Heather Lee Nicole v. State of Indiana
── Heather Lee Nicole v. State of Indiana ──
Case No.: 25A-CR-00905
Court: Indiana Court of Appeals
Date: August 28, 2025
Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey
County of Origin: Wells
Category: Criminal
Decision: Affirmed
Judge Brown and Judge Weissmann concur
On August 29, 2023, then fifty-three-year-old Nicole contacted “Katie” on a
dating website for women called HERS. Tr. v. II at 162. The dating website
required that participants be at least eighteen years of age. The profile page for
Katie stated that she was “18[.]” Ex. v. IV at 3-6. However, unbeknownst to
Nicole, the profile for Katie was not for an actual person but was created as a
“decoy” by Eric Schmutte, the president of Predator Catchers, Inc. (“PCI”). Tr.
v. II at 162.
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