Update coming Monday in 2017 slaying of two Indiana teens

DELPHI, Ind. — Police investigating the unsolved slayings of two teenage ladies killed throughout a 2017 climbing journey in northern Indiana mentioned Friday they’ll maintain a information convention Monday to offer an replace on their investigation.

Indiana State Police mentioned officers “will announce an replace within the Delphi Investigation” at Monday’s information convention however gave no indication what they might announce relating to the February 2017 killings of Liberty German, 14, and Abigail Williams, 13.

Nonetheless, Indianapolis TV station WTHR, citing police sources, reported that officers will announce an arrest within the case.

The state police advisory mentioned the information convention will embody officers from the state police, the Carroll County Sheriff’s Workplace, the Carroll County Prosecutor’s Workplace and the U.S. Marshals Service.

The advisory mentioned legislation enforcement and prosecutors “is not going to present a press release previous to the occasion.” State Police spokesman Sgt. Jeremy Piers mentioned Friday afternoon he may reply no questions in regards to the investigation and reiterated that no further info “might be obtainable till the Monday press convention.”

A message in search of further info on the information convention was left Friday for Carroll County Sheriff Tobe Leazenby by The Related Press.

The our bodies of German and Williams have been present in a rugged space close to a climbing path on Feb. 14, 2017, at some point after they vanished whereas strolling on that path close to the Monon Excessive Bridge. That bridge is simply outdoors their hometown of Delphi, about 60 miles northwest of Indianapolis.

Inside days of the killings, investigators launched two grainy pictures of a suspect strolling on the deserted railroad bridge the women had visited, and an audio recording of a person believed to be the suspect saying “down the hill.”

Authorities have since launched two sketches of the suspected killer, together with one in April 2019 based mostly on video from German’s cellphone that’s believed to be extra correct than a sketch launched in July 2017.

Police additionally launched video in April 2019 which exhibits the person suspected of killing the kids strolling on the deserted railroad bridge the women had visited.

In December 2021, state police introduced they have been in search of info from individuals who had contact with somebody who used a fictitious on-line profile to speak with younger ladies.

State Police mentioned at the moment that investigators probing German and Williams’ deaths had uncovered a fictitious on-line profile named “anthony_shots” that was used from 2016 to 2017 on Snapchat, Instagram and different social media platforms.