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Indiana Executes Man for Child Murders; Two More Executions Loom

November 5, 2026

Summary

Indiana executed Jeffrey Weisheit for the 2010 murders of two children, Alyssa and Caleb Lynch, by setting their home on fire. Two additional executions are scheduled for Thursday in Florida and Alabama.

Coverage by lane

Center

  • Indiana carries out the first of 3 US executions taking place on a single day - AP News

Right

  • Indiana executes man convicted of killing 2 children as 2 more US executions loom Thursday
  • 3 executions scheduled for the same day in Indiana, Florida and Alabama
  • Killer who murdered his girlfriend's young children by tying them up and torching their home is executed by lethal injection after final meal

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