JASPER – On Wednesday, January 3, troopers with the Indiana State Police served a warrant on 33-year-old Alicia Kellems, Huntingburg, that was connected to an attempted murder incident in December 2022.
After about a year of investigation, Indiana State Police Detectives found probable cause to file charges on Kellems.
The Perry County Prosecutor’s office granted an arrest warrant for Kellems for her participation in the attempted murder.
Kellems was transported to the Perry County jail, where she is being held on two Level 3 felony counts of aggravated battery with a substantial risk of death, two Level 3 felony counts of aggravated battery when the assault caused serious permanent disfigurement, two Level 5 felony counts of battery resulting in serious bodily injury, and two Level 5 felony counts of battery using a deadly weapon.
ISP M/Trp. Patrick Stinson began the investigation after the victim, who will remain anonymous, was lured to an undisclosed location by 23-year-old Elizabeth Potts, Eastview, Ky.
Once the victim arrived, 30-year-old Jacob Burch of Huntingburg, and 28-year-old Dakota Hedinger, of Cannelton battered the victim repeatedly with baseball bats.
The victim suffered life-threatening injuries that required being flown by a medevac helicopter to the Deaconess Trauma Center In Evansville.
As instructed by the Perry County Circuit Court Judge, M/Trp. Stinson presented his findings to a Special Judge from the Spencer County Circuit Court, which resulted in arrest warrants being issued for Burch, Hedinger, and Potts.
After the incident, Potts, of Eastview, KY., fled to Kentucky and was later arrested in January. Potts was extradited to Indiana soon after that and is incarcerated in the Perry County Jail.
In March, Indiana State troopers and numerous other law enforcement officers from various agencies took Burch and Hedinger into custody without incident.
All three are facing charges of attempted murder, conspiring to commit murder, aggravated battery, conspiring to commit aggravated battery, aggravated battery causing a serious permanent disfigurement, conspiring to commit battery causing a serious permanent disfigurement, battery resulting in serious bodily injury, battery by means of a deadly weapon, conspiring to commit battery by means of a deadly weapon.
Assisting Agencies: Perry/Dubois County Prosecutor Offices, Tell City and Huntingburg Polie Department, and Dubois, Perry, and Spencer County Sheriff’s Departments.
