Andrew Royer, known as Andy, was one of two people convicted in the murder of Helen Sailor, a 92-year-old woman who was killed in her Elkhart apartment during Thanksgiving weekend in 2002. He was released from prison in April 2020 and granted a new trial after a special judge in Kosciusko County determined his 2005 trial was tainted by false evidence and coercive investigative techniques that exploited his mental disability. Police misconduct led Kosciusko Superior Judge Joe Sutton, serving as special judge, to grant Royer’s successive petition for post-conviction relief.