US Edition"I'm as Guilty as Guilty Can Be": Triple Homicide Suspect Admits to Shooting
- Patrick John Waite, 77, admitted to shooting four family members in his Haubstadt, Indiana home on Thursday evening, killing three.
- Waite’s killing followed several afternoon and evening arguments with his wife Alma over home ownership and care for his elderly mother-in-law.
- Waite used a.45-caliber pistol on the 1.5-acre property and told 911 he would surrender after shooting his wife Alma Waite, son-in-law Fernando Tapia Ramirez Sr., and mother-in-law Gloria Garcia Tapia.
- Waite said, “I'm as guilty as guilty can be,” and acknowledged the wrongdoing, while the Gibson County Prosecutor charged him with three counts of murder.
- The triple homicide investigation is ongoing with autopsies scheduled, a fourth critically injured victim survives, and Waite remains held without bond.
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Indiana man, 77, calmly calls cops to report he had just killed his wife, mother-in-law and stepson and injured 4th victim: ‘I shot them all’
"I shot them all. I'm certainly not proud of that fact," he said in a chilling but casual confession to cops.
"I'm as guilty as guilty can be": Triple homicide suspect admits to shooting
GIBSON COUNTY, Ind. (WEHT) — Authorities have released new information on a deadly shooting in Haubstadt last week. The suspected shooter, Patrick Waite, appeared in court Monday morning. "What we have here is a person who acted outside of the law, who acted irrationally and may have been suffering from a mental health crisis, regardless that does not give him the right to break the law and to take lives," said Sheriff Bruce Vanoven. We're told …
More Information Released on Gibson County Killings
(PHOTO: Thinkstock/barbol88) HAUBSTADT, Ind.–The names of three people killed in a Thursday night triple murder in Haubstadt, in Gibson County, have been released. According to 14 News, they are Alma Waite, 61; Gloria Tapia Garcia, 81 and Fernando Tapia Ramirez, Jr., 39. Garcia was shot while lying in the bed. Court documents say the man arrested is Patrick Waite, 77, and that he was one of several people who called 911 after the killings, which…
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