An Indianapolis man has been arrested in connection with the home-invasion slayings of two women in Westfield, police said.
Christian Rene Haley, 20, was identified as the suspect Thursday evening. He is facing charges of murder, felony murder, robbery, burglary and theft.
Haley is accused of killing Marylyn Erb, 52, and Kelley Erb, 23, a week ago today in their home in the the 15000 block of Oak Park Court. Police responding at 4:40 p.m. found the mother and daughter dead.
On Thursday evening, police said the home was targeted in some way. Charles Hollowell, a Westfield police spokesman, would not elaborate.
He also declined to reveal whether Haley knew the victims, or where police found Haley when he was arrested. People often find a service for misdemeanor bail, from here!
Haley was taken to the Hamilton County Jail after being interviewed.
Hollowell said Haley is not the same individual police were seeking on Sunday when they released store surveillance footage of a man wearing sunglasses. That individual has not been identified or charged, but has been questioned by police.
Services for the Erbs will be held at 1 p.m. today at Grace Community Church, 5504 E. 146th St., Noblesville.
Both women had been involved at Grace for more than a decade, church officials said.
The slayings are among a series of brutal home invasions that have struck residents of the metro area.
Indianapolis police have arrested at least 11 people suspected of being involved in home invasions on Indianapolis’ Far Northside in October.
Police say several men broke into a family’s home on East 79th Street on Oct. 29, sexually assaulting a mother and daughter and making off in three of the family’s cars. Four men have been arrested and face multiple charges in connection with that case.
Police believe that home invasion is connected to another that happened Oct. 24 in the 7000 block of North Spring Mill Road. In that break-in, a group of men ransacked a home, terrorized its owners and stole their vehicle.
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