Man who strangled 75-year-old realtor to death and left her in the basement of her home pleads guilty

After a 75-year-old Indiana woman was found strangled to death in the basement of her home, a man has admitted to the crime.

Jamerus Parkman, 35, has pleaded guilty to murder in the death of Susan Haynie, as well as burglary, Vanderburgh Superior Court records reviewed by Law&Crime show. The defendant is due to be sentenced on Dec. 2.

The Evansville Police Department says that on Aug. 27, 2025, at about 5 p.m., it was called to a home on the 3300 block of East Gum Street in Evansville. The city sits on Indiana’s southern border with Kentucky…

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