Cassopolis Man Charged With Two Indiana Murders

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A 17-year-old Cassopolis man is facing two murder charges in South Bend, Indiana for shooting and killing two Niles women. Rease Pence is accused of killing 28-year-old Jamie Binns and 29-year-old Samantha Lawson on June 18. They were found shot and killed in the parking lot of Laurel Woods Apartments after Binns drove Pence there. Police were told by a witness that Pence admitted to him he had shot both women. He faces to 45 to 65 years in prison for each murder if convicted.