Content warning, this episode includes discussion of murder and sexual assault.

So today, we are going to be doing another one of our extra, extra segments. This is a relatively new segment for us where we're talking about

either major breaking news or major recent developments in a case that we're covering.

And today we're going to be doing the case of Laurel Gene Mitchell.

Laurel was a 17-year-old girl living in North Webster, Indiana in 1975. On a summer's night she left work and tried to walk to a

nearby theme park. Unfortunately, she never made it there. She was abducted, raped, and

murdered. Her body was then found in Noble County, away from her Casiosko County home.

Well, there was a massive development

relatively recently in 2023, in the case when two men

John Wayne Lehman and Fred Bandy were arrested for this heinous crime.

And what we're going to do today is talk about some pretty major developments in this case and what's happening right now

and just get everyone up to speed on what's going on in Laurel's case.

My name is Anya Kane.

I'm a journalist. And I'm Kevin Greenlee. I'm an attorney.

And this is The Murder Sheet.

We're a true crime podcast focused on original reporting, interviews, and deep dives into murder cases.

We're the murder sheet.

And this is Extra Extra.

The Murder of Laurel Jean Mitchell.

John Wayne Lehman, Leeman, pleads guilty. So, Oh, Okay, so let me boil down the biggest update and then we'll go through it piece by piece because sometimes

you get a lot of interesting details as you look through the documents in a case.

But to sum it up, what happened is that John Wayne Lehman, one of the defendants in this case, opted for a change of plea.

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