> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.shayinformed.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Indiana executes man convicted of killing two children in Evansville - URL: https://www.shayinformed.com/indiana-executes-man-convicted-of-killing-two-children-in-evansville/ - Published: 2026-11-05T14:48:53.000Z - Updated: 2026-11-05T14:48:53.000Z - Author: Shay McAlister - Tags: National News Hitting Home Indiana executed a man early Thursday for killing his girlfriend’s two young children, the first of three executions scheduled across the U.S. today. --- *I'm Shay McAlister, and this is Shay Informed: an independent, ad-free platform dedicated to honest journalism with compassion and clarity.* *Are you new here?* [*Sign up*](https://www.shayinformed.com/#/portal/signup) *for the free weekly newsletter or subscribe to support the mission and access in-depth investigations, exclusive interviews, and podcasts reserved for paid subscribers.* --- **MICHIGAN CITY, In. -** Jeffrey Weisheit died by lethal injection at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City Thursday. The Indiana Department of Corrections says the process began shortly after midnight, and he was pronounced dead at 12:45 a.m. CST. He had no final words. His last meal was barbecue ribs from Texas Corral and a Mountain Dew. The Indiana Supreme Court ordered the execution for the April 9, 2010, deaths of Alyssa and Caleb Lynch, who were 8 and 5 years old. Weisheit was dating their mother, Lisa Lynch, and was responsible for the children’s care when he set fire to the home where they all lived. His trial was conducted in Clark County, In., after the defense won a motion for a change in venue. ## The clemency decision ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8c/19/8c19890d-f21a-4442-8055-5db9783cac58/content/images/2026/11/j-weisheit.jpeg) Earlier this year, Weisheit asked for his death sentence to be reduced to life in prison without parole. The Indiana Parole Board, acting as the Clemency Commission, received his petition on Sept. 14\. Members met with him at the prison first and then held hearings with members of the public. Last week, the board unanimously recommended that Gov. Mike Braun deny the request. Its letter to the governor shows how Weisheit’s account of that night has shifted over the years, he has not taken full responsibility and has a record of bad behavior in prison, as recently as last year. Hours after the fire, an investigator asked him in the hospital whether he had done something to the kids. He said he didn’t remember. At trial, he testified that he tied Caleb up but did not admit to setting the fire, saying only that “things happen.” In his clemency interview, the board says he finally acknowledged setting the fire, but disputed how. The jury accepted the prosecution’s theory that the fire was started with flares, one placed in Caleb’s underwear and another under his body. Weisheit denies using flares and told the board he put a phonebook on the stove and turned it on before leaving. The board rejected that account. It said it wasn’t weighing in on whether he was being deceitful or had truly lost his memory of the flares, as his attorneys argued. The board also addressed the claim by people close to Weisheit that he simply “snapped.” It said it could not accept that. Weisheit told the board he wanted to hurt Lisa Lynch, and that he couldn’t do it directly because she was pregnant with his child. For about a month before the fire, he said, he obsessed over a perceived slight from her. During that time, the board noted, he emptied bank accounts, quit his job and tried to return her engagement ring. The board said it could not know whether he was preparing for this act, but it believed the evidence showed a plan to do harm. Weisheit also racked up 13 conduct reports behind bars, the most recent in May 2025, including battery on other incarcerated people, disruptive behavior and animal cruelty. The board considered testimony about his mental illness, neurological deficiencies and childhood trauma. It said that information doesn’t greatly distinguish his situation from that of most incarcerated people, and that the jury had enough information to impose the death penalty. The board’s letter ended simply: his request did not rise to the level of commuting his sentence. Florida and Alabama are set to carry out executions later Thursday, which would mark the second time this year that three death row inmates have been put to death on the same day. *Like what you see? Learn more about Shay Informed* [*here*](https://www.shayinformed.com/welcome-to-shay-informed/)*! This is honest journalism with compassion and clarity.*