Indiana State Police said today two men have been charged with murder in the 1975 death of North Webster teenager Laurel Jean Mitchell, whose body was found in the south
ALBION â His murder charge is as serious as it gets, but when Matthew Rodriguez is brought back to Noble County from Ohio sometime next week, heâll be just another inmate at the Noble County Jail.
âWeâll treat him like a normal individual,â Noble County Sheriff Max Weber said. âIt all depends on his attitude and how he gets along with other inmates and staff.â
Noble County Prosecutor Jim Mowery has charged Rodriguez, 24, of Kendallville with one count of murder and two counts of attempted murder in connection with a shooting at Gallops gas station in Kendallville on Sunday.
Kendallville homicide fugitive caught in southeast Ohio
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KENDALLVILLE, Ind. (Fort Wayne s NBC) Police in southeast Ohio arrested a fugitive wanted for shooting three people earlier this week in a Kendallville gas station.
24-year-old Matthew Rodriguez is behind bars at the Southeast Ohio Regional Jail, after a police officer in Athens, Ohio spotted Rodriguez s sister s 2010 red Kia Forte at a rest stop early Wednesday morning.
Kendallville police sent bulletins about the car to departments across the Midwest after naming him a suspect in Monday morning s triple shooting at Gallops Party Store and gas station.
Noble County court documents say Justin Smead died inside the convenience store after being shot several times, while Blake Lewis and Alyssa Jeffries were critically wounded.