Given that locals seemingly haven't identified the man in the picture, it's likely he's not local.
Given that they have at least one of the victims' cell phones, it's likely there wasn't some previous communication between victim and perp. That would be easy to find, and easy to track where it came from.
If you Google "hiking trails near Delphi" this trail is the first one that pops up. It also likely shows up if you do a Google Maps search, or if you use one of many different combinations of words.
Forgive me if this has been debated ad nauseum, but from a fresh set of eyes, this seems like a case of someone visiting or passing through town, stalking on a hiking path for a victim. The brazenness suggests this is a typical MO and he has raped and possibly killed previously. If it wasn't these two girls, then it would have been some other lone woman, possibly in a different spot on the path.
Given that they have at least one of the victims' cell phones, it's likely there wasn't some previous communication between victim and perp. That would be easy to find, and easy to track where it came from.
If you Google "hiking trails near Delphi" this trail is the first one that pops up. It also likely shows up if you do a Google Maps search, or if you use one of many different combinations of words.
Forgive me if this has been debated ad nauseum, but from a fresh set of eyes, this seems like a case of someone visiting or passing through town, stalking on a hiking path for a victim. The brazenness suggests this is a typical MO and he has raped and possibly killed previously. If it wasn't these two girls, then it would have been some other lone woman, possibly in a different spot on the path.