Although Mitchell's cause of death was ruled as drowning, police say the autopsy report suggested that she 'had fought for her life.'
An Indiana man has been sentenced to life in prison for the 1975 killing of a 17-year-old girl who was found dead in a river after she failed to return home from her job at a church camp.A Noble County judge sentenced Fred Bandy Jr., 69, on Tuesday to a life term with the possibility of parole in Laurel Jean Mitchell's August 1975 death. The Goshen man was convicted of first-degree murder this month following a bench trial.
Lehman denied participating in the rape or the murder and said his fear of Bandy kept him from trying to stop the crimes, The News-Sun of Kendallville reported.According to a probable cause affidavit, investigators said they believed Bandy and Lehman 'forcibly, deliberately drowned' Mitchell after taking her to the river in Bandy's car.A DNA profile was obtained in recent years through testing on Mitchell's clothing, which was saved along with other evidence collected in 1975.
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