A jury acquitted a Gary man Wednesday in a murder trial where a Valparaiso man was found dead outside the suspect’s home, court records show.
Curtis “Cowboy” Perry, 38, was charged Dec. 9, 2022, with murder and unlawful carrying of a handgun by a convicted felon in Acuna’s Dec. 1-2, 2022 death. He pleaded not guilty.
There was “not evidence of my client’s guilt,” she said. They had a lot of sympathy for the victim’s family, but felt jurors made the right decision. The two witnesses only relayed what they heard on the street, she said. Fair also cut a plea deal for a 2½-year cap in his own drug dealing case from last fall in exchange for his testimony, she noted. Police didn’t have corroborating video from a gas station proving they were both there, Severtson said.
A witness told police Acuna was a drug addict and often disappeared for days. Police traced a contact in Acuna’s phone records to a man named, “Cowboy”, later identified as Perry.
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