Evansville murder victim was in 3rd trimester

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WFIE) – Various loved ones associates are talking about the girl killed Wednesday morning in Evansville.

They inform 14 News that Candilyn Sexton was a youthful mom who was also various months expecting. They say she was nearing the finish of her being pregnant when she was shot and killed on West Indiana Avenue.

The Vanderburgh County Coroner’s Office states she was in her third trimester.

Her family members says she leaves at the rear of four other little youngsters.

The arrest affidavit for 30-year-old Scott Terry, Jr. also names the sufferer as Sexton.

The contact to start with arrived in all-around 10:15 a.m. Wednesday as a person shot at an address on North Elliot, but crews have been then named to the 2600 block of West Indiana Road.

The arrest affidavit reveals Sexton actually shot video on her cellphone as she was killed. Police say Terry then sent that video to the lady who called 911. They say the online video has because been recovered by detectives, demonstrating Terry taking pictures the sufferer.

The 911 caller then met officers on scene and gave them Terry’s identify.

Once officers figured out Terry wasn’t there, law enforcement say they went inside of the property and located Sexton with a gunshot wound to her head.

The coroner claims she died from various gunshot wounds to the head.

Officers say they observed several objects belonging to small children and realized they were all harmless at faculty.

Law enforcement say they were being ready to make call with Terry. They say he told them he was in Henderson but would occur back again and discuss with them.

His car was stopped at Highway 41 and Waterworks, and he was taken into custody.

Police say he admitted to taking pictures the sufferer all through the interview.

Terry was in court docket Thursday morning by Zoom. He’s being held with no bond, and is because of again in digital court docket on April 5.

Family members say that Candilyn was not just a excellent mom, she was an extraordinary individual.

The spouse and children however can’t feel it.

“She was the most kind-hearted, unselfish, excellent-loving man or woman, girl that you’d at any time meet up with,” says her brother, Christian Miller.

“The entire world harm her in a way that she didn’t have earned. She was a excellent individual at heart,” suggests Gammont Jackson.

With Candilyn now absent, her family is leaning on one particular a different. They’re doing their finest to reside as she would have needed them to, whilst also ready on justice to be served.

“For him to just take a person absent from four young ones, and she was expecting too? He’s a very despicable person,” claims her brother, Juan Sexton, “And I hope that they push all, almost everything the state of Indiana does to him, and has him go to prison.”

Juan, Gammont, and Christian, along with the relaxation of Candilyn’s family, are searching to hold a candlelight vigil in her honor sometime soon.

Juan Sexton is encouraging anyone that understood her, no matter how little the conversation, to achieve out to him through Fb and appear help Candilyn’s household honor their sister, mother, daughter, and close friend.

Here’s coverage from Wednesday night.

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