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The Daily Crime

"This is a rough one"

The Daily Crime

VAULT Studios

True Crime

4.3627 Ratings

🗓️ 8 February 2022

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

An Indianapolis man has been sentenced to 55 years behind bars for the murder of his friend in 2018. Dwight Shotts shot and killed Tony Cline in April 2018, then left his body in a bathtub for a week. WTHR Reporter Rich Nye tells us about the case. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Coming up.

0:01.5

I think he got what he deserved.

0:03.5

I mean, nobody should ever take another person's life.

0:08.0

For Vault Studios, I'm Will Johnson.

0:10.0

You're listening to The Daily Crime.

0:16.0

An Indianapolis man was recently sentenced for the 2018 murder of a friend.

0:25.4

This is a portion of a poem written by the victim's son and read by his mother in court.

0:31.3

I can't tell you, Daddy, how many tears I've cried since the day I was told my precious dad had died.

0:39.5

It seems so impossible, although I know it's true, as everything I see around reminds me of you. I can still hear your laughter and see your smiling face. I have to close this letter now, but this is not goodbye for you will

0:45.7

forever be with me in my heart and mind. Tony Klein was shot and killed in April 2018 and Dwight's

0:52.6

Schatz has been convicted of his murder.

0:55.0

Schatz claimed that he killed Klein and self-defense.

0:58.1

That claim was rejected by the jury.

0:59.7

I don't think anybody will ever know the truth besides Tony and Dwight.

1:06.0

I mean, everybody has a side to a story,

1:09.1

and they're the only ones that know the full truth.

1:16.3

I'm joined by Rich Nye, reporter WTHR in Indianapolis.

1:19.9

Rich, thanks for being here.

1:21.3

Thank you, Will.

1:22.1

Let's go back to when that 911 call came in,

1:26.9

and I know you've been covering this case since the beginning,

1:29.3

but what can you tell us about, first of all, the disappearance. This man was missing for

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