Today…On
August 31, 2020, Joshua Lee Ungersma was killed while delivering a
pizza.
A teenager named Jaelynn Billups called for an order to a house
that turned out to be abandoned, and when Joshua arrived, she and her
boyfriend attempted to rob him.
Joshua, who was working a second job to
help provide for his six-month-old son, did his best to defend himself
and then fled across the street to ask someone to call the police. But
Jaelynn followed him over and shot him several times.
WTHR News:
https://www.wthr.com/article/news/crime/woman-sentenced-to-50-years-in-killing-of-lafayette-pizza-delivery-driver-jaelynn-billups-joshua-ungersma-alberto-vanmeter/531-f3e0d54d-5c7b-43fb-a02d-dc7a692897e1
Jenny Ungersma (the victim's wife) spoke to the courtroom via video. She moved out of state with her children after the funeral because of threats to her family.
"I can't describe the depths of grief, agony and pain I'm feeling," Ungersma said.
"They lost a wonderful man. This man was 37 years old. He was law abiding. He was doing everything right," said Pat Harrington, Tippecanoe County Prosecutor. "He was not working not just one full-time job to support his family and newborn child, he was working a part-time job delivering pizzas to support them. And for that, he lost his life."
