The two contrasting sketches led some to wonder if there was more than one person involved in the killings. “We’re not sure about that,” Leazenby said Thursday when asked whether two people were involved in the crime.
He said "bridge guy" had to know where to take the girls to kill them in a place concealed from the public's sight, and the spot along the creek would not be common knowledge to outsiders.
ISP Kim Riley said they have two troopers assigned to the Delphi killings, as well as FBI agents assigned to the case.
Leazenby said Carroll County Sheriff's Office has two deputies assigned to the case, and Delphi also has officers assigned to it.
But the investigators assigned to the Delphi killings' case also carry a normal caseload of investigations, Leazenby said.
Anna Williams said, “The anniversaries are difficult” .
In years past, police held news conferences on the anniversary of the girls' killings. But not this year.
“There’s nothing new to report," Riley said, explaining why there is not a news conference this year. “Every year we’ve had something to report.”
'I'm absolutely hopeful.' On anniversary of Delphi killings, community has faith next tip leads to justice
JudgeJudi thanks for sharing.
This is what I believe to be an important element to the crimes committed that day, pulled from the above post:
He said "bridge guy" had to know where to take the girls to kill them in a place concealed from the public's sight, and the spot along the creek would not be common knowledge to outsiders.
For a long time I thought there was a possibility the killer found the MHB online, when there, scouted/recon'd it out, maybe made multiple visits, etc. That may be the case, however the selection of the crime scene is a major element to the case, in my book, too. That specific area along the creek cannot be seen clearly, if at all, from any part of the length of the MHB, which is 853 feet long, or 260 meters.
BG did not show up on that specific day, and wait for someone to anger him or 'set him off', or what have you. BG showed up that day to kill, and he wanted to kill as part of a fantasy of his. Killing was bad enough, scaring a community and the public at large was part of his sick plan, and I believe he planned this set of crimes well in advance, it just so happened the girls fell into the trap he wanted to set for a victim or victims.
Not only did this monster kill and scare the community, his crimes ensnared innocent people in the immediate and surrounding areas, which for all we know may have been part of his fantasy. I've thought for some time that this set of crimes was revenge for something, some sleight against him, or what have you. It could very well be BG wanted to terrorize the community out of pure hatred and rage, directed towards no one in particular, essentially directed towards
everyone. Could very well be he hates the world in general, I've read up on some forensic psychology stuff since these murders happened, and in some cases killers literally hate the world around them.
Every property used by both the girls and BG that day, during the time frame in question, is a private property with the exception of the creek itself. No public lands were used in the commission of these heinous crimes. Could very well be this was part of a vendetta of sorts against the community, and a public area just didn't fit into the horror BG planned out in advance. He didn't pick a state park, a local park, etc., he chose the area of the
Monon High Bridge, a place only some people would know about, a place even a lot of locals couldn't have given directions to an outsider to find before the crimes that day. A place accessible from nearby IN 25, but only for the two and a half years that the highway had been open.
I would imagine many of the searchers that evening had never been to the bridge, either. Now imagine trying to find where to park along C.R. 300 that evening, in the pitch black dark as there are no street lamps, and then trying to manage walking a pitch black, wooded area you're not at all familiar with.
When I drove to Delphi in August of '17, the town itself is accessible off of IN 25, however you wouldn't know it was there driving along that beautiful stretch
of road going south from Logansport, I'd imagine there are signs further down from where I turned off of there but there were none at the spot where I turned off of 25. My only clues were from a GPS map and the large water tower set off from the road, in fact I almost blew past the turn off for C.R. 300 on the west side of 25, when I got to
Freedom Bridge I had to firmly hit the brakes so I didn't miss my exit. My recollection is paying closer attention to the map and keeping an eye out for the
Freedom Bridge, the turn off and that bridge are located along a dip in the road way, along a curve as you're headed south. So I was juggling paying attention to the GPS, the bridge as a landmark and reference point as to where to turn off, the dip in the road which is along a curve, etc. I'm sure it would be much easier on a future trip out there, but as a first-timer not a simple task. I found the canal park and Riley Park in town just fine merely by driving, shortly after driving C.R. 300 and finding Delphi via country roads.
Furthermore, there are no nearby signs along nearby roads indicating that, indeed, some old bridge is set back in the woods a ways, as in official municipal or similar government signs. Driving C.R. 300 that day, again I nearly blew past the place where the girls were dropped off, at roughly 30 mph. I am convinced that BG had to know where the bridge is located, where to park, and how to get/walk there, well in advance before 2.13.17. He had to have known the trails on the private properties, and/or was using or had used an electronic device to help navigate his way, so he could get back to his vehicle and thus escape, a daylight phantom.
People like myself in this part of the U.S. now have to look over our shoulders when using trails since this happened, I never carried weapons before while out on trails, I've hiked in 4 states in this country. BG terrorized Delphi, and has scared a lot of people, and made a lot of us more vigilant. I continue to wonder why he did what he did that day, as this was an elaborate plan on his part, he lucked out and pulled it off.
Let today be the day.
JMO