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Mon, Feb 13
2:07PM Libby posted a photo on her Snapchat account showing Abby walking across the old railroad bridge. This was the last time anyone heard from the girls. (
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2:30PM Wanted billboard later put up shows picture of suspect and says Male last seen 2/13/17 @ 2:30PM (
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The man in the image previously released is officially named as "the main suspect." Sgt. Tony Slocum said that the totality of the evidence so far led authorities to the conclusion that hes a suspect. (
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"During the course of the investigation, preliminary evidence has led investigators to believe the person, in the distributed photo, is suspected of having participated in the murders of Abigail Williams and Liberty German," said Indiana State Police in a press release. (
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Slocum said the photo likely is grainy because it is cropped from a larger image taken Feb. 13 at the same time that the girls were hiking the trails east of the city. (
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Tony Slocam (transcribed):
And people say, hey, why dont you enhance the photo? Well, we have. Its a photo, a still image that weve created, as we talked a little bit earlier, from Libertys phone, its a video, so we made a picture out of it. (
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ISP Sgt. Tony Slocum called German a hero for turning on her phone's video camera in time to record her assailant.
This young lady is a hero, theres no doubt," he said. "To have enough presence of mind to activate that video system on her cellphone, to record what we believe is criminal behavior that's about to occur. (
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Days later, police released an image of a man who they subsequently named the main suspect. Leazenby says the image is a still from a video taken by Libby moments before her death. An audio clip from the video of a mans voice, believed to belong to the suspect, was also discovered. The 14-year-old has since been hailed a hero for her quick-thinking. [snipped] After reviewing evidence, Leazenby says it appears the girls initially took pictures for fun but later became uncomfortable and recorded the video as a way of ensuring evidence. (
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Police say Libby started recording video on her phone, but they won't give many more details than that. They wouldn't say the length of the video, when she started recording, what else is heard or if there is any usable video along with it, but they do say there is more to it. (
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Sgt Tony Slocum (transcribed):
This young lady is a hero, to have the presence of mind to make sure shes activating a video system on this phone in order to capture that voice.
Hopefully someone will recognize that voice and to me, it appears they are saying, down the hill, down the hill, like theyre directing the young ladies where to go. It sounds like it might even be a little exasperated, like he had told them to do that before, and they werent quite listening, and hes telling them to do it. (
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Police wont release anymore to protect the integrity of the investigation, but theyve seen the video and likely wont be able to stop thinking about it.
Imagine what that must be like, its generally and very likely will be one of the last things these ladies and gentleman see for the rest of their lives before they go to sleep, said Carter. (
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