WICHITA, Kan. (Court TV) — Larry Ingram is facing life in prison after being found guilty of murdering his wife, Deniq Ingram.
Larry Ingram is charged with the murder of his wife, Deniq Ingram. (Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office)
Larry was convicted on Jan. 23, 2024, of second-degree murder, along with one count of domestic violence. He was also found guilty of violating a pretrial protective order.
Deniq, who had been Larry’s stepdaughter before becoming his common-law wife, was killed in the couple’s Wichita apartment on Dec. 21, 2023. The two shared a three-month-old infant.
Larry initially told police that he heard a noise in the apartment and called Deniq’s name, but she didn’t answer. At that point, she walked around the corner, frightened him, and he opened fire. Then, Larry changed his story to tell police that he had issues with someone slashing his tires, was afraid of a home invasion, and left his room to find Deniq on the floor.
Investigators quickly determined that a protective order required Larry to stay away from Deniq. That order existed because Deniq was the star witness in a separate case against Larry, where he was charged with rape and incest, The Wichita Eagle reported.
“He killed her so that she couldn’t testify,” Deniq’s mother, Daniva Chandler, told the outlet. A year after Deniq’s murder, Larry was convicted of 17 crimes related to the abuse of her sisters, according to The Wichita Eagle.
Larry was expected to face a double sentencing hearing on March 7 to be sentenced for the murder as well as the child sex abuse/incest case, but that was continued after he expressed dissatisfaction with his attorney in the 2021 case.
According to Kansas sentencing guidelines, Larry Ingram is facing 9 to 41 years in prison for unintentional but reckless second-degree murder, 48 hours to six months in jail for domestic violence, and up to a year in jail for violating a pretrial protective order.
DAILY TRIAL HIGHLIGHTS
DAY 2 – 1/23/25
- State and Defense deliver closings.
- A verdict was reached. The jury found Larry Ingram guilty of both counts: second-degree murder and violating a protective order in the death of Deniq Ingram.
DAY 1 – 1/22/25
- The jury hears opening statements.
- Ingram’s public defender, Marlo Hamrick, testified that his client thought he was defending his family from an intruder when he fired the gun. However, when the lights came on, his world crumbled because it wasn’t an intruder. It was Deniq.
- Very dramatic 911 calls are played for the jury.
- Graphic bodycam footage of the scene is played for the jury as well; a bunch of evidence photos from the scene are displayed.
- Ingram’s police interrogation video is played.
