WARRICK COUNTY, Ind. (WEVV) — The Indiana Court of Appeals has upheld the denial of post-conviction relief for Isaiah Hagan, the man convicted of the 2017 murder of Halee Rathgeber.
In a memorandum decision filed Friday, Feb. 27th, Chief Judge Tavitas affirmed the rulings of the Warrick Circuit Court, concluding that the lower court did not err in denying Hagan’s petitions for forensic DNA testing and post-conviction relief.
Halee Rathgeber’s body was discovered in a rural Warrick County parking lot on April 24, 2017. She died from a gunshot wound to the head. Following an investigation, Hagan—a friend of Rathgeber—was charged with murder, felony murder, robbery, and obstruction of justice…