An Indiana man was sentenced to 650 years in prison after DNA collected from a utility bill identified him as the rapist behind a number of sexual assaults carried out more than 30 years ago. Steven ...

An Indiana man linked to a chain of sexual assault cases more than 30 years ago has been sentenced to 650 years in prison due to DNA tracing on a utility bill. Steven Ray Hessler, 59, was convicted on ...

Forty years after a masked man terrorized Shelby County, Ind., breaking into multiple homes and attacking and raping women, Steven Ray Hessler has been sentenced for his string of assaults. Hessler, ...

GREENSBURG, Ind. — A Greensburg man found guilty of a series of sexual assaults in the 1980s was sentenced Friday to 650 years in prison. Steven Ray Hessler was convicted in early March of 19 felony ...

It's hard to describe the fear that gripped a central Indiana community nearly 40 years ago when a serial rapist was at large: Women were told to alter their routines, gun sales skyrocketed and a ...

A man linked to a series of sexual assaults in central Indiana -- more than 30 years ago by his DNA on an envelope for a utility bill payment -- was sentenced Friday to 650 years in prison.Steven Ray ...

A convicted serial rapist who terrorized women inside their homes in Shelby County over a span of three years in the 1980s was sentenced Friday to 650 years in prison. The sentencing came just under a ...

SHELBY COUNTY, Ind. – A man convicted in a string of home break-ins and rape cases around Shelby County in the eighties will likely never be free again. A judge sentenced Steven Ray Hessler to 650 ...

An Indiana man was sentenced to serve 650 years in prison on Friday after DNA evidence linked him to a rape committed in the 1980s which set off a string of charges for other crimes and rapes. Shelby ...

Forty years after a masked man terrorized Shelby County, Ind., breaking into multiple homes and attacking and raping women, Steven Ray Hessler has been sentenced for his string of assaults. Hessler, ...

A jury began deliberations about 1 p.m. Friday on the evidence heard over eight days in Shelby County Circuit Court. Several victims and Hessler testified during the trial. After about five hours, the ...