The witness said Drew Carter III also told her he was trying to find a woman called Little Debbie, whom the witness said supposedly ended up dead days later.
Porter County Deputy Prosecutor Harry Peterson said prosecutors learned later, after interviewing the woman, that they would not be able to prove the rape count as charged.
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