Stabbing

Man Charged in Fatal Stabbing at Northwest Indiana Bar

Roberto Valentine Lebron, 28, of Hammond, was charged with murder in the stabbing death of 28-year-old Joshua Headley

An Indiana man has been charged in the fatal stabbing of a father of two at a Highland bar last week.

Roberto Valentine Lebron, 28, of Hammond, was charged with the murder of 28-year-old Joshua Headley, according to the Highland Indiana Police Department.

Lebron is accused of stabbing Headley to death at Franco's Bar, located at 2712 Condit Street in Highland, early in the morning on March 22.

Headley had two daughters, ages 1 and 7, and three younger siblings, according to his family. He worked at Progress Rail Services as a material handler.

The victim's family said he had turned his life around when his daughters were born and rarely went out to bars at the time of the incident.

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