US boy appeals prison sentence imposed at age 12

[Judi Lynn]

5. Paul Henry Gingerich's Case Background

Paul Henry Gingerich's Case Background

Paul Henry Gingerich

Date of Birth 17 February 1998

Paul Henry Gingerich is currently at 201351 Pendleton Juvenile Correctional Facility


On April 20, 2010, Phillip Danner was murdered in his Cromwell, Indiana home by his stepson, 15-year-old Colt Lundy, whom he had been abusing.

Colt was the leader of a posse of younger boys he dominated and bullied, sometimes with a BB gun.

Colt enlisted the young boys in a plan to run away to Arizona where his felon biological father lived, and where they’d sell drugs and t-shirts to “drug people.”

He summoned 12-year-olds Chase Williams and Paul Henry Gingerich to his home and surprised them with a twist to the plan they’d never imagined: Colt’s stepfather would have to be killed before they could leave that night.

Colt Lundy ordered 12-year-old Chase Williams to enter the house through a window and serve as his backup. Chase was afraid of Colt and hesitated; Paul Henry protected Chase by climbing through the window instead. But Paul Henry never intended to help kill Danner, whom he’d never even met.

Inside the house, Colt pressed a loaded handgun into Paul Henry’s hand. As the two boys sat in the living room waiting for Danner to appear, Paul Henry tried to talk Colt out of his crazy plan.

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