A 17-year-old girl failed to return home from her job at a church camp and was found dead in a river almost half a century ago. Now, officials have announced two Indiana men have been charged with her murder.
On Aug. 6, 1975, Laurel Jean Mitchell, 17, reported to her job at a snack bar at the Epworth Forest church camp near a lake in North Webster, but she failed to return home that night, the Associated Press reported.
Mitchell’s parents reported the teenager missing and her body was found the next morning in the Elkhart River, about 17 miles northeast of North Webster. Read the full story here ▶
