he's trying to kill me
Submitted by the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Department
Sheriff Michael Gayer announced today that he was contacted by an inmate at the Sheriff’s Office concerned for the safety of an individual living in the county.
The inmate stated he was approached by another inmate, Keith Ray Nuss, 28, who is being held in connection with a rape that occurred in August 2008 in Winamac.
Nuss told the other inmate that if the rape victim was deceased, the Prosecutor would be forced to dismiss charges against him and he would be a free man. Nuss asked the inmate if he knew anyone that could be hired to kill her. At this point, the inmate wrote a letter to the Sheriff indicating his fear for the woman’s safety.
Sheriff Gayer contacted a retired State Police Investigator who, while employed with the State Police, did 17 murder-for-hire cases in one year. Voice recordings were made between the undercover officer and Nuss. Nuss also wrote the undercover officer a letter indicating the intended victim’s name, address, place of work and vehicle description. Nuss gave his mother instructions to give the undercover officer a card collectors collection of professional athletes as a down payment to the $5,000 agreed to by Nuss and the undercover officer. His mother was not aware of his intentions at the time she handed over the cards. The undercover officer obtained the collection and presented his case to Pulaski County Prosecutor Stacey Mrak.
Nuss was formally charged in Pulaski Circuit Court Tuesday morning with Conspiracy to Commit Murder, a Class A Felony.
Sheriff Michael Gayer announced today that he was contacted by an inmate at the Sheriff’s Office concerned for the safety of an individual living in the county.
The inmate stated he was approached by another inmate, Keith Ray Nuss, 28, who is being held in connection with a rape that occurred in August 2008 in Winamac.
Nuss told the other inmate that if the rape victim was deceased, the Prosecutor would be forced to dismiss charges against him and he would be a free man. Nuss asked the inmate if he knew anyone that could be hired to kill her. At this point, the inmate wrote a letter to the Sheriff indicating his fear for the woman’s safety.
Sheriff Gayer contacted a retired State Police Investigator who, while employed with the State Police, did 17 murder-for-hire cases in one year. Voice recordings were made between the undercover officer and Nuss. Nuss also wrote the undercover officer a letter indicating the intended victim’s name, address, place of work and vehicle description. Nuss gave his mother instructions to give the undercover officer a card collectors collection of professional athletes as a down payment to the $5,000 agreed to by Nuss and the undercover officer. His mother was not aware of his intentions at the time she handed over the cards. The undercover officer obtained the collection and presented his case to Pulaski County Prosecutor Stacey Mrak.
Nuss was formally charged in Pulaski Circuit Court Tuesday morning with Conspiracy to Commit Murder, a Class A Felony.