--- description: Amanda Blackburn, 28, died of a gunshot wound to the head. title: Pastor's Pregnant Wife Killed in Indianapolis Home Invasion image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Pastor's Pregnant Wife Killed in Indianapolis Home Invasion by [Alastair Jamieson, Shamar Walters and Tim Stelloh / NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## Alastair Jamieson, Shamar Walters and Tim Stelloh / NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 12, 2015 10:55 PM CUT by [Alastair Jamieson, Shamar Walters and Tim Stelloh / NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## Alastair Jamieson, Shamar Walters and Tim Stelloh / NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 12, 2015 10:55 PM CUT The pregnant wife of an Indiana pastor died after a single gunshot to the head Tuesday, the Marion County Coroner’s Office told NBC News. The death of Amanda Blackburn, who was also mother to a 1-year-old baby, has been ruled a homicide, and authorities believe that she died during a home invasion. Blackburn, 28, was taken to Indiana University Health Methodist Hospital, where she was later pronounced dead. The 1-year-old, who was at home at home in his crib at the time of the apparent home invasion, was found unharmed, NBC affiliate WTHR [reported](http://www.wthr.com/story/30500485/autopsy-could-provide-more-details-of-womans-death-in-violent-home-invasion "undefined"). [_Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News._](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/pastors-pregnant-wife-killed-indianapolis-home-invasion-n461941?cid=par-time-article%5F20141002 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4111007/pastors-pregnant-wife-killed-in-indianapolis-home-invasion/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4111007/pastors-pregnant-wife-killed-in-indianapolis-home-invasion/"},"headline":"Pastor's Pregnant Wife Killed in Indianapolis Home Invasion","datePublished":"2015-11-12T22:55:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T12:35:00.472Z","description":"Amanda Blackburn, 28, died of a gunshot wound to the head","url":"https://time.com/4111007/pastors-pregnant-wife-killed-in-indianapolis-home-invasion/","keywords":["Crime","homicide","Indiana"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alastair Jamieson, Shamar Walters and Tim Stelloh / NBC News"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4111007/pastors-pregnant-wife-killed-in-indianapolis-home-invasion/","name":"Pastor's Pregnant Wife Killed in Indianapolis Home Invasion"}}]}] ```