The prime suspect in last months Waynesville quadruple homicide…
Joseph Kast, 33, was found guilty of murder after stabbing an 85-year-old man in 2002. He was sentenced to 65 years in prison.
After reviewing the investigation, the Allen County prosecutor …
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Man sentenced to 65 years after murder of 85-year-old man
Updated: Friday, 11 Jan 2013, 12:06 PM EST
Published : Friday, 11 Jan 2013, 12:06 PM EST
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Joseph Kast was sentenced to 65 years in prison on Friday. Kast was found guilty of killing an 85-year-old man in June of 2002.
According to court documents, Kast, 33, stabbed Claude Berkshire several times inside his garage on Juliette Avenue on June, 24, 2002.
The case went cold until May of 2009 when police interviewed Kast and he confessed to the crime.
Kast admitted to robbing Berkshire after the stabbing and then tossing the knife into the Saint Mary's River. Investigators said Kast was able to provide details of the crime scene previously unreleased.
Kast was already serving 55 years for murdering a man in Huntington in 2002. Police said Kast was on drugs when he stabbed building inspector Earl Bowman to death on the construction site where Kast worked.
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