There have been cases where teenage girls have been the killers, usually over boy drama and jealousy. I'm not ruling out a group of girls until we have more details.
This image was shared on Facebook by the Newton County Sheriff's Dept. Low quality and hard to read. I transcribed it in the last thread, and thought I'd paste that here to make it easier to find.
Situation: The Indiana State Police and Carroll County Sheriff's Department are requesting law enforcement assistance in identifying the individual in the below photographs.
Two bodies found in the woods east of Delphi in Carroll County have been positively identified as Abigail J. Williams, 13 of Delphi and Liberty Rose Lynn German, 14 of Delphi. They were reported missing on Monday, February 13, 2017. The bodies were discovered about 12:15 p.m. on February 14, 2017 in the woods near the Deer Creek by volunteers helping in the search for the missing girls. The families have been notified.
The victims were last seen alive around 1:00 pm Monday, February 13, 2017 when they were dropped off close to the Monon (not sure about this word) High Bridge near Delphi, Indiana. The images below are from a video taken in the area.
Anyone with information leading to the identification of the below individual should contact the Indiana State Police at (765) 567-2125 or Carroll County Sheriff's Department (765) 564-2413.
I can only read some of the very bottom text. "This information should be considered LAW ENFORCEMENT (cant read). Further distribution of this document ......" Not sure after that really.
In Delphi friends of murdered teens leave flowers at Highbridge. What one says other teens saw on the trail that day. On the night beat
https://twitter.com/davidmacanally/
i remember being 15 when the internet was just starting up. I met an older guy in a chat room and we ended up private messaging. He wanted to meet up with me so I decided the mall would be a good place. I decided to bring my friend Katie with me who was a year older to help me feel safer meeting him. Katie was a bit tougher than me and was a punk rock girl so she made me feel safe. She also was the smartest girl in her class so I trusted her opinion on whether or not he was going to be a creep when we all met up. He ended up being like 24 years old or something ridiculous and we laughed it off once we were done meeting with him at the mall. I don't remember if I told my mom I was meeting him or not, but she had dropped us off at the mall and picked us back up after. I chose to meet him in a public place for safety reasons, but it was risky at any rate. I'm so glad nothing bad happened to Katie or me.
Point being - I can see how girls as young as 13 can be lured into meeting a "boy" out somewhere and they likely would bring a friend to feel more secure. I was a good kid by all means, but I was also insecure and not impervious to being flattered when a "boy" thought I was cute and wanted to meet me in person after meeting online. This was years ago. I'm talking AOL chatroom.
I watched the clip on twitter, but didn't see/hear what "one says other teens saw on the trail that day."
What am I missing?
Twenty seven years ago - before our family had AOL - I believe they were called bulletin boards. I somehow got connected with what I thought was like a pen pal. Initially I thought I was conversing with another girl - my parents knew about it. It was a long time ago and my memory is fuzzy - turns out the unisex name ended up being a boy. We were supposed to be around the same age - 13. One day I came home from school and there was a small flower delivery for me. My parents handled it in the background - all I ever knew was that he turned out to be an adult. And I'd never given my address. That was the end of bulletin boards in our house.
I'm reading these similar stories and while I 'knew' bad things could happen - it seems the scale that this is happening is beyond my comprehension. What evil. Why can't people have mundane hobbies?
Twenty seven years ago - before our family had AOL - I believe they were called bulletin boards. I somehow got connected with what I thought was like a pen pal. Initially I thought I was conversing with another girl - my parents knew about it. It was a long time ago and my memory is fuzzy - turns out the unisex name ended up being a boy. We were supposed to be around the same age - 13. One day I came home from school and there was a small flower delivery for me. My parents handled it in the background - all I ever knew was that he turned out to be an adult. And I'd never given my address. That was the end of bulletin boards in our house.
I'm reading these similar stories and while I 'knew' bad things could happen - it seems the scale that this is happening is beyond my comprehension. What evil. Why can't people have mundane hobbies?
So scary. Thank goodness your parents were smart and "on it". They were aware almost before catfishing was a thingTwenty seven years ago - before our family had AOL - I believe they were called bulletin boards. I somehow got connected with what I thought was like a pen pal. Initially I thought I was conversing with another girl - my parents knew about it. It was a long time ago and my memory is fuzzy - turns out the unisex name ended up being a boy. We were supposed to be around the same age - 13. One day I came home from school and there was a small flower delivery for me. My parents handled it in the background - all I ever knew was that he turned out to be an adult. And I'd never given my address. That was the end of bulletin boards in our house.
I'm reading these similar stories and while I 'knew' bad things could happen - it seems the scale that this is happening is beyond my comprehension. What evil. Why can't people have mundane hobbies?
With the explosion of the internet has also come an explosion of access to *advertiser censored*, Ted Bundy talked about how *advertiser censored* began his murderous career.Twenty seven years ago - before our family had AOL - I believe they were called bulletin boards. I somehow got connected with what I thought was like a pen pal. Initially I thought I was conversing with another girl - my parents knew about it. It was a long time ago and my memory is fuzzy - turns out the unisex name ended up being a boy. We were supposed to be around the same age - 13. One day I came home from school and there was a small flower delivery for me. My parents handled it in the background - all I ever knew was that he turned out to be an adult. And I'd never given my address. That was the end of bulletin boards in our house.
I'm reading these similar stories and while I 'knew' bad things could happen - it seems the scale that this is happening is beyond my comprehension. What evil. Why can't people have mundane hobbies?
“Delphi is one of the safest places, and now, to think something could have happened here in our own town — it’s scary,” resident Melissa Deal, a family friend of the two girls, told ABC News.
Another family friend, Kevin Kolonginsky, told ABC News he was shocked that such a “horrible” thing could happen in the nature trail near the town.
“We have a wonderful trail system here, that’s one of the beautiful things about living here,” Kolonginsky said. “And this is as horrible a thing that could happen to an asset like that for a town and to the children of our town.”
He said that “from now on, kids on trails will have their moms and dads with them.”
Delphi’s mayor, Shane Evans, told ABC News Friday that the loss of German and Williams has been “surreal” for the city’s residents.
“This is difficult time for everyone,” Evans said. “I think a double-homicide is rare anywhere, but it’s extremely rare for the city of Delphi.”
The 27-year-old mayor said the last homicide in the city he could remember happened when he was in middle school.
Evans said Delphi is a “generally very safe and friendly area” where “people wave when they see each other on the streets.”
Despite the heartbreak, Evans said that the community has come closer together in “an outpouring of support” for each other, the girls and their families.
http://www.wwgp1050.com/2017/02/17/...en-and-rattled-by-murders-of-2-teenage-girls/
I think he meant tonight on Night beat. (Is that a local news show?) I dunno.I watched the clip on twitter, but didn't see/hear what "one says other teens saw on the trail that day."
What am I missing?
I just wanted to point this out so that all the speculation about where the still images came from, might stop.
I had a similar experience, except mine was through the letters to the editor in my local newspaper (the internet was still a decade away). I was a teenager and convinced I knew everything, when in actuality I was incredibly naive. I saw a letter from a prisoner with his sad story and wrote to him. My mom woke me one Saturday morning to ask why I was getting mail from a state penitentiary. I just knew she was overreacting. It didn't take long for him to start putting on the pressure for something after his release, though that was not something I was interested in. I was so scared. He also gave my name and address to other inmates, so I got a barrage of letters. Fortunately nothing ever happened, but I can so see myself having made some (other) incredibly bad decisions if I'd had social media at my fingertips. I think that's why this case has drawn me so much. I read here occasionally but probably haven't posted in a couple years or so, but I am having a hard time leaving this case. I am heartbroken for these girls, and for their families, and keep hoping that when I log on there will be news of an arrest (or arrests).
I don't think they planned to meet anybody.
I think someone planned to meet them though, with info gleaned from social media
These girls were honor roll role students. Smart kids. I believe they would have chosen a more public area to meet with a virtual stranger.
Not some remote wooded place. Jmo
This is so funny I almost peed.[emoji12]That is scary!
My experience is also pre-internet. We had phone "rooms" (I can't remember what we called them, but we did have a name). You'd call a phone number and you'd hear a busy signal, but you could shout out your phone number or listen for someone else to shout out their number. Sometimes people would also shout out questions like "How old are you?" or "Where do you live?"
Then people would call each other and have a conversation. My friend and I about 14, and we agreed to meet a couple of boys. We met them at a bowling alley and it was a disaster. Nothing dangerous happened, just really boring with no chemistry. However, the guys kept calling and calling and calling. I don't remember how it ended, but I remember being very stressed about the phone calls coming to my house.
Very mild compared to what happens now!!....But it makes me sympathetic to the kids wanting to connect. They are not looking for danger and they have no idea what can happen.
Well, I've aged myself now, haven't I? (And I didn't even mention meeting people through CB radio, lol!!)