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Indiana man arrested after remains believed to be of missing teen found on his property
RUSHVILLE, Ind. (WNDU) – Police in eastern Indiana say a man was arrested for murder after remains were found in the search for a missing teenage girl.
According to our sister station WTHR, investigators executed more than 50 search warrants in an effort to locate 17-year-old Valerie Tindall, who went missing back in June.
On Tuesday, police said a body was discovered buried on the property of Patrick Scott in Arlington, which is located in Rush County. Scott was arrested on a preliminary charge of murder.
The remains found are pending positive identification.
“This is not the outcome we had hoped for,” said Rush County Sheriff Allan Rice. “This case is still under investigation to ensure those responsible are successfully prosecuted.”
Police said there is no information pointing to any other people being involved in Tindall’s disappearance. They said information they gathered in recent months led them to Scott’s property.
A statewide Silver Alert was issued for Tindall on June 10, three days after she was last seen in Arlington, which is northwest of Rushville.
Two months after her disappearance on Aug. 9, the Rush County Sheriff’s Department said investigators “believe it is possible that Valerie has been receiving aid from individual(s) whose goal is to keep her hidden.”
It was later revealed police located Tindall’s car at a complex where Scott did work, according to local reports.
“My daughter didn’t deserve this,” said Shena Sandefur, Tindall’s mother. “We just want answers right now. We just want answers as to why.”
Sandefur said Scott and his wife tried to reassure them after Tindall’s disappearance that she probably ran away and would come home. She said the families were friends and that Tindall was friends with Scott’s granddaughter.
Sandefur said she was sure her daughter would have come home for her sister’s graduation or then for her 18th birthday on Aug. 29.
“There’s gonna be a hole there forever,” Sandefur said.
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California man who had $42K seized at Indiana FedEx facility gets money back after legal fight
LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Millions of packages move across the country every single day. Many of those go through the FedEx facility in Indianapolis. That’s where they can get taken – not by thieves but by local law enforcement.
“I am just totally stunned that this can happen in America,” California jewelry wholesaler Henry Cheng told Eyewitness News about how he had tens of thousands of dollars seized by another state.
He didn’t want to be identified on camera because he says robbers often target him to steal his merchandise. In this case, he sold items to a client in Virginia. The client sent him $42,000 in a FedEx package. It was stopped in Indianapolis.
“The next thing I know is the police and the prosecutor is forfeiting my money, saying that based solely on suspicions, they didn’t even name the crime that I’ve committed, because I know I have not committed any crime,” Cheng said.
The practice of civil forfeiture is legal and common. It allows local governments to seize property suspected to be involved in criminal activity. Property can be seized without a conviction or charges.
Cheng called police and the prosecutor’s office in Indianapolis and says they wouldn’t give him a reason why the money was taken. He showed authorities the receipt for the sale. He was told it didn’t matter.
“You can get your money back, but you got to go to court,” Cheng said he was told.
A public interest law firm called the Institute for Justice took up the case and filed a lawsuit.
“Civil forfeiture really is one of the greatest threats to property rights in the nation today,” said Sam Gedge, a senior attorney at the Institute for Justice. “It lets governments across the nation take people’s cash, their cars, their homes, without ever convicting them of a crime, without charging them with a crime.”
The Indianapolis FedEx hub is the second largest in the United States, and attorneys claim law enforcement in Indiana is using that to profit because it can keep a large part of the money.
In the affidavit for probable cause, it states one of the reasons the parcel was deemed suspicious and pulled for inspection is simply because it was shipped to California.
“So they describe California as a quote, a source state, a source state for drugs,” Gedge said.
The affidavit in this case adds several other reasons for the package being suspicious: the seams were secured with tape, it was dropped off at a FedEx shipping center. It also states that it contained $100 bills, $50 bills and $20 bills. It claims those denominations are consistent with illegal activities.
“They simply say that there’s been, quote, a violation of a criminal statute. They don’t tell you what criminal statute. They don’t tell you what violation and really it is just a numbers game,” Gedge said.
A numbers game that adds up to a lot of money. Gedge says the prosecutors’ office in Marion County, Indiana has stopped more than 130 packages over the last two years and seized about $2.5 million.
“Oftentimes, to travel to Indiana, if you live in California, to try to litigate a civil forfeiture action, it may very well cost more to hire a lawyer to defend yourself than the amount of money at stake,” Gedge said.
Now after several lawsuits and questions from Eyewitness News and others, Cheng is getting back his money.
“The state came back and said ‘OK, now that we know the full story we’re willing to give the money back,’” Gedge said.
Gedge adds that the government always knew the full story. Nothing changed in the last few months. He said the evidence was always there.
“For people who are willing to lawyer up and spend months filing in the courts and incurring all this time and resources trying to defend their property, sometimes the government just gives up, but of course, a lot of people can’t afford to do that,” Gedge said.
“A lot of people don’t have the good fortune to have free lawyers, and for those people, the government tends not to be quite as ready to give people’s property back,” he added.
Attorneys say the return of the money will not end the case. They counter-sued with a class action lawsuit over the constitutionality of the process used to seize and forfeit assets.
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Will Indiana beat Ohio State? Can Oregon State upset Washington State? Our Week 13 CFB picks
As the college football regular season winds down, the intrigue in some of the Week 13 matchups turns way up.
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In the Big Ten, undefeated Indiana tries to keep rolling toward a berth in the Big Ten championship game when the fifth-ranked Hoosiers visit No. 2 Ohio State. The one-loss Buckeyes are 11-point favorites.
Meanwhile, No. 4 Penn State, which also remains alive in the chase to face top-ranked Oregon in the conference title game, faces a potentially tough road game against the Minnesota Golden Gophers. The Nittany Lions are favored by 11.5 points.
In the Pac-12, Oregon State will look to end its losing streak when the Beavers play host to Washington State. The Beavers have lost five in a row and are 11.5-point underdogs, but can they put a complete game together against the Cougars?
Check out this week’s college football odds and score predictions for all the Big Ten and Pac-12 games from the CFB coverage team at The Oregonian/OregonLive.
Purdue (1-9, 0-7) at Michigan State (4-6, 2-5)
Game details: 5 p.m. PT Friday at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing, Michigan
TV channel and live stream: Fox and Fox Sports Live
Latest line: Michigan State by 13.5
Over/under: 47.5
Predictions
Ryan Clarke: Michigan State 31, Purdue 17
James Crepea: Michigan State 28, Purdue 14
Nick Daschel: Michigan State 31, Purdue 27
Aaron Fentress: Michigan State 31, Purdue 20
Joe Freeman: Michigan State 30, Purdue 15
Sean Meagher: Michigan State 34, Purdue 17
Joel Odom: Michigan State 31, Purdue 10
Bill Oram: Michigan State 28, Purdue 13
Washington State (8-2) at Oregon State (4-6)
Game details: 4 p.m. PT Saturday at Reser Stadium in Corvallis
TV channel and live stream: The CW
Latest line: Washington State by 11.5
Over/under: 57.5
Predictions
Ryan Clarke: Washington State 30, Oregon State 7
James Crepea: Washington State 35, Oregon State 14
Nick Daschel: Washington State 38, Oregon State 17
Aaron Fentress: Washington State 27, Oregon State 17
Joe Freeman: Washington State 32, Oregon State 17
Sean Meagher: Washington State 42, Oregon State 21
Joel Odom: Washington State 38, Oregon State 14
Bill Oram: Washington State 38, Oregon State 23
No. 5 Indiana (10-0, 7-0) at No. 2 Ohio State (9-1, 6-1)
Game details: 9 a.m. PT Saturday at Ohio Stadium in Columbus
TV channel and live stream: Fox and Fox Sports Live
Latest line: Ohio State by 11
Over/under: 52.5
Predictions
Ryan Clarke: Ohio State 37, Indiana 34
James Crepea: Ohio State 42, Indiana 35
Nick Daschel: Ohio State 31, Indiana 29
Aaron Fentress: Ohio State 38, Indiana 25
Joe Freeman: Ohio State 28, Indiana 27
Sean Meagher: Indiana 38, Ohio State 35
Joel Odom: Ohio State 31, Indiana 21
Bill Oram: Ohio State 26, Indiana 24
No. 25 Illinois (7-3, 4-3) at Rutgers (6-4, 3-4)
Game details: 9 a.m. PT Saturday at SHI Stadium in Piscataway, New Jersey
TV channel and live stream: Peacock
Latest line: Rutgers by 1
Over/under: 47.5
Predictions
Ryan Clarke: Illinois 22, Rutgers 14
James Crepea: Illinois 28, Rutgers 14
Nick Daschel: Illinois 24, Rutgers 20
Aaron Fentress: Illinois 23, Rutgers 20
Joe Freeman: Rutgers 24, Illinois 23
Sean Meagher: Illinois 28, Rutgers 24
Joel Odom: Illinois 27, Rutgers 17
Bill Oram: Illinois 28, Rutgers 14
Iowa (6-4, 4-3) at Maryland (4-6, 1-6)
Game details: 9 a.m. PT Saturday at SECU Stadium in College Park, Maryland
TV channel and live stream: Big Ten Network and Fox Sports Live
Latest line: Iowa by 3.5
Over/under: 43.5
Predictions
Ryan Clarke: Iowa 28, Maryland 20
James Crepea: Iowa 28, Maryland 21
Nick Daschel: Iowa 20, Maryland 14
Aaron Fentress: Iowa 33, Maryland 18
Joe Freeman: Iowa 27, Maryland 20
Sean Meagher: Iowa 21, Maryland 17
Joel Odom: Iowa 34, Maryland 13
Bill Oram: Maryland 35, Iowa 21
No. 4 Penn State (9-1, 6-1) at Minnesota (6-4, 4-3)
Game details: 12:30 p.m. PT Saturday at Huntington Bank Stadium in Minneapolis
TV channel and live stream: CBS and cbssports.com
Latest line: Penn State by 11.5
Over/under: 44.5
Predictions
Ryan Clarke: Minnesota 27, Penn State 24
James Crepea: Penn State 35, Minnesota 21
Nick Daschel: Penn State 24, Minnesota 23
Aaron Fentress: Penn State 31, Minnesota 17
Joe Freeman: Penn State 31, Minnesota 21
Sean Meagher: Penn State 30, Minnesota 24
Joel Odom: Penn State 28, Minnesota 16
Bill Oram: Minnesota 28, Penn State 18
Wisconsin (5-5, 3-4) at Nebraska (5-5, 2-5)
Game details: 12:30 p.m. PT Saturday at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska
TV channel and live stream: Big Ten Network and Fox Sports Live
Latest line: Nebraska by 1
Over/under: 41.5
Predictions
Ryan Clarke: Nebraska 24, Wisconsin 7
James Crepea: Nebraska 24, Wisconsin 17
Nick Daschel: Nebraska 20, Wisconsin 14
Aaron Fentress: Wisconsin 24, Nebraska 23
Joe Freeman: Wisconsin 23, Nebraska 20
Sean Meagher: Wisconsin 28, Nebraska 27
Joel Odom: Wisconsin 20, Nebraska 17
Bill Oram: Nebraska 21, Wisconsin 14
Northwestern (4-6, 2-5) at Michigan (5-5, 3-4)
Game details: 12:30 p.m. PT Saturday at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor
TV channel and live stream: FS1 and Fox Sports Live
Latest line: Michigan by 10.5
Over/under: 36.5
Predictions
Ryan Clarke: Michigan 31, Northwestern 10
James Crepea: Michigan 17, Northwestern 10
Nick Daschel: Northwestern 21, Michigan 20
Aaron Fentress: Michigan 29, Northwestern 10
Joe Freeman: Michigan 24, Northwestern 10
Sean Meagher: Michigan 21, Northwestern 14
Joel Odom: Michigan 16, Northwestern 13
Bill Oram: Michigan 33, Northwestern 17
USC (5-5, 3-5) at UCLA (4-6, 3-5)
Game details: 7:30 p.m. PT Saturday at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California
TV channel and live stream: NBC and Peacock
Latest line: USC by 5
Over/under: 51.5
Predictions
Ryan Clarke: UCLA 38, USC 31
James Crepea: USC 35, UCLA 28
Nick Daschel: UCLA 28, USC 27
Aaron Fentress: USC 31, UCLA 26
Joe Freeman: USC 30, UCLA 24
Sean Meagher: UCLA 33, USC 28
Joel Odom: USC 36, UCLA 30
Bill Oram: UCLA 49, USC 47
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