Three arrested in fentanyl-laced oatmeal murder


Mom enlisted daughter and daughter’s boyfriend to ‘help kill her ex with fentanyl-laced oatmeal’ following a custody dispute – after two other failed attempts and a $2.5K murder-for-hire payment

  • Heidi Marie Littlefield, 41, her daughter, Logan Marie Runyon, 22, and Runyon’s boyfriend, Robert James Walker, 29, were arrested last week
  • They are accused of killing Francis Kelley, 46, in his home in Carmel, Indiana in January
  • An autopsy later found Kelley had been strangled to death, had suffered blunt force trauma to his head and had traces of fentanyl in his system 
  • Littlefield and her daughter are accused of eventually killing Kelley after lacing his oatmeal with fentanyl and strangling him with his favorite tie
  • Walker was charged with two counts of conspiracy to commit murder 
  • He said Littlefield once paid him $2,500 to hire someone to carry out the murder and that she had previously tried to kill him twice before 

Heidi Marie Littlefield, 41, has been charged with murder and conspiracy to commit murder after she allegedly enlisted her daughter and daughter's boyfriend to help kill her ex Francis Kelley

Heidi Marie Littlefield, 41, has been charged with murder and conspiracy to commit murder after she allegedly enlisted her daughter and daughter’s boyfriend to help kill her ex Francis Kelley

An Indiana woman allegedly enlisted her daughter and her daughter’s boyfriend to help her murder her ex with fentanyl-laced oatmeal and strangle him with his favorite tie following a custody dispute.

Heidi Marie Littlefield, 41, her daughter, Logan Marie Runyon, 22, and Runyon’s boyfriend, Robert James Walker, 29, were arrested last week in the January murder of Francis Kelley. 

The 46-year-old was found dead on a couch inside his Carmel home, just outside Indianapolis, two months ago. 

An autopsy later found Kelley had been strangled to death, had suffered blunt force trauma to his head and had traces of fentanyl in his system, the Indy Star reports.  

An investigation was launched after his death was ruled a homicide. 

Police say the investigation uncovered a series of allegations, including that Littlefield once paid her daughter’s boyfriend $2,500 to hire someone to carry out the murder and she had previously tried to kill him twice before.  

Littlefield and her daughter are accused of eventually killing Kelley and are charged with murder and conspiracy to commit murder. 

Walker, who was charged with two counts of conspiracy to commit murder, told police that Littlefield had given him $2,500 last year to kill Kelley but he ended up using it to buy drugs. 

Authorities have alleged that Littlefield had been planning the murder for sometime following a custody dispute over their two-year-old child. 

Daughter: Logan Marie Runyon

Daughter's boyfriend: Robert James Walker

Logan Marie Runyon, 22,is also charged with murder and conspiracy to commit murder. Runyon’s boyfriend, Robert James Walker, 29, is charged with conspiracy to commit murder. He told police that Littlefield had once paid him $2,500 to kill him 

Investigators say Littlefield had previously tried to kill Kelley last year by sneaking into his house and lacing his soup with fentanyl. 

A text message exchange between Littlefield and the victim in January this year showed that she was inside his home the days before he died. 

The pair had been talking about a custody hearing when Kelley texted: ‘Did you do something to the oatmeal that was in my fridge?’

Littlefield responded: ‘What the actual (expletive) are you talking about????’ 

Kelley replied: ‘You were in my fridge last night and it tasted funny after a couple bites and now I am light headed.’ 

He then didn’t read anymore of Littlefield’s texts and sent his last work email around that time. 

Littlefield became a suspect after relatives told police she had allegedly previously talked about killing Kelley for the sake of their child.

She had previously alleged that Kelley was abusive. 

During police interviews, Walker went on to tell authorities that Littlefield had drugged Kelley by putting the fentanyl in his oatmeal.

Littlfield and her daughter then went to Kelley’s house where they allegedly found him on the floor.

She allegedly used his favorite tie to strangle him and repeatedly smash his head into the floor. 

Littlefield had allegedly planned to blame her daughter for the killing.  

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