VALPARAISO, Ind. — A convicted killer from Valparaiso is planning to appeal his long jail sentence.
Connor Kerner was convicted of killing two people in Lake County back in February of 2019. A jury found him guilty and in December of last year, a judge sentenced him to 179-years in prison.
It’s not clear what the ground for his appeal would be yet.
Investigators say Kerner murdered Thomas Grill and Molley Lanham two years ago. They say Grill apparently tried to rob Kerner during a drug deal, but when grill noticed he had no bullets in his gun Kerner beat him to death with a pipe.
Kerner then showed Grill’s body to Lanhan and told her not to say anything. But, when she turned away they say Kerner shot her in the back of the head.
They say Kerner loaded their bodies into the trunk of a car and then set the car on fire.
