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Illinois man sentenced to 45 years for fatal beating in Indiana

The defendant pleaded guilty after a 15-minute beating and was linked to the attack by camera footage, police said.

Summary by Herald & Review
An Illinois man was sentenced to 45 years in prison after pleading guilty to fatally beating a 52-year-old man in Gary, Indiana. Jerry Lee Lewis attacked Shantwoin Jones with a tree branch at a liquor store, causing blunt force trauma that led to Jones' death on July 23, 2025.

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Herald & Review broke the news on Friday, November 6, 2026.
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