Alan Matheney
As I have said before, when I go through my list of names to research I sometimes find myself with clusters of things that are similar. Sometimes it is a state; sometimes it is a sentence; and sometimes it is just a similar type of crime or criminal. Just as in the last case that I published this one took place in Indiana, and the defendant was executed by the state. However, this case is not only much different as far as circumstances, it was also a case that brought many changes to the state and a spotlight was shown throughout the nation. On March 4, 1989 some residents of Mishawaka Indiana watched in horror as their neighbor, twenty-nine year old Lisa Bianco was being beaten in the middle of the street in front of their eyes. Also watching were Lisa Bianco's two young daughters. The only thing that could have possibly been more horrible for them to see their mother beaten was to know she was being beaten by their father, Alan Matheney. By the time Matheney was...