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 a 2010 child murder and arson case in Indiana.
Jeffrey Allen Weisheit, an American convicted murderer, died at age 50 by lethal injection on November 5, 2026.
Born March 28, 1976, he was convicted in a case stemming from a 2010 fire at his girlfriend’s home in Evansville, Indiana. Weisheit set the house ablaze on April 9.
In the early hours of April 10, the German Township Fire Department received a report of the fire; firefighters extinguished it, and police found the bodies of the girlfriend’s children inside. Alyssa Lynch, 8, and Caleb Lynch, 5, died from smoke and soot inhalation. Caleb was found hog-tied on a mattress, with a washcloth stuffed in his mouth and covered with duct tape. A railroad flare was in his underwear, and another was beneath his body. Alyssa was found in a closet. After the fire, Weisheit fled Indiana and was arrested in Kentucky. He was charged with double murder, found guilty and sentenced to death in 2013. His execution by lethal injection took place on the same date as his death, November 5, 2026.