Timothy Hahn

Timothy Lee Hahn, a 52-year-old White man from Muncie, Indiana, had a long and troubled history with the law, including past convictions for robbery and battery. His life came to a violent end in the winter of 2022, when a long-simmering family dispute reached a fatal conclusion.

On the afternoon of January 23, 2022, Hahn arrived at a home in the 1500 block of South Rochester Avenue, just minutes after his cousin, Kenneth Ray Burden. The two men had been feuding for weeks, reportedly over allegations of theft. Witnesses said the confrontation began when Hahn shoved Burden off the front porch. The men then moved to the side of the house, where a witness saw Burden pointing a small silver handgun at Hahn. The witness looked away for a moment and then heard a single gunshot. Hahn had been struck in the chest. Emergency medical personnel were called and attempted to resuscitate him, but he was pronounced dead after being placed in an ambulance.

Burden fled the scene on foot, but investigators soon tracked him to a residence on South Biltmore Avenue. He was arrested that evening and faced a preliminary charge of murder. The investigation also led to the arrests of two other Muncie residents, 55-year-old Angela Kay Doughty and her 36-year-old son, Jeremy Duane McKee, on preliminary charges of assisting a criminal. McKee faced additional charges for possession of cocaine and carrying a handgun without a license. Doughty later told police that when Burden returned to their vehicle after the confrontation, he said, "I think I killed him."

During the investigation, Burden claimed he had acted in self-defense. He told an acquaintance that he shot Hahn only after his cousin approached him with a stick and refused to back away. The case proceeded to a trial where, in June 2026, a judge found Kenneth Burden guilty of a lesser charge of voluntary manslaughter. Prosecutors also successfully argued that Burden should be considered a habitual offender, citing his prior unrelated felony convictions for armed robbery and burglary.

In August 2026, a judge sentenced Kenneth Burden to 35 years in prison for the killing of his cousin.