Plea deal reached for one of two suspects in 1975 killing of teen in Noble County

ALBION, Ind. (WANE) It took authorities decades to make arrests in the case of a 17-year-old girl who went missing and was then found dead in Noble County back in 1975. On Thursday, one of the two suspects in the case agreed to a plea deal.In February 2023, Indiana State Police and the Noble County Prosecutor announced the arrests of Fred Bandy Jr. of Goshen, and John Wayne Lehman of Auburn. The two men are believed to have killed Laurel Jean Mitchell. She disappeared on August 6, 1975 and the f