Insets, from left: Krystal Walton, (WXIN) Marion County Sheriff’s Deputy John Durm (Marion County Sheriff’s Office) and Orlando Mitchell (Marion County Sheriff’s Office). Background: The location where Mitchell crashed and was returned to custody (WXIN).
At 36, murder defendant Orlando Mitchell will be a very, very old man if he somehow manages to live out his punishment for gunning down Krystal Walton, 32, the mother of his son, outside a day care. Records in Marion County, Indiana, show he was sentenced Tuesday to 66 years in prison for killing her and violating a no-contact order on Sept. 16, 2022. The 746 days of time-served credit — a little more than two years — puts a small dent in his remaining time.
This does not, however, take into account his upcoming murder trial for strangling Marion County Sheriff’s Deputy John Durm, 61, during a failed escape attempt on July 10, 2023. This is currently scheduled for August 2026.
