Suspect identified almost 50 years after he abducted and stabbed 3 girls in Indiana cornfield

INDIANAPOLIS (TCD) -- Cold case detectives identified a man they said abducted and stabbed three girls, sexually assaulted one of them, and left them in a cornfield in 1975. In the late evening of Aug. 19, 1975, 13-year-old Kandice Smith, 11-year-old Sheri Rottler Trick, and 14-year-old Kathie Rottler left a gas station in Indianapolis. The three girls opted to hitchhike, and a man in a station wagon pulled over and offered a ride. According to Indianapolis Police, the girls realized something was wrong when the man drove by their destination. They attempted to get out of the c