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Randal Moon Jr. was sentenced to 86 years in the Delaware County killing of Michael D. Greer. Ameariss Aponte and Amy Singhas are still charged.
WISH-TV and The Star Press reported that Delaware Circuit Court Judge Judi L. Calhoun on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026, sentenced Randal Bruce Moon Jr., 41, of Indianapolis to 86 years in prison. A jury convicted him Sept. 18 in the death of Michael D. Greer, 58, of Shelbyville, whose body was found Dec. 14, 2025, in a burning rental car on Delaware County Road 500 South. Ameariss Aponte and Amy Singhas remain charged and have not been tried.
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Moon's sentence is the judgment on his conviction. It is not a finding against the co-defendants who have not been tried. WISH-TV reported forensic evidence showed Greer was still alive when the car was set on fire. That evidence was part of the case the jury heard against Moon. Aponte's trial was postponed. Singhas is set for Nov. 16.
WISH-TV reported that Greer's body was found in the trunk of a rental car that had been set on fire along County Road 500 South, west of Indiana 3. Investigators determined he had been beaten and shot before he was taken to Delaware County, and forensic evidence showed he was still alive when the fire was set. The Star Press reported a Delaware Circuit Court 1 jury on Sept. 18 found Moon guilty of aiding, inducing, or causing murder, kidnapping, and obstruction of justice, and conspiracy to commit obstruction of justice. A prosecutor's release carried by Woof Boom Radio listed the jury's counts as murder, arson resulting in serious bodily injury, kidnapping, obstruction of justice, and conspiracy to obstruct justice. Judge Calhoun imposed 86 years on Tuesday. Moon was the first of five defendants to go to trial.
WISH-TV reported that Amy Singhas, who prosecutors say was involved in the events leading to Greer's death, is scheduled for trial Nov. 16. Ameariss Aponte had a trial set for Sept. 28. That date was postponed and is expected to be reset. An earlier WISH account said Aponte is charged with murder and that Singhas faces murder, arson, kidnapping, and related counts. Deputies have alleged, in that earlier reporting, that Aponte drove the car off the road and set it on fire, and that Singhas drove Greer to the remote road. Those allegations are still charges against people who have not been convicted. Megan Sloan and Tallis McCoy were also named in the early charging accounts.
An 86-year sentence is the court's judgment on Moon after the Sept. 18 verdict. It does not decide the cases of Aponte or Singhas. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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