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[AI-Generated Summary] Highlights a major child exploitation investigation on the East Side of Fort Wayne, Indiana, where Kevin Lee Fettes is facing nearly three dozen felony charges after police recovered 262 sexually explicit photographs involving local youths. In other local coverage, prosecutor Stephen Simms announced that a state police investigation found no evidence of criminal wrongdoing by city officials in the files of murdered activist Sharon Lap , and a local man is contributing dental records to aid in the identification of Nazi doctor Josef Mengele's potential remains. The broadcast also touches on two fatal traffic accidents involving area teenagers , labor strikes at Garrett Industries and Alcoa Distributors , the appointment of Dean Evans as Indiana’s superintendent of public instruction , and a fundraising campaign featuring the Christian rock band Petra. Finally, the reporting features live coverage from the Democratic National Convention in San Francisco, capturing the Indiana delegation's push for party unity following Walter Mondale's presidential nomination.

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