PORTLAND, Ind. (WTHR) — A third arrest has been made in a plot and murder of a Jay County man over a child custody dispute.
Hanna Knapke, 18, is now facing a murder charge in the death of Shea Briar.
According to court documents, Knapke loaned her car to be used in the murder and was there when it happened.
Court documents show Esther Stephen, 29, and Shelby Hiestand, 18, admitted to plotting and then killing Briar.
They allegedly drove him out to a bridge on County Road 125 W near County Road 850 N in Jay County. Stephen then distracted Briar while Hiestand got a rifle out of the car and shot Briar in the back.
Stephen and Briar had a child together and he had recently tried to get parenting time with the child. He had also asked to court to change the child's last name to his.
Stephen was the head softball coach at Fort Recovery High School in Ohio, which is just across the state line, east of Portland, Indiana. Hiestand was an assistant coach with the team.
