Kiara Hootman

Murdered

Kiara Jane Hootman, a 22-year-old resident of Michigan City, Indiana, was fatally shot on August 15, 2024. She and 35-year-old Travis Pennington were found dead in the front seats of a vehicle in the parking lot of the Normandy Village Apartments. The LaPorte County Coroner ruled their deaths as homicides, with both victims having been shot from outside the vehicle.

Kiara Hootman was born on May 13, 2002, at La Porte Hospital to Allison Barth. At the time of her death, she was a frequen ...Read More

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