PittsburghLIVE.com - Judge denies bail request - A Westmoreland County judge ruled Friday that 15-year-old Ian Bishop is a risk to the public and should not be released on bail while he awaits sentencing for murdering his brother. (July 19, 2003)
PittsburghLIVE.com - Bishop found guilty - A Hempfield Township teenager was convicted Monday of third-degree murder for bludgeoning his 18-year-old brother to death with a claw hammer and club last year. (July 15, 2003)
PittsburghLIVE.com - Damning evidence never made it to trial - During six days of testimony, jurors heard that 15-year-old Ian Bishop did not have a reputation for violence and was a well-adjusted teenager who loved his brother and parents. (July 15, 2003)
PittsburghLIVE.com - Bishops testify - Jeffrey and Karen Bishop testified in court Friday that their son, Ian, was well-adjusted and had a good relationship with his older brother, Adam. (July 12, 2003)
PittsburghLIVE.com - Judge: Confession OK - Ian Bishop's defense suffered a setback Wednesday when a Westmoreland County judge ruled prosecutors may be able to confront the teen with a detailed admission he gave to his psychologist of how and why he killed his 18-year-old brother last year. (July 10, 2003)
PittsburghLIVE.com - Bishop attack sequenced - Prosecutors started the laborious processes Tuesday of piecing together sequences of the brutal attack that left 18-year-old Adam Bishop dead and his younger brother charged with first-degree murder. (July 9, 2003)
PittsburghLIVE.com - 'Hate' drove Bishop - Hours after he fled his Hempfield Township home where his 18-year-old brother was savagely beaten and left to die in a bathtub, Ian Bishop told two teens how and why he killed his older sibling. (July 8, 2003)
PittsburghLIVE.com - Trial set to begin - A case that brings to mind the biblical story of Cain and Abel -- one brother's murder at the hands of his sibling -- is set to start this week in a Westmoreland County courtroom. (June 30, 2003)
PittsburghLIVE.com - Beliefs won't be evidence - Prosecutors will be barred from telling a Westmoreland County jury that a teen accused of killing his brother held neo-Nazi beliefs. (February 27, 2003)
PittsburghLIVE.com - Teen's defense may include mental disorder - Attorneys for a Hempfield Township teen accused of beating his older brother to death last April filed court documents Wednesday suggesting the 15-year-old suffered from a mental disorder. (February 20, 2003)
PittsburghLIVE.com - Juvenile tried as adult - Both Hempfield Township teenagers accused in the brutal claw hammer slaying of 18-year-old Adam Bishop last spring will be tried as adults on charges of first-degree murder. (December 13, 2002)
PittsburghLIVE.com - Parents: Police report false - The parents of Robert Laskowski, charged as an adult with first-degree murder for the April 19 claw-hammer slaying of Adam Bishop, testified their son never admitted during an interrogation to having any prior knowledge of the fatal attack on Adam Bishop. (October 11, 2002)
PittsburghLIVE.com - Attorneys: Teen duped - School administrators told a Westmoreland County judge on Thursday they were puzzled about the friendship between Robert Laskowski and Ian Bishop, the two teens accused of killing Bishop's 18-year-old brother, Adam. (September 20, 2002)
PittsburghLIVE.com - Attorneys seek appeal of decision to try 15-year-old as adult - Defense attorneys for the 15-year-old accused of beating his brother to death with a claw hammer filed court papers on Thursday asking a judge to sign off on an appeal of a ruling issued this week to have the boy tried as an adult. (August 30, 2002)
PittsburghLIVE.com - Family fight preceded killing - The father of a 14-year-old boy accused of bludgeoning his brother with a hammer said in court Friday the family had a physical altercation with him about one week before Adam Bishop was killed in the family home. (August 17, 2002)
PittsburghLIVE.com - 9th grader fraught with anger, animosity - Months before authorities say Ian Bishop used a claw hammer to kill his 18-year-old brother, Hempfield Area Senior High School officials received an anonymous tip that warned of his future deadly behavior. (August 17, 2002)
PittsburghLIVE.com - Attorney: No conspiracy - A teen-ager accused of helping his friend brutally kill his 18-year-old brother should be prosecuted as a juvenile because he did not participate in the beating, his attorney claimed in court papers filed Wednesday. (June 6, 2002)
PittsburghLIVE.com - Witnesses: Bishop thought brother was gay - A 14-year-old Hempfield Township teen bludgeoned his only sibling to death with a claw hammer April 19 because he thought his brother was a homosexual, witnesses testified Tuesday during a preliminary hearing. Ian Bishop, of 307 Laurentz Lane, also wanted to kill his parents because he was angry that they barred him from seeing his girlfriend, witnesses said. (June 5, 2002)
PittsburghLIVE.com - Counselors calm students - Maureen Ceidro is a member of the CALM team that is offering grief counseling sessions for Hempfield Area High School students trying to deal with the death of classmate Adam Bishop, an 18-year-old senior who was murdered April 19. (May 20, 2002)
PittsburghLIVE.com - Tribute offered to victim - While attempting to deal with her own grief, a former Hempfield Area student has provided others with an outlet for their own feelings. Jennifer "McLean" Perez, who graduated from Hempfield Area High School last year, developed a Web site dedicated to Adam Bishop and shared some of her memories there. (May 20, 2002)
PittsburghLIVE.com - Suspects were 'Plad Mafia' - Two teen-agers accused of plotting and carrying out the murder of a Hempfield Area High School senior last month were part of a small, clandestine clique at the school known as the Plad Mafia,recently filed court documents disclose. (May 16, 2002)
PittsburghLIVE.com - Lawyers: Juvenile court suited for murder trial - Attorneys for a 14-year-old Hempfield Township boy accused of brutally murdering his older brother with a claw hammer said Tuesday it is in the public's best interest to try him in juvenile court. Ian Bishop is in Westmoreland County Prison facing a charge of first-degree murder for the April 19 slaying of his brother, 18-year-old Adam. (May 15, 2002)
PittsburghLIVE.com - Teen faces hearing - A 16-year-old Hempfield Area High School sophomore accused of authoring a hit list will return to court next week for a hearing on a misdemeanor charge of making terroristic threats. (May 2, 2002)
PittsburghLIVE.com - Student mourned - Family and friends crowded into a Jeannette church Friday to remember 18-year-old Adam Bishop to the strains of music he had selected to play at services at the same church a week before. (April 27, 2002)
PittsburghLIVE.com - Classmates struggle with grief - Like many Hempfield Area High School students, junior Julia Whitten lamented Thursday that she feels she is living a nightmare that never ends. (April 26, 2002)
PittsburghLIVE.com - Hempfield student charged - A Hempfield Area High School sophomore was accused Wednesday of compiling a kill list naming four intended victims on the cover of a textbook. (Possibly related) (April 26, 2002)
PittsburghLIVE.com - Police still baffled by killing - Authorities remained baffled Tuesday as to why a 14-year-old Hempfield Area High School student allegedly bludgeoned his older brother to death and also planned to kill his parents. (April 24, 2002)
PittsburghLIVE.com - Teen's parents were target - A 14-year-old Hempfield Area High School student accused of bludgeoning his older brother to death with a claw hammer Friday also intended to kill his parents, authorities said Monday. (April 23, 2002)
PittsburghLIVE.com - Brother planned murder - Fourteen-year-old Ian Bishop planned his brother's murder days before the attack and showed no remorse as his sibling lay bloodied in the family's Bovard home, face-down in a bathtub filling with shower water. (April 21, 2002)
PittsburghLIVE.com - Teen's brother sought in hammer death - State police continued to search early this morning for a 14-year-old Hempfield Township youth suspected of fatally bludgeoning his 18-year-old brother with a hammer Friday. (April 20, 2002)
