There is no doubt who fatally shot D'Lon Edwards in 2021, but the woman who stood trial in his killing is now free. Her case was dismissed after a jury was left unconvinced she committed murder.

Now his mother and the Marion County Prosecutors Office are laying blame for that dismissal, at least partly, at the feet of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department's homicide detectives.

Edwards, 34, was a father of four who had just started a trucking company a month before he was shot and killed.

"I got a call from prosecutor (Joseph) Cermak yesterday," Chryrisse Edwards told IndyStar on Aug. 19, 2025. "He said he would not be pushing for a second trial. There were gaps in the evidence by IMPD, and a witness was unreliable."

Edwards said she stayed on top of the investigation involvi

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