COLUMBUS, Ind. – Bartholomew County Prosecuting Attorney Lindsey Holden-Kay announced Wednesday that Anthony Carter, 51, of Indianapolis, was sentenced by Bartholomew County Superior Court 1 Judge Jim Worton to a term of life in prison without the possibility of parole.
In the early morning hours of April 16, 2023, a 911 caller told Bartholomew County dispatch that Anthony Carter told her he had killed his girlfriend, Ashley Neville. Carter had an order in place barring him from contacting Neville.
Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Office conducted a welfare check at Neville’s house on County Road 650S. Deputies were unable to make contact with anyone at the home.
Later that day at around 1 p.m., police were tipped off about a suspicious male in a wooded area near the residence. Deputies and a K9 found Carter hiding there and arrested him. During an interview, he confessed to shooting and asphyxiating Ashley Neville before concealing her body in the bedroom.
Carter was charged with Murder. On October 28 of this year after a six-day trial, a jury returned a guilty verdict and recommended a sentence of life without parole.
“This case is a gruesome reminder of the evil that some people are capable of,” said Prosecutor Lindsey Holden-Kay. “I express my condolences to Ashley’s family. I hope this verdict brings them some small amount of closure and allows them to begin the process of healing.”
