Ben-Yisrayl
P.O. Box 41 I #922005
Michigan City, IN 46361
The Shotgun killer claims he is innocent
formerly known as Christopher Peterson, was brought to trial four times for shooting 10 people. The first trial for two murders and two attempted murders resulted in an acquittal. The second, for one murder and one attempted murder, also resulted in acquittal.
He was convicted in the third trial for two more murders before being tried and convicted a fourth time for two separate murders.
The 10 shootings took place between Halloween and mid-December of 1990, Schutte said. According to Schutte, an eye-witness in the first trial was able to help police draw up a composite sketch of the suspect, a “shaggy-haired, light-skinned” man. Ben Yisrael, also known as Christopher Peterson, is black.
“[At the first trial] the woman said [Peterson] wasn’t the guy,” Schutte said.
Ben Yisrael was originally arrested for a robbery after his accomplice told police that ben Yisrael was the “Shotgun Slayer that police sought in connection with the 10 shootings.”
When a gun was found in ben Yisrael’s closet that matched shell casings from the crime scenes, ben Yisrael was questioned, arrested and confessed.
At his first two trials, the witness assisting police with the composite did not believe that ben Yisrael was the man she saw.
After three days of questioning, ben Yisrael decided to confess to end the interrogation process. Despite his confession, he was acquitted in those trials.