I find that intriguing,
@Wells. Thinking out-loud here...could the suspect be:
a. "hiding in plain sight"
in town (i. e., in Delphi, or a nearby Indiana town, living/working there -- say, over in West Lafayette, or south of Delphi in the Indy area, or in Bloomington)?
b. "hiding in plain sight", but...
having changed various aspects of his appearance so as to not look anything/as much like the April 22nd PC sketch?
c. "hiding in plain sight", but...having, hmm, mysteriously
left town/the area for a prolonged period of time (i. e., working as a summer camp counselor at a scouting camp or at a church camp [this, if the suspect might be in college or grad school, for example],
working somewhere where nooo one has heard about the A/L case or Delphi would ever think to bring it up to him in conversation, etc. (say, helping out as a community volunteer or working at a summer job/intern
on the East coast or the West cost)?
Has one of the key suspects (whomever any of these individuals may be)
vacated their residence -- with no one (other than their immediate, and given-to-silence, relatives) knowing
where they went?
d. "hiding in plain sight" (at least still
during the school year, when the April 22nd PC was held), but... could the individual have not just "left town/a nearby community", but
left... the country, for a summer "break"? Summer is a popular time for many college students to travel overseas, stay in hostels, etc. In another country, a potential POI could completely become "invisible" -- and would definitely be able to avoid the many people in the immediate vicinity of Delphi/surrounding communities who might instantly view him as looking like the April 22nd PC sketch.
e. "hiding in plain sight"...
maybe having chosen to stay on campus for the next 3-4 months (if indeed the suspect is a college student),
working in a campus office where
, again,
nooo one might eyeball him or view him as anyone other than one of the many thousands of college students who work on campus during the summer vacation period. "Ordinary Joe", so to speak -- and not "are
you the one who killed those girls?" (Think of how being on the receiving end of odd looks and questions must surely wear on an individual...or --
would it, if the person had just "erased" all thoughts from their conscience?)