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A Rush County man has entered into a plea agreement in the murder of Valerie Tindall.
Scott was charged with the stragulation death of Tindall, 17. She was missing for several months while the investigation led to Scott and eventually the discovery of Tindall's body buried in a box on Scott's property.
Scott, 59, entered the plea in Rush County Circuit Court. The court has now accepted the plea agreement. According to the agreement, Scott will be sentenced to 57 years in prison and ordered to pay $10,000 in restitution.
According to court documents, Scott said he strangled Tindall because he was afraid she was going to seduce and blackmail him. Tindall had worked for Scott's lawnmowing business at the property just a few hundred feet from her own home.
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