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ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, Ind. -- A man serving a 75-year prison sentence for a 2022 murder in Mishawaka will remain behind bars.

The Indiana Court of Appeals rejected Nashawn Stephens' appeal in the deadly shooting of Tychius Derrickson.

According to the Indiana Attorney General's Office, the court found overwhelming evidence, "i ncluding witness testimony, timing, physical evidence, and Stephens’s post-crime behavior" that supported the jury’s guilty verdict this past February.

Stephens is accused of beating Derrickson after finding him in the bedroom with Kyndall Dickerson, then dragging him outside before shooting him. Dickerson, who told police she was occasionally sexual partners with both men, was also char

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