- Patrick Scott has been charged with homicide in reference to the disappearance of 17-year-old Valerie Tindall.
- Tindall was final seen on June 7, telling her mother and father she was going to work for Scott, who owned a garden mowing enterprise.
- Police discovered stays buried close to Scott’s property after cadaver-sniffing canines indicated the scent of decomposition.
A 59-year-old man suspected within the June disappearance of a 17-year-old neighbor has been charged with homicide after human stays have been discovered buried in a pit on his central Indiana property.
Patrick Scott of Arlington appeared Thursday in Rush County Circuit Courtroom for an preliminary listening to. Scott is also charged with obstruction of justice and false informing.
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He was ordered jailed with out bond. A public defender has been appointed to symbolize him, court records show. An individual who answered the telephone on the Rush County Public Defender’s workplace mentioned Thursday that the workplace had no touch upon the case.
Valerie Tindall was final seen on June 7, reportedly going to work for Patrick Scott’s garden mowing enterprise.
Valerie Tindall informed her mother and father on June 7 that she was going to work. She labored for Scott who owned a garden mowing enterprise, in keeping with courtroom paperwork which detailed that Tindall met Scott and he drove her again to his dwelling early that afternoon.
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Arlington is about 30 miles southeast of Indianapolis.
Tindall later was reported lacking.
On Oct. 11, cadaver-sniffing canines indicated the scent of decomposition in a pond close to Scott’s property, however a search failed to show up something. One of many canine handlers informed police that water is thought to carry odor and that the scent might have come from runoff into the pond.
Police on Tuesday discovered a big filth pile and particles on Scott’s property. Utilizing shovels, they dug up an oblong field wrapped in tarp. Contained in the field have been human stays which included fingernails painted with orange polish, paperwork mentioned.
Police said {that a} picture posted to social media on June 7 confirmed Tindall with orange-colored nails.
The Related Press left messages Thursday with Rush County Coroner asking if the stays had been recognized as these of Tindall.
Sheriff Allan Rice informed reporters the stays seemingly belong to Tindall.
“This is not the outcome we had all hoped for, but I want to stress to the public that this case is far from over,” Rice mentioned Wednesday. “Justice will be sought.”
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Scott was arrested Tuesday and informed investigators he strangled Tindall along with his belt within the bed room of his dwelling when she tried to blackmail and seduce him, in keeping with courtroom paperwork.
Shena Sandefur informed WRTV-TV that her daughter labored for Scott and that the household trusted him.
“She and him had a bond. They were friends,” Sandefur mentioned. “She worked for him, but she also hung out with his family. His granddaughter was her friend, and we went places with them.”
