Steven Timothy Judy

The arrest of Judy triggered an emotional outcry that lasted two years. He pled insanity and confessed to committing the murders. While in the "punishment phase" of the trial, Judy wanted it to be fast-paced so "he threatened the judge and jury and promised to kill again unless they sentenced him to death." The trial ended with Judy being found guilty and then executed on March 9, 1981, aged 24, in Michigan City, Indiana in the electric chair. Judy became the first person to be executed in Indiana since Richard Kiefer was executed on June 15, 1961.

The primary crime Judy committed occurred when he was 23 years old. On Saturday, April 28, 1979, Terry Lee Chasteen was on her way to drop her children off at a babysitter's house before going to work. While on the road, Judy passed her car and gave her a sign that indicated that she needed to pull over. She eventually did and instantly accepted help from Judy, who she thought was just being a Good Samaritan. He told her that something was "wrong" with her tire and offered to fix it. While "fixing" her tire, he disabled her car and offered Terry and her three children a ride. He instantly drove his new passengers to White Lick Creek, where his victims were found.

Steven Timothy Judy (May 24, 1956 – March 9, 1981) was convicted of murdering Terry Lee Chasteen and her three children, Misty Ann, Steve and Mark, on April 28, 1979.

Steven Timothy Judy was born on May 24, 1956 by his mother, Myrtle, and his father, Vernon. As a child, he grew up in a horrific setting; caught in between violence, pornography, alcohol and crime. His father had a history of being arrested for assaulting his mother. One afternoon, his father caught his mother cheating on him and responded to the incident by killing the family's dog. As a result, his defense attorney, Steven L. Harris, stated, "that's all he's known since the day he was born". "'There's times when I can remember my mother pulling a gun out on my dad and trying to shoot him,'" Judy recalled.