Episodes

  • Byline Episode 45: Shotgun killer terrorized Northwest Indiana

    Byline Episode 45: Shotgun killer terrorized Northwest Indiana
    Jul 1 2020

    In the early 90s, a series of brutal murders with a shotgun left the people of Northwest Indiana terrified and calling for the killer's capture. The search and investigation would prove a challenge for local authorities.

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    24 mins
  • Byline, Episode 43: The murder of Christian Choate

    Byline, Episode 43: The murder of Christian Choate
    Dec 29 2019
    For two years, 13-year-old Christian Choate's body went undiscovered by law enforcement, slowly decaying inside a Rubbermaid container underneath a storage shed in Gary. After being exhumed, the investigation revealed a troubled past of abuse surrounding the boy's life.

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    23 mins
  • Byline, Episode 42: A serial killer in Hammond

    Byline, Episode 42: A serial killer in Hammond
    Nov 3 2019
    Abandoned at age 9 by his mother at a "snake-pit" mental institution in Chicago, David Maust went on to brutally kill five teenage boys and harm at least a dozen others.

    He stabbed his victims, tied them up, beat them and strangled them.

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    27 mins
  • Byline, Episode 41: Serial killer terrorized NWI and beyond

    Byline, Episode 41: Serial killer terrorized NWI and beyond
    Aug 18 2019
    Larry Eyler, dubbed the "Highway Killer," terrorized Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky and Wisconsin with his murders of hitchhikers, primarily men. Four of his victims ended up in Newton County. Though two were identified, two remain unidentified to this day. One man has a mission to "bring them home."

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    18 mins
  • Byline, Episode 40: 40 years later, Given case still rocks Region

    Byline, Episode 40: 40 years later, Given case still rocks Region
    Jun 25 2019
    The murder of Jay Given is one of the Region's oldest cold cases. Those involved with the investigation provide their accounts from the nearly 40-year-old murder.

    The second installment reflecting the Times' 'Crimes that Rocked the Region' series.

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    28 mins
  • Byline, Episode 39: Victim's strangulation murder in Crown Point reverberates

    Byline, Episode 39: Victim's strangulation murder in Crown Point reverberates
    Jun 25 2019
    Her lifeless, strangled body was found partially naked in a Crown Point cornfield, and now her admitted murderer is a free man residing in a city that was home to the crime.

    It started out as a missing person's case nearly four decades ago when Robin Szafasz, then 20, of Griffith, never came home after attending a party.

    It ended with Paul Dressel, then 21, pleading guilty to murder.

    The latest episode of Byline takes a deeper look at this case.

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    27 mins
  • Byline, Episode 38: Teens spur change around mental health

    Byline, Episode 38: Teens spur change around mental health
    Jun 25 2019
    The North Township Trustee's office is often seeking ways to engage with and improve the livelihood of teens. One of the office's recent projects, 13 Reasons Why Not, is a campaign centered on educating peers on topics of suicide, mental health, stress and more.

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    21 mins
  • Byline, Episode 37: High school teachers, students discuss President Trump in the classroom

    Byline, Episode 37: High school teachers, students discuss President Trump in the classroom
    Jan 2 2018
    In the first year of his presidency, and throughout this campaign, insults in speeches, interviews and tweets are often found in President Trump's language. He likely isn't the only president to speak so abrasively at times, but the last presidents to publicly act brashly have been dead for decades. What expectations do citizens have for the one sitting in the highest elected office?

    The Southern Poverty Law Center released a report last year that surveyed 2,000 teachers across the U.S. Large percentages of teachers felt they couldn't discuss the election in their classroom. The teachers also reported many of their students felt fearful of the anti-immigrant sentiment and experienced instances of bullying.

    So how do the Region's school communities, particularly those churning out the next generation of leaders in high schools, navigate president Trump's rhetoric? Byline sits down with several teachers and students to pose that question.

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    34 mins