State

When: December 2, 2007
Where: Columbus, Indiana
Who: Chelsea Porter and her killer
What: A Columbus man convicted of raping and stabbing to death a 14-year-old girl during a burglary has been sentenced to 90 years in prison. A jury convicted him Nov. 1 of murder, rape and burglary in the slaying of Chelsea Porter.
Why: Authorities said Shepherd entered the apartment where she was sleeping to steal some car keys when she awoke and he attacked her, stabbing her 11 times with a butcher knife. Porter, who attended Central Middle School, was found dead June 29 in an apartment of a family friend in the city about 40 miles south of Indianapolis.
Source: http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071203/LOCAL/712030420