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t 2:30 on Friday Afternoon, Christopher Bell was sentenced by Judge Robert Pigman in Vanderburgh County Superior Court to 90 years the Indiana Department of Corrections.
On May 30, 2013, Bell was found guilty of Murder as well as Conspiracy to Commit Robbery Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury – Class A Felony. Bell’s conviction also drew a Habitual Offender Enhancement. In sentencing today the A Felony was dropped to Conspiracy to Commit Robbery – C Felony.
Judge Pigman sentenced Bell to 60 years on his Murder conviction and 6 years on his Conspiracy to Commit Robbery conviction. Those sentenced will be served concurrent. The Habitual Offender Enhancement drew an automatic 30 year addition.
Bell is the accomplice to Ted Mueller Jr. who has been already found guilty of the same charges for the shooting and killing of Cedric Watt in September 2012.
For further information on the case listed above, or any pending case, please contact Kyle Phernetton, Director of Public Relations at 812.435.5688 or via e-mail at kphernetton@vanderburghgov.org.
