Two arrested in cold case murder from 1975

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Noble County, Indiana – Indiana State Police arrested two men believed to be responsible for the 1975 murder of Lauren Jean Mitchell, 17, of North Webster, Indiana. Mitchell left work at the Epworth Forrest Church camp on North Webster Lake on Aug. 6, 1975, but never arrived home.

According to the ISP report, the autopsy listed the cause of death as drowning and indicated  “she fought for her life.”

On Monday, Fed Bundy Jr., 67, of Goshen, Indiana, and John Wayne Lehman, 67, of Auburn, Indiana, were arrested at their respective homes and taken into custody without incident. They were both incarcerated in the Noble County Jail and charged with 1 count each of Murder.

“The much-needed break in the investigation came only within the last couple months, after Indiana State Police laboratory personnel were able to make an evidentiary correlation which lead investigators to the two suspects,” state a press release from the ISP.