‘He knows where we live’: Indiana juror’s privacy breached after acquittal

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – A Fort Wayne woman who once served as a juror on a high-profile murder trial is now living in fear after receiving a personal letter from the man she helped judge.

Donte Curry was acquitted of murder in 2023 at the Allen County Courthouse.

Two years later, he mailed a handwritten letter to one of the jurors from that case.

Now serving time in Westville Correctional Facility on a drug conviction, Curry addressed the woman by name and sent the note directly to her home.

“Maybe he’s looking for sympathy… or maybe he just wanted us to know that he knows where we live,” said the juror’s husband, Rick Wannemacher, who spoke exclusively to 15 Finds Out. His wife was too shaken to speak on camera.

The letter sparked alarm and an internal investigation. The Allen County Clerk of Courts confirms that juror information was mistakenly released through discovery documents.

They call it a one-off clerical error, saying a staffer failed to mark the juror list as confidential.

That list, including names and addresses of all 12 jurors and alternates, was included in Curry’s case file.

“All it takes is one mistake,” Rick said. “And you lose that trust.”

The Indiana Department of Corrections also confirmed they are now looking into how the letter was sent and whether any policies were violated in the process.

The Clerk’s Office said they felt “sick to their stomach” after learning what happened and are reviewing internal procedures to make sure this kind of breach doesn’t happen again.

The Prosecutor’s Office has not yet responded to our request for comment.

Rick says his wife is still anxious and may never feel safe serving jury duty again.

“She keeps asking, what if someone else now has our address?” Rick said. “We’re not running. But I need to protect my family.”