MUNCIE, Ind. -- A Muncie man has been sentenced to over 30 years in prison after throwing his girlfriend in the path of an oncoming train.

The Delaware County Prosecutor's Office announced on Thursday that 25-year-old Di Morriea Turner received a 36-year sentence in the Indiana Department of Correction. On July 30, a jury found him guilty of attempted murder, aggravated battery and domestic battery by means of a deadly weapon.

According to previous reports, officers with the Muncie Police Department were called on June 19, 2019, to the 500 block of West 23rd Street to investigate a report that someone was struck by a train.

Officers reported at the time that they arrived on the scene and discovered Turner and his girlfriend near the railroad crossing.

As the investigation unfolded, pol

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