SELLERSBURG, Ind. — Indiana State Police are investigating after a man wanted for murder died after a crash in southern Indiana Friday morning.
ISP Trooper Sgt. Carey Huls said Evansville Police were looking for a person of interest in a double homicide from Thursday night. The police department provided information on the suspect, including the car he may be driving, to Indiana State Police.
Huls said a trooper saw a car matching the released description in a parking lot behind a hotel in Corydon around 5 a.m. Friday. The trooper was waiting for another officer to arrive for backup when the driver pulled out of the lot and onto SR 135.
The trooper attempted to stop the car, but the driver sped off.
Less than a minute later, ISP said the car ran off the road, went airborne and hit a utility pole. The man driving the car was found dead inside.
According to police, the man has been identified as Samuel Robb of Valparaiso, the suspect in the Evansville murder case. The Harrison County Coroner determined that Robb died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
The road was shut down for several hours during the investigation. Duke Energy crews arrived within a few hours to fix the power lines. Huls said he wasn't sure if the crash interrupted power for anyone living in the area.
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