Court reporting says the victim was alive when flames engulfed the vehicle in rural Delaware County.
MUNCIE, Ind. — Prosecutors in Indiana say a Shelbyville man was beaten, shot, moved across county lines and burned inside his own car in a killing that now has five defendants facing felony charges.
At the center of the case is Amy Singhas, 43, who authorities say was dating victim Michael Greer, 58, before his death. Investigators say Greer’s body was found after deputies answered a predawn fire call in Delaware County on Dec. 14, 2025. The allegations that followed turned a rural fire scene into one of the region’s most shocking homicide prosecutions of the winter.
The first public sign that something was badly wrong came at about 3:45 a.m., when emergency crews were sent to a field in rural Delaware County for a burning vehicle. Deputies found the car engulfed, and investigators soon realized a body was inside. Greer was later identified through forensic testing. By then, detectives had already begun piecing together a path that led back to Indianapolis. According to court records described in local reports, Greer had been attacked at a home on Vermont Avenue before being transported northeast toward Muncie. Authorities say the effort was not random or rushed, but part of a plan carried out by several people.
Investigators say Singhas drove Greer’s vehicle with him in the back seat after the attack. They allege Aponte then took the wheel and drove it off the road in the field where the fire was set. Moon, Sloan and McCoy were also accused of helping with the killing, the transport or the aftermath. The accusations reach beyond a single act of violence and into what prosecutors say was an attempt to conceal the crime. In later proceedings, a deputy prosecutor said evidence may have included burned clothing, shoes and other bloodied items. Authorities have not said publicly why Greer was targeted, leaving motive one of the few major parts of the case still unclear.
The autopsy result has become the defining fact in the prosecution. Reports said the examination showed Greer was alive when the fire began, giving prosecutors a foundation for the most serious charges. Singhas was reported to face murder, arson resulting in serious bodily injury, kidnapping, criminal confinement, obstruction of justice and conspiracy to commit murder. The other defendants also face major felony charges tied to the same events. WTHR reported that Sloan was ruled incompetent to stand trial, showing how the case may move at different speeds for different defendants even when they stem from the same set of allegations.
As the case moved through court, prosecutors continued to refine their allegations while defense attorneys prepared for trial. Law&Crime reported that Singhas had a pretrial hearing set for March 16 and a jury trial scheduled for May 12. Another local report said one co-defendant wanted to go to trial as soon as possible. Those differing positions suggest the litigation could become complex as the state tries to present a single story involving multiple defendants, shifting roles and evidence gathered in more than one county. For now, the criminal charges remain accusations, and the case will turn on what prosecutors can prove in court.
Greer’s obituary offered a far different picture from the filings and press releases. It said he was remembered for love, generosity and the way he cared for family and friends. As the court case advances, those personal details are likely to remain part of how the community measures the loss against the prosecution’s account of what happened in the hours before dawn on Dec. 14.