Christie Lynn Mullins was a 14-year-old girl who was abducted, raped, and murdered on August 23, 1975, in Columbus, Ohio.
[1][2] Jack Allen Carmen was originally charged with the crime, pleading guilty.
[1] Following revelations about a witness called Henry H. Newell Jr., Carmen was re-trialled and acquitted.
[1] Following a new police investigation, Newell, who was deceased, was revealed as the murderer in November 2015.
[1][3][4][5][6] Author John Oller, who covered the case in his 2014 book An All-American Murder, was credited with helping solve the case.