MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF: Sherese Walker Bingham (Part 1)
A woman takes her dogs for their nightly walk and is shot and killed with her own gun in a downtown Indianapolis state park. Is it a tragic accident or cold-blooded murder?
Sherese Walker Bingham and one of her dogs
Photo included in funeral service program
Satellite map of White River Trail near West New York and Limestone streets in downtown Indianapolis
Satellite map of Sherese’s parking spot and scene of the shooting
Google Maps, edited by audiochuck staff
Eugene & Sherese Bingham on their wedding day
Photo included in funeral service program
The Walker siblings with their mother – from left, Malcolm, Sherese and Keith; front, Carol Ann Mason Walker
Photo Courtesy of Keith & Linda Walker
Eugene & Sherese Bingham
Photo included in funeral service program
Bishop Charles McClain, Jr., pastor of New Haven Missionary Baptist Church in Indianapolis
Photo taken by audiochuck staff
May-Day (left) and Tsunami (right) at Lafayette Road Veterinary Hospital in 2011
Photo Courtesy of Lafayette Road Veterinary Hospital (Original post on FB, with permission to use)
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Episode Source Material
- Original reporting by Nina Schutzman
- Probable cause affidavit by Indianapolis State Police Detective Lester Norvell (provided by Marion County Prosecutor’s Office)
- Motion to dismiss murder charge against Eugene Bingham Jr. (provided by Marion County Prosecutor’s Office)
- Marion County & Hendricks County property records
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana records
- Marion Superior Court records
- Entry on the Magistrate Judge’ report and recommendation
- Headshot of Eugene Bingham Jr. from Crime Watch Daily: Woman Killed Along White River with her own weapon by Chris Hanson (part 2)
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