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New Suspect Charged in Ind. Girl's Death Friday, May 20, 2005 BROWNSTOWN, Ind. — Prosecutors on Friday dropped murder charges against a man who confessed to killing a 10-year-old girl and shifted blame to a man previously accused of molesting her around the time of her death. DNA tests of semen found on Katie Collman's (search) body led to the new charges of murder and criminal confinement against Anthony Stockelman (search), 38, according to an affidavit. The fourth-grader was last seen alive Jan. 25 while walking home from a nearby store in the southern Indiana town of Crothersville. Her body...

BROWNSTOWN, Ind. — Two men have been charged in connection with the abduction and slaying of a 10-year-old girl whose body was found in a creek, authorities said. Charles Hickman, 20, charged with murder and criminal confinement in the death of Katlyn Collman, told investigators her abduction was intended to scare the girl into keeping quiet about methamphetamine activities in her neighborhood, prosecutors said. The suspect did not speak to reporters as he was led into a courthouse for a hearing Friday. Another man, Timothy C. O'Sullivan (search), 22, was awaiting a hearing Friday on charges he allegedly gave false...

Police Find Body of Missing Indiana Girl Sunday, January 30, 2005 CROTHERSVILLE, Ind. — The body of a missing 10-year-old girl was discovered by a police officer on patrol Sunday, five days after she disappeared while returning home from an errand, authorities said. A state trooper on patrol found the body of Katlyn "Katie" Collman (search), 10, in a stream in a wooded area about five miles north of Seymour, state police Sgt. Jerry Goodin said at a news conference. Details of how the girl died were not released. An autopsy was scheduled for Monday in Louisville, Ky., Goodin said....