IN - Abigail Williams & Liberty German, Delphi, Media, Maps, Timelines NO DISCUSSION

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Rich Van Wyk‏@VanwykWTHR 4h
4 hours ago

The reward is up to $234,050.60 for info leading cops to the killer of #delphigirls Libby German and Abby Williams #wthr

 

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“Maybe in the future no one else will be murdered in my backyard,” Logan told Carroll Superior Judge Kurtis Fouts, apparently to the surprise of his own attorney, when asked if he wished to speak up for himself.


“Everybody’s thinking he’s the guy. He doesn’t even fit the description at all,” said a neighbor named Angie who fought back tears after the sentencing. “People on social media cannot understand even though law enforcement has said over and over that he is not a suspect, not connected to the murders, and why he’s in jail but they don’t accept that. They keep saying he’s in jail because of that.”

Police have released a photograph, snapped by Libby on her cellphone, of a younger man in blue jeans approaching them on the trail. Investigators are awaiting DNA test lab results being conducted by the FBI to conclusively link that suspect to the murders.


Logan cooperated with detectives and reporters in the days after the bodies were found on his land and that notoriety may have played a role in community awareness of his driving in violation of the court’s orders.

“Probably,” said the neighbor, “I mean, all eyes are on him right now because he’s the property owner.

“I think he was very stressed over that,” she said, “and upset and he probably did need a beer. I would.”

read:http://fox59.com/2017/04/10/delphi-...early-four-years-in-jail-for-traffic-charges/

 

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Judge Fouts noted previous leniency in sentencing Logan to probation and other alternative terms.

“I know he’s had chances before,” said Angie, “but I think with support we could have made sure that he wasn’t going to have a vehicle, we could have made sure that he needed to go where he needed to go.”

Logan’s sentence includes 22 months to serve on his original probation violation plus another two years after his guilty pleas as a habitual traffic violator, though Judge Fouts indicated he is free to appeal the consecutive sentences.

“You’re a danger to this community,” said the judge.

Logan received 31 days credit for the time he served without bond in the Carroll County Jail since his arrest.

read:http://fox59.com/2017/04/10/delphi-...early-four-years-in-jail-for-traffic-charges/

 

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8-weeks after the murder of Delphi teenagers Libby German and Abby Williams, police say are still getting about 100 new tips every day.

Two dozen detectives are working the case. Investigators insist they are making progress, measured in baby steps.


Did you think it would be solved by now? By now I was sure hoping so. I really did,” said Carroll County Sheriff Tobe Leazenby.

Since the best of friends were found murdered in a wooded area outside of town, police say they’ve interviewed 500 people, received almost 20 thousand leads and served about 15 search warrant. Armed with one of those warrants, police searched the home and farm buildings of Ron Logan. He owns the property where the girls were found.

http://www.wthr.com/article/tips-continue-to-come-in-8-weeks-after-delphi-double-murder

 

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Logan, 77, put his head in one hand and wiped his eyes repeatedly with both hands after Carroll County Superior Court Judge Kurtis Fouts handed down the sentence, which was only six months shy of the maximum Logan could get.

Logansport attorney Andrew Achey asked for Fouts to be lenient, reminding him more than once that Logan is 77 years old, has lived in the county all of his life, served in the Navy, has lived in his home for 53 years and that he has a reverse mortgage on the home that requires him to live there or the property to be sold.

Logan also has health problems, but neither Achey nor Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Jerry Bean would specify what those were in court.

http://www.newsbug.info/monticello_...cle_259eb816-1e57-11e7-abab-6fad5c0f5919.html

 

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Fencing will go up in the next few weeks to block foot traffic to the Monon High Bridge, an abandoned rail bridge near where two Delphi eighth-graders were hiking when they were killed Feb. 13.

The work at the bridge – abandoned in 1987 by CSX railroad and used as a de facto, though unauthorized, trail since then – is part of an agreement that will put the span 63 feet above Deer Creek into the hands of Indiana Landmarks. Indiana Landmarks included Monon High Bridge, the second highest rail bridge in Indiana, on its 10 Most Endangered list in 2016.

“This has been in the works for five years,” Tommy Kleckner, director of the Indiana Landmarks Western Regional Office, said Wednesday. “The timing of our negotiations, unfortunately, came at about the same time as this horrific tragedy in Delphi.”



Kleckner said the plan is to fix the decking of the bridge and add railings so it is safe to walk across. That should be done by sometime in 2018, he said. The trail would end at the south end of the bridge, where it runs into private property.

“While the High Bridge has been a popular destination for generations, including the period when it carried trains, it has never been considered a safe structure for pedestrians,” Carroll County Sheriff Tobe Leazenby said in prepared release from Indiana Landmarks. “This project will temporarily close off access in order to make it a much safer place for people of all ages to enjoy.”

http://www.jconline.com/story/news/...ng-up-bridge-near-delphi-homicides/100325462/

 

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Indiana Landmarks will put up a temporary fence at the north end of the bridge. There will be a sign on the bridge to warn against trespassing. The bridge will eventually re-open as part of Delphi's trail system.

The repairs are expected to cost $121,000. Indiana Landmarks expects to have the title for the bridge by the end of June. Indiana Landmarks will front the cost of the repairs and hopes to recover the cost through grants.

“While the High Bridge has been a popular destination for generations, including the period when it carried trains, it has never been considered a safe structure for pedestrians. This project will temporarily close off access in order to make it a much safer place for people of all ages to enjoy,” said Carroll County Sheriff Tobe Leazenby.

http://www.theindychannel.com/news/...landmarks-to-repair-delphis-monon-high-bridge

 

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8 minutes ago

WATCH: As police search for suspect(s) who killed Abby and Libby - Carroll County Sheriff reports BIG increase in gun permit applications

 

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Delphi: 2 months, 15,000 tips and over 500 interviews later, still no suspects in girls' murders

DELPHI, Ind. -- In the two months since two Delphi teens were killed, police have received more than 15,000 tips and have interviewed over 500 people from those tips, but they still have no suspects in the girls’ murders.

Although the numbers seem daunting as the days tick by, Indiana State Police Sergeant Kim Riley says investigators remain “very confident” that the person or persons responsible will be found.

The Beginning

It all started on February 13.

Liberty German, 14, and Abigail Williams, 13, were dropped off that afternoon to go hiking near the Monon High Bridge.

Liberty’s grandfather has said that she loved to take photographs, and the girls were taking advantage of the day off from school with the nice weather out on the trails.

It was the last time the girls would be seen alive.

 

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Since German and Williams were found, more than 25 state, local and federal agencies have investigated more than 13,000 tips. More than $230,000 have been raised for information leading to an arrest.

But last month, police said that the large number of law enforcement agencies is no longer needed and the tips are now at a manageable level.

But police have made it clear that the case has not gone cold. They remain committed to finding the killer and are confident that they will.

ISP officials said some investigators will continue working at the current command center, located in the former Carroll County REMC building at 119 W. Franklin St. in Delphi, while others from out of town or out of state will return to their "home base" and will still be within reach.

http://www.indystar.com/story/news/...-later-5-questions-delphi-killings/100413504/

 

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It's been two months since Indiana eighth-graders Abby Williams and Libby German vanished on a local hiking trail, their bodies later found in the woods. No one has been arrested for their murders, leaving feelings of fear, concern and frustration in their small hometown of Delphi, according to the local sheriff.

Carroll County Sheriff Tobe Leazenby is confident there will be an arrest -- but he does not know when.


"There's still some fear and some concern out there, because obviously no one has been arrested at this point," Leazenby said on Wednesday. "But there's still a lot of support behind the investigation."

"I can also sense some frustration of they're not being a resolution at this point," he continued. "That's, in my opinion, that's a natural human feeling ... this is, again, unlike anything this county has ever experienced and therefore maybe ... the fear of the unknown."

Greg Briles, the superintendent of schools for the Delphi Community School Corporation, told ABC News on Thursday, "There's still some grieving going on" for students at the middle school, "but they're working through it."

http://abcnews.go.com/US/indiana-te...nsolved-months-leaving-fear/story?id=46751470

 

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Softball season is in high gear now, and in previous years, Libby German and Abby Williams' families hustled to ferry the girls to practice and games like any other parent. But sadly, not this year.


“We’ve got the best of the best on board with this investigation, including our local guys," Carroll County Sheriff Tobe Leazenby said Thursday morning when asked about catching the killer.

Police collected a significant amount of evidence from the scene, but police aren't specifically saying what that evidence is. It's being analyzed, Leazenby said, and Carroll County sheriff's Detective Kevin Hammond said most of the evidence went to the Indiana State Police lab, but some went to the FBI lab.

“We’ve gotten some (analysis) back, but we can’t really discuss what we’ve gotten back,” Hammond said. “There’s a large amount of stuff to be tested.”


While people look out for their personal safety, detectives continue to work their way through 18,000 tips that have been received in the last two months.

“We’re getting more tips daily, but we’re at 1,200 (tips they still have to go through),” Carroll County sheriff's Detective Tony Liggett said.


Since the killings, tips have filtered in from across the country, Hammond said, and they've tracked down all of them, even tips from unconventional sources who claim to have a "gift."

"Every tip may have something in it," Hammond said.

The amount of tips received in this case is unprecedented, Leazenby said, noting that senior FBI agents who have assisted in the investigation commented that they've never seen such a response from the community and from across the country.

Many, including police, figured that the killer would have been caught by now.

"The biggest thing I hear is why we’re not releasing more information to help people help us," Liggett said when asked about the community's concern about a killer on the loose. "We absolutely can’t because ... the person or persons we’re looking for — some of this stuff, they will be the only ones to know.”

The tight lid on information released to the public is about preserving the integrity of the case for the courtroom, Leazenby explained.

http://www.jconline.com/story/news/...rs-shift-through-analysis-evidence/100347324/

 

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At two-month mark, police need identity of man on High Bridge to solve Abby and Libby homicides

Two months later, the flyers are everywhere – in the windows of restaurants, stores and gas stations – not just in Delphi and throughout Carroll County, but also in neighboring counties, other counties throughout the state and even in other states, where people have put them up while hoping to help solve the slayings of Abigail Williams and Liberty German.

People have called in about 16,000 tips and police from about 25 law enforcement agencies have interviewed more than 500 people about the murders that took place on a spring day when the two teens had the day off from school.

http://www.newsbug.info/monticello_...cle_cd6dc7ee-20b4-11e7-bbc1-6b9956fbc724.html

 

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The community is raising money to build a softball field and a park for Abby and Libby.

24-Hour News 8 talked with Libby’s grandfather. Mike Patty told 24-Hour News 8 he’s hoping a fundraiser this summer will help them get one step closer to reaching their goal.

The stage is set for a fundraiser happening this July at the Dusty Trail Saloon in Kokomo. The saloon is putting on a concert and a motorcycle ride to help raise money for the softball field and park for Abby and Libby.

“There are some potential sites up and around Delphi there we want to try to keep it close to town as we can,” said Patty.

Patty said this is a special way for them to honor the girls’ lives. His granddaughter Libby played softball.

“I envisioned a little girl 25 years from now, I’m dead and gone or whatever, that walks up there and can read on a little plaque that this field was built in honor or memory of, you know, that’s how they continue to live on,” he said.

http://wishtv.com/2017/04/14/fundra...ild-softball-field-and-park-for-delphi-girls/

 

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“Obviously, there’s somebody out there, I think I still believe that holds the key or a tip that will bring this person or persons to justice,” he said.

Patty is hoping someone will recognize the suspect seen in the picture and the voice in the audio clip. His family wants justice.

“We continue to put one foot in front of the other, there are still very rough days and very rough hours,” he said. “I can’t say it’s getting any easier.”

But Patty said its support from many people in the community like, Dennis Spencer, who’s helping them.

“When we caught wind of what they’re trying to do with the softball field, how can you not get involved with that,” said Spencer.

Spencer is the general manager of the saloon.

http://wishtv.com/2017/04/14/fundra...ild-softball-field-and-park-for-delphi-girls/

 

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Captain Bursten, Public Info. Officer for the ISP, talks about what you should do if you encounter Steve Stephens, what the police response in Indiana has been like and an update on the Delphi investigation.

https://soundcloud.com/93wibc/capt-david-bursten-from-isp-talks-facebook-killer-and-delphi

(credit to JLSChook for finding this interview)

 

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“Somebody out there knows this person,” said Mike Patty, sitting in the kitchen of his Delphi home.

“It would be easier to heal if we had answers, but we have to heal," said Becky Patty, sitting next to her husband.

“We have to go on because there is the possibility of not ever knowing, don’t like to think of that, I don’t,” Becky added.

“There’s a killer walking our streets. It’s our streets or somebody else’s around the state or around the nation,” said Mike, adding that he has no idea if the killer is local or from somewhere else.

“He’s walking around or they are walking around and they need to be brought to justice,” he said.

The Pattys still have faith that will happen, even though the wait is turning out to be longer than they hoped.

“We would have loved to have seen something happen very shortly after, but the investigators are taking their time. Again, they’re crossing their t’s and dotting their i’s,” said Mike.

“We want to see an iron-clad case be pulled up so there’s no holes in this,” he said “Let’s make sure we’re going to do it, we’re going to do it right."

https://www.wthr.com/article/delphi-victims-grandparents-believe-investigators-will-find-killer

 

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The grandparents of one of the two teenage girls murdered in Delphi, Indiana in February say they still believe police will find their killer.

Fourteen-year-old Liberty German and 13-year-old Abigail Williams of Delphi went missing on Feb. 13 along a trail near Delphi, about 60 miles northwest of Indianapolis. Their bodies were found the next day in a creek in a nearby wooded area.

More than two months later, German's grandparents, Mike and Becky Patty, say they still have faith police will arrest whoever killed the Delphi teenagers.

http://www.wdrb.com/story/35196620/...d-while-hiking-have-faith-case-will-be-solved