Jury Convicts Wells of Lesser Charge
By: Web Producer
Updated: December 21, 2007
Accused of murder, convicted of manslaughter.
A Vanderburgh County jury found 28-year old Jason Wells guilty of a lesser charge.
He was on trial for the stabbing death of 62-year old John Carter.
That happened at the Econo lodge on Fares Avenue in October of 2006.
Wells told police the two men were lovers and they got in a fight over sex and work.
Motel managers say carter was employed as a maintenance man at the Econo Lodge.
Manslaughter is a Class C felony so Wells could get two to eight years in prison.
His sentencing is scheduled for late January.
