King v. State

DeBRULER, Justice.

On the evening of April 20, 1986, Betty Rink was found critically injured on the floor of her South Bend apartment. She died later in the hospital of numerous wounds to her head and upper body, caused by a hammer found at the scene. Appellant was seen leaving Rink’s home on a bicycle with the left pedal missing shortly before Rink was discovered.

A tinted eyeglass lens, blood splattered on one side, was found in the room where Rink was attacked and the tint and prescription of the lens matched that of glasses made recently for appellant. A bicycle with a pedal missing was…