Friday, Sept. 23, 2016
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Player dismissed for felony charges Freshman receiver was arrested Thursday for child molestation From IDS reports
IU freshman wide receiver Kiante Enis was arrested in Randolph County on Thursday and charged with two counts of child molestation, according to the sheriff ’s department. Randolph County sheriff ’s deputies received a report of a “possible relationship” between Enis, Kiante Enis 19, and “a child 13 years of age or younger” on Wednesday. Enis and the child were interviewed and “admitted to a consensual sexual encounter that occurred on at least two occasions in Randolph County,” according to a press release issued by the Randolph County sheriff ’s department. Enis was then arrested and booked into the Randolph County jail, an hour and a half northeast of Indianapolis, and was held under a $20,000 bond. Child molestation is a level 3 felony with a potential of up to 16 years in prison and a fine of up to $10,000. IU Athletics announced his dismissal from the program later Thursday afternoon. The statement from IU Athletics read: “Indiana football has dismissed freshman Kiante Enis from the program effective immediately.” The freshman wide receiver hadn’t appeared in either of the first two games for the Hoosiers this season. IU Coach Kevin Wilson said Monday during his press conference that Enis had a concussion and was going through the team’s protocol before he would be able to get back on the field. Enis initially made his verbal commitment to play at Michigan, but later de-committed to go to IU so he could stay closer to home. This is the third incident involving an IU football player in September. Junior kicker Aaron Del Grosso was arrested Wednesday morning for criminal trespassing and public intoxication, and freshman defensive lineman Jerome Johnson was cited on Sept. 3 for illegal possession and consumption. Zain Pyarali, Jordan Guskey and Taylor Lehman
Beck plays IU, ‘wow’s audience Thursday By Emily Abshire eabshire@indiana.edu | @emily_abs
Nineties-alternative music was in full force Thursday night at the IU Auditorium when experimental rocker Beck and opener Nick Valensi, guitarist for the Strokes, played a soldout show. Beck, who donned his typical wide-brimmed hat, danced, whirled and jumped in front of the geometric shapes and bright colors flashing across the video screen behind him. “We’re just going to play a whole bunch of things today, see how it goes,” Beck said. He called on the audience in the second song to hear their rendition of his first hit song, “Loser.” The crowd yelled and fumbled its way through the obscure rap lyrics, but joined together confidently at the chorus: “I’m a loser, baby, so why don’t you kill me?” There’s no such thing as a “Beck sound,” sophomore Jack Alfonso said. Alfonso awarded Beck the title of his favorite artist and has previously seen him live four times. It could be a totally different experience based on the setlist, he said, so you don’t know what to expect. Beck often hops between SEE BECK, PAGE 6
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Daniel Messel receives 80 years By Hannah Alani halani@indiana.edu @HannahAlani
NASHVILLE, Ind. – Daniel Messel was sentenced Thursday to spend the next 80 years of his life in prison for the murder of IU student Hannah Wilson. Before he was taken away, Wilson’s 19-year-old sister called him a coward. “I hope you sit in that cell and contemplate for the rest of your days what you’ve done,” said Haley Wilson, now an IU sophomore. “You had a choice. Han-
nah died by the decisions of you, Daniel Messel.” After the sentencing, Haley told the Indiana Daily Student she had been anxious all week because she knew she would have to look her sister’s killer in the eyes. She took a political science test Thursday morning before racing to Brown County to address Messel in court. She thought maybe she could get through to him. But as she spoke, Messel, 51, remained stone-faced. He slowly swiveled in his chair and fumbled with a pen.
“You sit there and act as if you don’t even know who Hannah is,” Haley said. “It doesn’t matter. It doesn’t bring Hannah back.” Last month, Messel was convicted of first-degree murder and a habitual offender charge. In court Thursday, Brown Circuit Court Judge Judith Stewart sentenced him to 60 years for the murder charge and added 20 years for the habitual offender charge based on his violent criminal history. Messel proclaimed his innocence and called the 10-day trial a work of “fictional nonsense.”
“I did not kill Hannah,” he said from one side of the courtroom as he stared at two pews full of Hannah’s friends and family. On April 23, 2015, after Hannah took the final exam of her college career, she went out with friends to celebrate. It was the Thursday of Little 500 week. Her friends determined she had drunk too much and sent her home in a cab. The next morning, a woman found Hannah’s body in a vacant grassy lot at the intersection of SEE MESSEL, PAGE 6
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Robin Wilson goes through old photos of Hannah at her home in Noblesville, Ind. The blue box holds Hannah’s “entire life.” It contained photos displayed at her funeral. Days before Hannah’s funeral, several people gathered in her living room to help the family put the hundreds of photos on the display boards.
Closure With her killer behind bars, Hannah Wilson’s loved ones try to move on and celebrate her life. By Grace Palmieri gpalmier@indiana.edu | @grace_palmieri
Robin Wilson said she couldn’t handle any more surprises. She couldn’t stand to see or hear anything she hadn’t already seen or heard. She was sitting in a courtroom across from her daughter’s killer and knew she owed it to Hannah to stay strong. To an outsider, it seemed Robin had no emotion because she didn’t show it. She was calm and composed. She kept a straight face to avoid any chance at an unfair trial because sitting through this one time was already too many. But 17 months after Robin’s daughter, 22-year-old IU senior Hannah Wilson, was murdered, it took every fiber of her being not to break down, she said. On day three of the trial, the prosecutor pulled a blood-soaked shirt out of a bag. What was once light grey fabric was now colored burgundy. Because all evidence remained concealed during the investigation, Robin hadn’t yet seen the clothes Hannah died in. She tilted her head down, tried to fight back tears and kept it together the best she could because she had to. “You had to, for your child who
could no longer speak for herself,” she said. * * * Hannah was someone who didn’t want to believe people like Daniel Messel existed in this world, Robin said. She always found the good. On the night of April 24, 2015, Hannah was abducted from her Bloomington home. A woman found her body in an grassy clearing in Brown County the next morning, with a cell phone lying near her feet. That piece of evidence led them to Messel, who was arrested and charged with murder. Relief flooded the courtroom last month when Messel was convicted of murder. Relief — that was the best word to use, Robin said, not happiness. She couldn’t be happy when Hannah was never coming back. Robin’s questions about that night might never be answered. How did Messel lure Hannah into his car? Was he planning to murder her? More than anything, why her daughter? But now, with Hannah’s killer behind bars, her loved ones are trying to move forward and celebrate her life. Hannah was the girl who truly lived life to the fullest, said Ashley Harding, one of Hannah’s best
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A cross as part of a memorial was formed where Hannah Wilson’s body was found in rural Brown County. Wilson was killed on April 24.
friends and roommates. She was the girl everyone wanted to be friends with. All the younger members of Gamma Phi Beta looked up to her, and all the seniors thought she was the coolest. She was honest and encouraging. She didn’t criticize others for their imperfections but embraced them. “If she wasn’t laughing, she was making you laugh,” Harding said. Today, the subtlest things remind her of Hannah, and they always come right when she needs it, Harding said. When she’s cooking ramen noodles, she said she thinks of Hannah, who made ramen and salsa almost every night for dinner. When she sees a Kohl’s commercial, she thinks of Hannah, who worked there. When Harding hears one of their favorite songs on the radio, she knows Hannah is there with her. Several friends who saw Hannah on her last day testified in front of a jury last month. While they waited to be called to the stand, some peeked through the back window of the courtroom to see Messel. Alli Eschbach, a sorority sister and roommate, wouldn’t do it — not until she took the stand and had to. SEE WILSON, PAGE 6
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Alli Eschbach, Katie Emberger, Ashley Harding and Hannah Wilson, all sorority sisters and roommates.