Jeffrey Allen Weisheit: key obituary facts
Is Jeffrey Allen Weisheit dead? Yes. Jeffrey Allen Weisheit died on November 5, 2026, at age 50.
Cause of death: Jeffrey Allen Weisheit's cause of death was reported as Lethal injection.
What was Jeffrey Allen Weisheit known for?
Jeffrey Allen Weisheit was an American convicted murderer, execution by lethal injection.
Jeffrey Allen Weisheit, an American convicted murderer, died by lethal injection on November 5, 2026, aged 50.
His case stemmed from a fire set on April 9, 2010, at his girlfriend’s home in Evansville, Indiana, where her two children, Alyssa and Caleb Lynch, died. In the early hours of April 10, the German Township Fire Department received a report of a house fire, and firefighters arrived and extinguished it.
Police found the children inside. Alyssa was eight years old and Caleb was five; both died from smoke and soot inhalation. They had been restrained and gagged. Caleb was found tied on a mattress, with a washcloth and duct tape over his mouth. Alyssa was found in a closet. A railroad flare was found beneath Caleb, and another was stuffed in his underwear. Weisheit fled Indiana after the fire and was arrested in Kentucky. The deaths and the circumstances inside the house were central to the case for which he was convicted. His execution by lethal injection took place on November 5, 2026.