Mary Elizabeth Yoder v. State of Indiana

── Mary Elizabeth Yoder v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00307 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 13, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: LaPorte Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey concurs. Judge Altice concurs in result Yoder and her boyfriend, Alan Morgan, tortured their four-year-old son, J.M., which ultimately resulted in his death on October 11, 2021. When J.M. was four months old, he was removed from Yoder’s home and placed with a paternal cousin. He remained in that placement for over three years and was returned to Yoder’s home shortly before his fourth birthday. In 2021, Yoder had a seven-year-old child, M.Y., and three children who were fathered by Alan: four-year-old J.M., twenty-three-month-old D.M., and oneyear-old L.M.