I don't wan't negative comments...but do any of you really believe LE is still working this "case"? I'm sure that they are - but why no new information and progress?
I'm sorry I'm so passionate about these two little girls being murdered - I live so close.
I do think they've got at least a handful of LE working this case full-time. I would imagine state LE as well as the FBI, if not working on it continuously, are there for any assistance necessary. I don't think anyone takes it very lightly when two young girls are murdered. It appears they have plenty of evidence, the related evidence testing results, and tips to comb through.
It would take a lot of manpower to do that, but that is the kind of thing that was done in dragnets of the past. The narrowing by color, sex, and age would make things go faster, but I suspect that facial recognition software bulk processing license photos might have already be considered in this.
Once they had a suspect drawing -- I'm sure it was off to the races. However, I expect it also meant they had another stack of potential suspects they have to exclude.
It seems like comparing the sketch to all license/ID photos would be the easiest way to potentially find a pile of suspects, then they wouldn't be wasting time trying to figure out who all was around Delphi that day. I would imagine there would be a ton who weren't required to weigh in as well as several that never had a tire on 1-65, but traveled on highways and county roads. Northern IN is my least favorite place to drive if I need to get somewhere in a hurry. It seems like there's never a good route to take and a lot of awful roads to get from point A to point B.
Thx Hoosier, great info.
As grandiose as this may sound, I would pull the records of every truck that weighed at the stop closest to Delphi in the month proceeding. I'd pull the DMV license and see if we could get a close hit on the pic/sketch.
I wouldn't rule anything out based on my guesses. IMO, the bulk of transport traffic in Delphi is from the packaging plant as it seems to be the largest employer in Delphi and since meat would be perishable, I bet there are trucks in and out many times per day. How far that meat goes, I have no idea. If it stays fairly local, there might be independent drivers hauling for them, and there might not be a ton of interstate driving.
I'm not local, and I think you're probably looking more at interstate trucking, but there is a farm supply store on W 300 N (Hoosier Harvestore), very close to the bridge/trail/crime scene. No reason to think that LE aren't all over this already, but what about a delivery or truck driver specializing in farm equipment, pesticides, fertilizers, making frequent stops at the store? Or salesman representing a company that sells one of these items, traveling within his regional area?
Hoosier Harvestore has been on my radar since the first or second week. I think if the large long building across the road from the trails is part of the HH (which my googling seems to point to) it would be the ideal place to see someone drop of the girls (so they would know they were likely alone) and be close enough to walk to the trails and walk back out of in a short amount of time. If 300N doesn't see much traffic, there wouldn't be a huge risk of being seen crossing the road. A vehicle parked at the store probably wouldn't look out of place or draw too much attention if it was there during normal business hours. I don't think they would necessarily even need to be someone who would visit the HH for business purposes, but someone driving down the road and seeing the girls dropped off would have the perfect place to pull in and park.
No one local ever confirmed for sure, but I think the house that Google pins as HH is likely the office and the buildings I was speaking of are the warehouse/storage. February, especially a warm Feb. day, is about the time that farmers start preparing for planting season around here. I'd also be curious as to what sits outside at those long buildings on a typical day. Are there normally customer vehicles? What about equipment or owner vehicles? Or any just general junky stuff one could park a vehicle behind?