Cody Allen Wade: Indiana man gets 85 years in prison for killing mom's boyfriend and recording murder on voicemail
CLAY COUNTY, INDIANA: Cody Allen Wade, an Indiana man who accidentally recorded a voicemail while he murdered his mother's boyfriend, has been sentenced to 85 years in prison.
On August 3, Wade was found guilty of murdering Carl Haviland in June 2020. Wade was on parole for arson at the time of the crime.
Why was Cody Allen Wade convicted?
According to the sentencing order, Clay County Superior Court Judge Robert A Pell described the gruesome act in his remarks.
Wade had mercilessly stabbed Haviland multiple times in front of his mother.
Before he stabbed Haviland, he accidentally called his mother and did not hang up. As a result, the entire gruesome act was recorded on voicemail, per FOX 59. This voicemail was played for the jury.
According to the sentencing order, Wade abruptly left a cookout and made his way to his mother's residence.
Along the way, he had stopped at another individual's house and informed them of his intentions to take someone's life.
"The defendant repeatedly stabbed Carl Haviland not only in front of the defendant's own mother but did so in spite of her efforts to physically prevent him from committing the crime," the judge wrote in the order.
He reportedly kicked Haviland's body and taunted him after the stabbing. As per the order, Wade had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder.
How many years in prison is Cody Allen Wade facing?
Wade was sentenced to 60 years in prison for Haviland's murder with an additional 15 years as he was a habitual offender.
He also received an extra 10 years for two separate counts of felony battery on a public safety official with injury and five years.
He also received concurrent sentences for three other charges, felony battery against a public safety official and misdemeanor resisting law enforcement.
The sentencing order also noted that Wade would receive credit for the days he had already spent in jail.