa Napier and 18-year-old Jacob Napier; and a 43-year-old neighbor, Henry X. Smith.
Ison's sentence could be up to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Prosecutors said earlier this month that they wouldn’t seek the death penalty against Ison .
Ison's formal sentencing is scheduled for March 14.
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