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Case Description
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On April 28, 1997, Donald Robert Knepple, a 48-year-old male probation officer in Fort Wayne, Indiana, was murdered during a scheduled meeting at a counseling center on South Calhoun Street. The meeting had been arranged by a man under his supervision, 45-year-old Gary Wright, who had a history as a former juvenile corrections officer and a conviction for attempted child molestation. Wright had scheduled the appointment with both Knepple and his 41-year-old clinical supervisor, Steven Tielker, w ...Read More
Victim Details

Probation Donald R. Charley

Male

White / Caucasian

Fort-wayne

IN

1997-04-28

48

Donald

Knepple

12/20/2025