Police: Man kills wife, then himself in Porter County
Post-Tribune
May 10, 2015
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“She said 'mom,' and then she was screaming and it went click,” said Elizabeth Hefner.
Hefner went next door to her daughter's house about 11:50 p.m. and heard a single gunshot. She called police, who found Brianna and Glenn Ballor lying in a pool of blood and dead of gunshot wounds on the floor in their bedroom.
Police say Glenn Ballor, 38, shot his wife Brianna, 31, with a shotgun, then turned the gun on himself. Porter County Coroner Chuck Harris said both died of gunshots fired at point-blank range. Their 2-year-old daughter, Brynn, was unharmed.
Authorities and Hefner said the couple were in the middle of a divorce. Harris and Porter County police Sgt. Larry LaFlower said there was evidence of a fight prior to the shooting.
The couple lived in a quiet, rural neighborhood at 189 S. County Road 75 East, just southwest of the Porter County fairgrounds.
Harris said toxicology tests will be done to determine if drugs or alcohol played a role in the shooting.
Hefner said her daughter married Glenn Ballor about three years ago. She said the couple met when they were in a wedding party together. “They started dating and then they got married,” she said.
Brianna Hefner was the 2002 valedictorian at Morgan Township High School, where she also played basketball and ran low hurdles on the track team. “She graduated from Purdue in 3 1/2 years,” said Hefner. “Then she went to the University of South Carolina in Columbia.”
Hefner said her daughter earned a degree in criminal justice and worked at the Porter County Juvenile Detention Center.
LaFlower said Glenn Ballor had a criminal history, but there were no domestic violence calls to the couple's house.
Hefner said Ballor, who graduated from Portage High School in about 1995, had a bad temper.
Chris George, who’s now the principal at Morgan Township, was Brianna’s basketball coach her junior and senior year. “She was a very good student and quite a competitor. My heart goes out to her and her family.”
Police report - Glenn Ballor: Failure to appear in court
Porter County edition
Apr 25, 2001
http://www.nwitimes.com/uncategorized/police-report/article_ca079c1a-417b-59cc-bd53-988c8f005d04.html
Failure to appear in court -- Katherine Hall, 44, of 704 Fremont, South Haven; Nathan Howard, 21, of 3508 E. Evans, Valparaiso; Charles Gregory, 42, of Norman Street, Portage; Frank A. Miceli, 34, address not listed; Glenn M. Ballor, 24, of 2273 Walden, Portage; Faith M. Bratcher, 19, of 1704 Worthington, Valparaiso; Peter Zajicek, 27, of 625 Osage, South Haven; Cordell Moore, 26, of LaPorte; Andrew Sanchez, 34, of 5414 Redwood, Portage.
Three charged with carpet store burglary - Glenn Ballor
Porter Crime - Porter County
NWI Times
August 21, 2003
http://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/porter-crime/article_c782b68d-c7a9-5937-baa8-6112d2c2b977.html
Three men have been charged in connection with a burglary Sunday at Cortie Wilson Jr.'s business -- Carpets by C.W. at 5822 E. U.S. 6.
Glenn Ballor, 26, and Anthony Ballor, 24, both of 3002 Anderson, Portage, were charged with burglary. They each face up to eight years in prison if convicted.
Michael Gass, 18, of 2942 Sunset, Portage, was charged with possession of stolen property and faces up to three years behind bars if convicted.
Portage police said patrons at Sunset Lounge, located nearby, gave police information about suspicious men they saw at the business. Police said Gass admitted he had 12 keys and tried to use them to enter 35 to 40 storage sheds behind the carpet business. Gass said he was unsuccessful, but he said he was with the Ballors when they burglarized the carpet business.
Police said a television, leaf blower, stereo speakers and other items were stolen. Police said much of the property was recovered.
Porter Crime - Porter County
NWI Times
August 21, 2003
http://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/porter-crime/article_c782b68d-c7a9-5937-baa8-6112d2c2b977.html
Three men have been charged in connection with a burglary Sunday at Cortie Wilson Jr.'s business -- Carpets by C.W. at 5822 E. U.S. 6.
Glenn Ballor, 26, and Anthony Ballor, 24, both of 3002 Anderson, Portage, were charged with burglary. They each face up to eight years in prison if convicted.
Michael Gass, 18, of 2942 Sunset, Portage, was charged with possession of stolen property and faces up to three years behind bars if convicted.
Portage police said patrons at Sunset Lounge, located nearby, gave police information about suspicious men they saw at the business. Police said Gass admitted he had 12 keys and tried to use them to enter 35 to 40 storage sheds behind the carpet business. Gass said he was unsuccessful, but he said he was with the Ballors when they burglarized the carpet business.
Police said a television, leaf blower, stereo speakers and other items were stolen. Police said much of the property was recovered.
Porter Police Beat - Arrests - Glenn Ballor
Porter County
Nov 12, 2003
http://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/porter-police-beat/article_5ae2b9e6-0576-533a-a97e-715d9431818f.html
Check fraud, possession of stolen property, theft -- Glenn Ballor, 27, of 3002 Andersen, Portage.
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