Indiana Governor Mike Braun signed a public safety bill created in the wake of the murder of an Evansville realtor.
WEHT reports House Bill 1250 requires the state’s Department of Correction to provide seven days advance electronic notification to the county sheriff, prosecuting attorney and either the county or municipal chief of police on where it will release a serious violent felon from custody.
The bill, which passed unanimously through the Indiana House and Senate chambers, followed the murder of 74-year-old realtor Susan Haynie in August 2025. Her accused killer, Jamerus Parkman, had been released from prison after serving 12 years of a 35-year sentence for similar violent offenses, but the Evansville Police Department was not notified of Parkman’s release. Haynie was killed six months after Parkman’s release.
