ATLANTA, Ind. — The Atlanta Town Council has voted to terminate its utility superintendent and building commissioner, Andy Emmert.

The council took a vote on Emmert's employment during an executive session Saturday morning. Emmert was not present during the session.

Emmert is implicated in the March 1992 killing of Tony Bledsoe. Previous reporting indicates Indiana State Police arrested Thomas Anderson Jr. of Arcadia earlier this month for his alleged role in Bledsoe's death. Anderson Jr. has been charged with one count of murder.

During ISP's investigation, Anderson told troopers Emmert shot Bledose in the head with a shotgun. Anderson also claimed that Emmert stabbed Bledsoe multiple times.

Anderson told police the killing stemmed from a car theft racket he and Emmert were part of. D

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