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An Indiana man has been charged with murder, obstruction of justice and false informing in the June disappearance of 17-year-old Valerie Tindall, his neighbor and employee.
Patrick Scott allegedly told officers that he killed Valerie Tindall on June 7 — strangling her with a belt and then burying her in a homemade box in his backyard.
The body of 17-year-old Valerie Tindall, who had been missing since June, was discovered stuffed inside a homemade box buried in the yard of her next-door neighbor and boss, 59-year-old Patrick Scott.
Police in Rush County have scheduled a news conference for Wednesday to announce a "major case development" in the disappearance of 17-year-old Valerie Tindall.
The body of Valerie Tindall, 17, was found buried in a barrel in her neighbor and boss's backyard in Arlington, Indiana.