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Discovery of new evidence in the homicide of a woman whose body was found in Brown County in 2020 has resulted in a murder charge being dismissed against an Indianapolis man.
The charge was formally dismissed against 64-year-old Paul Fox on Jan. 5. Fox had been in the Brown County jail since his arrest in September.
A motion to dismiss cause without prejudice was filed on Jan. 4 by Brown County Prosecutor Ted Adams.
It states that additional evidence had been presented to the Indiana State Police that will require “extensive, additional investigation.”
According to the motion, Fox remains a “primary suspect,” but that dismissing the charge is in the “best interests of justice.”
“Brown County taxpayers and Angela Weisheit deserve the best case the state of Indiana can put forward to pursue and secure justice. Based upon new evidence recently presented to the state, this matter is not ready for trial. Fairness demands we do the right thing,” Adams said in a comment to the Brown County Democrat.
“This matter remains an open and active investigation which, of course, means I am limited as to what I can convey as new evidence is investigated. Dismissal without prejudice does not prevent the state of Indiana from pursuing murder charges in the future. We sincerely hope to bring closure and secure justice regarding Angela Weisheit’s murder.”
Fox was charged Sept. 8, 2021 with the murder of Weisheit, 38, also of Indianapolis. Her body was found by a deer hunter under a bridge near the intersection of Bell and Bean Blossom roads on Nov. 21, 2020.
She had been stabbed multiple times and was bound with duct tape, according to the probable cause affidavit.
Three DNA profiles were collected from her body and clothing. One of those profiles reportedly returned to Fox and his DNA was found in, and around, the stab wounds along with on the duct tape and on a piece of the victim’s clothing, the affidavit states.
Indiana State Police Det. Ian Matthew and Det. Tim Cummins investigated the murder and were able to establish that Weisheit had been at Fox’s home at least two times on the day she was murdered.
In an interview police, Fox said Weisheit had been at his home the afternoon of Nov. 20. He had picked her up at a house and brought her back to his home. After some time at his home, Fox said he dropped Weisheit off at another home or nearby liquor store, but could not remember exactly where.
After dropping her off that afternoon, Fox told police that was the last time he saw Weisheit and, to the best of his knowledge, he did not leave his home again for the rest of the night.
He denied any involvement with her murder and continued to accuse another person in talking with police.
Fox was arrested and transported to the Brown County Jail where he was booked in on no bond Sept. 2 of last year. He was released from custody on Jan. 4.
A jury trial had been scheduled for Jan. 19.
The homicide remains under investigation.
Fox is represented by public defender Todd Sallee from Indianapolis. Sallee did not respond to a request for comment on the dismissal by deadline.
