A 49-year-old man in Indiana will likely spend decades behind bars for killing his wife, fatally shooting the 47-year-old woman inside of a car at a cemetery last year.

A jury in Madison County last week found Jeremy Hinson guilty of one count of murder as well as a felony firearm enhancement in the 2024 slaying of Michela Hinson, authorities announced.

Deputies from the Madison County Sheriff’s Office at about 3 p.m. on Wednesday, June 26, 2024, responded to a report of a “suspicious vehicle” at the Forrestville Cemetery in the 1600 block of South North Street, Indianapolis NBC affiliate WTHR reported. The cemetery is about 65 miles northeast of Indianapolis.

According to the report, the 911 caller told the sheriff’s emergency dispatcher that they had seen a dark-colored SUV in the parking lot near the back of the cemetery with two people inside, an adult male and an adult female. The caller said they walked over to the car and knocked on the window, but both passengers were unresponsive.

Upon arriving at the scene, first responders reportedly found Michela Hinson in the driver’s seat. She was dead from several apparent gunshot wounds to the chest and stomach.

Authorities said that Jeremy Hinson was initially unresponsive, but soon awoke and exited the vehicle. A search of Jeremy Hinson’s person revealed a handgun in his waistband before he was transported to Community Hospital Anderson for treatment of a possible drug overdose, local Anderson-based newspaper The Herald Bulletin reported.

While at the hospital, authorities said they observed blood spatter on Jeremy Hinson’s face, arms, hands, and feet.

Authorities executed a search warrant on Jeremy Hinson’s vehicle, where they discovered five bullet holes in the cushion of the driver’s seat where the victim was found. Five bullet casings were also found inside the vehicle, along with a loaded 9 mm handgun and a second magazine.

Indianapolis FM radio station WIBC reported that Michela Hinson was a mother of two boys, and she worked as a school bus driver for the City of Anderson Transit System.

During Jeremy Hinson’s subsequent incarceration, he reportedly confessed to killing his wife during a recorded conversation with a family member.

“I feel most bad for the boys in this situation,” Jeremy Hinson reportedly said. “Obviously I wasn’t thinking right. I don’t know what happened to make me do that, but tell them I love them.”

Jeremy Hinson is currently scheduled to appear in court for his sentencing hearing in September. He faces a sentence of 50 to 65 years in a state correctional facility.