Washington County, Indiana (December 9, 2025) – Washington County Prosecuting Attorney Tara Coats Hunt announces that on the afternoon of December 8, 2025, a Jefferson County, Kentucky Grand Jury, under the direction of the Commonwealth's Attorney Office, returned an indictment in the homicide case involving the death of Cairo Jordan. Dejaune Anderson, Cairo’s mother, has been indicted on Murder, Manslaughter 1st Degree, Criminal Abuse 1st Degree, and Abuse of a Corpse. Prose

PEKIN, IND.  — Thursday, November 27, 2025: Indiana State Police detectives are investigating a shooting that occurred in the early morning hours of Thanksgiving, resulting in the death of 26-year-old Juan Antonio Gutierrez of Pekin.    Around 1:30 Thursday morning, the Washington County Sheriff’s Department responded to a shooting on the 9000 block of Bush Road near Pekin, Indiana.  When officers arrived, they found Juan Gutierrez had been shot with a handgun and was unresp

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