She went to law school and became a prosecutor and still spends every day championing for the victims of violent crimes. As I walked into the pub, my eyes naturally scan the room. And now, that's what I'm planning on doing.". That to me means he has navigated this bridge many times. - Kelsi says that Cody messaged her just then that he was at work (on the 13th). I have no idea what most of these rumors were about. After an extensive search of their area, their bodies were found the following day on a steep embankment around half a mile upstream from theMonon High Bridge Trailwhere Libby had uploaded her final Snapchat post a day earlier. I'll just be scrolling through my social media and people will post it back to me and I'll watch it again every time," Kelsi said. Before driving away, Kelsi recalled for The Sun how she told Libby she loved her, a sentiment that was echoed back by the young teen. Their bodies were found about a half mile away from the hiking trail. We connected because of her experience and that kind of helped me to break out of the shell and start advocating for my sister., I just tried to tell her that she needed to do more, Michelle told Oxygen. I dont think she imagined at the time it would be such a big thing. Kelsi said she cannot remember Libby nor Abby specifying while they wanted to visit the Delphi Historic Trails that day. Their bodies were found about a half mile away from the hiking trail. There are several trails in this system. Kaleb has a sweet, natural, and caring demeanor. For further details of our complaints policy and to make a complaint please click this link: thesun.co.uk/editorial-complaints/, Kelsi German, 21, was among one of the last people to see her 14-year-old sister Libby alive, She drove Libby and her best friend Abby Williams (pictured) to the Delphi Historic Trails on Feb. 13, 2017, where they were killed, The teens never offered a reason for why they wanted to visit the park, Kelsi believes the killer may be living, or once lived, in Delphi, Kelsi and Libby shared a close bond before her death, Kelsi said she believes police are getting closer each day to obtaining justice for Abby and Libby, Kegan Kline has been identified as the culprit behind a catfish account potential linked to the case, A composite sketch of the suspect is shown, Police release sketch of man accused of murdering Delphi teens Liberty German and Abigail Williams, Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO). Libby and Abby failed to meet her father at a pre-arranged pick-up location later that afternoon. No child molester would select that steep grade. Every time something happens and we get put back out in the media it just brightens our hope it gives us so much faith in all the people that are out there," Kelsi said. Kelsi says she has relived the hours leading up to the girls' deaths over and over again in her mind every day for the last four-and-a-half years. I take my time to walk to the edge of the bridge because I want to take in all aspects of the area. "People still continue to come and support us and share this information and it's just amazing. Both wanted to be here today as much as the experts. In fact, during her freshman year at Ball State University in Muncie, Ind., German took nothing but journalism classes. Im here with a group of dedicated volunteers who will use their expertise to try and help find this killer. "At the time I just didn't feel as though I'd been taking her enough places or spending as much time together as we should so eventually I agreed if she could find someone else to pick her up again. Kelsi said she cannot remember Libby nor Abby specifying while they wanted to visit the Delphi Historic Trails that day. "The information we had, have, and continue to receive concerning Kline has ebbed and flowed over these last few years. He was happy to help this southern belle stay upright. And one sister connected with Kelsi because she buried a sister too. That support, Kelsi added, has never wavered. "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. Ives went on to say there were at least three different signatures. The best evidence we have on this case came from Libby! "He could be right there in front of us and we have no idea. Crime News is your destination for true crime stories from around the world, breaking crime news, and information about Oxygen's original true crime shows and documentaries. For more on this story, watch The Delphi Killer on People Magazine Investigates, on Monday, April 12, at 10 ET/9 CT on Investigation Discovery and streaming on discovery+. Their killer has also still not been found. Police have never publicly released how Libby and Abby were killed. Sex was nothing Libby was interested in. "I've always thought that he has to know the area somehow," she said. Same. You dont want to lose that [awareness] because you dont want them [law enforcement] to take on other cases they find more important and in the process forget about yours. "I don't think she imagined at the time it would be such a big thing. We come to a small bend in the road and just as we clear the turn there is the bridge. Email us at exclusive@the-sun.com or call 212 416 4552. She drove Libby and her best friend Abby Williams (pictured) to the Delphi Historic Trails on Feb. 13, 2017, where they were killed Credit: Facebook/Snapchat. - Her grandfather is the strongest man she has ever met. For more on the unsolved Delphi murders, subscribe now to PEOPLE or pick up this week's issue, on newsstands Friday. Email us atexclusive@the-sun.comor call212 416 4552. She messed up and is sorry for the confusion. "I could have met him, but we don't know and we don't know that it didn't happen either, which is terrifying. "It just amazes me that she was able to think of that at that moment. Standing on the bridges edge, I factor in the height of the bridge, condition of the bridge, broad daylight, cell service, others in the vicinity, and visibility of the killer from the bridge and from the ground and rough terrain. Kelsi said she cannot remember Libby nor Abby specifying while they wanted to visit the Delphi Historic Trails that day. "It just amazes me that she was able to think of that at that moment. Other members of her family have reportedly suffered from a similar trauma-induced mental block regarding the months and weeks after Libby's death. In a rare update issued earlier this month, Indiana State Police said they were seeking information about a bogus social media profile, called anthony_shots, that may be linked to the case. THE sister of a girl killed in the Delphi "Snapchat murders" says her slain sibling still sends her signs "all the time" that she's watching over her - as she pays tribute to the "sweet girl" on what would have been her 19th birthday. And so they were like, Hey, lets go to this place,' Kelsi theorized. Dexter Guy from Twitter needs to be deleted. I'm 29 and Snapchat is confusing to navigate lol. "I remember her telling me once that she just felt like she was everybody's therapist, but that's because everybody was just so open to coming to her and talking to her about whatever they were feeling and she was always so good at making you feel like you were worth it. "During the last nearly five years, we have conducted dozens of secondary investigations based on information we received. I can't get over what loving people Becky and Mike are. Deer Creek runs under the Monon Bridge. "I'm tremendously proud of her," Kelsi told The Sun. "But the fact that she did take that video and she thought something wasn't right and she had to take it - it just amazes me. Then, we come upon a fence that is placed across the path warning us to not go further. Kelsi German has called Richard Allen, accused of murdering her sister and her friend in Delphi in 2017, a 'monster' who 'doesn't deserve' attention after he was charged with double homicide. ", "She had so many friends, and as time goes on, I still have people who went to school with her come to me and say, 'Hey, I don't think I ever told you the story, but your sister was there for me when I felt like I had no one else.'. According to an affidavit, Kline admitted to investigators that he used a series of fake social media profiles on Instagram and Snapchat to contact underage girls and solicit nude images from them. Delphi is remote. The outpour of support - it's just so encouraging.". ", In a succession of posts on her story, Kelsi also paid homage to her "sweet sister. The killer could be here. Literally the day I was born I had four best friends. Kelsi German, 21, was among one of the last people to see her 14-year-old sister Libby alive. Libby then slipped her phone into her pocket and continued recording. There are two Amandas, so not related. I think that track is very hard to find if you dont know its there already. "I think that track is very hard to find if you don't know it's there already. Around this time, Libby calls and asks her dad, Derrick if he could give them a ride back. He is battling a lot of battles. Cody is Kelsi and Libby's cousin. Again, none of my group hesitated. The young girls had gone missing from the same trail the previous day. It just amazes me that she was able to think of that at that moment. Police have never publicly released how Libby and Abby were killed. Mom. The girls were dropped off by Kelsi at around 1:30 p.m. A sign reads it takes 501 steps to reach the bridge. We also believe this person is from Delphi currently or has previously lived here, visits Delphi on a regular basis, or works here, he added. Kelsi will change the lives of hundreds of people. Phone records indicate Kelsi's boyfriend calls her at 1: 38 PM. I see it all over, every day. He is right. They know where he was and who he was with and he wasn't anywhere near Delphi. numbered. She no longer wanted to be a schoolteacher. Is CP both an uncle and cousin? Im glad that it was, in fact, a song lyric. 5 People Vanished Along the Snake River Beginning in 1979: Will Police Finally Catch a Serial Killer? Its really like one of the only things you can do in Delphi other than getting food.. At least it allows me to make sense of the past 3 years. Repressed memories from that time will sometimes present themselves in fragments, she said. Id love for our team to be able to do ours. "I use it to my advantage, and I'll be like, 'Hey, what about this?' "People still continue to come and support us and share this information and it's just amazing. Kelsi was among one of the last people to see her sister alive. I didn't know anything about any of them, other than none of it is surprising. They seem to have open arms and open doors to anyone having difficulty. Police, like Kelsi, have previously suggested that Libby and Abby's killer may live locally. But there is hope. Its up to all of us to find him. My sister, Sharlene, turns to me and says, Could he live there or work there? I just know it! Join Nancy Grace for her new online video series designed to help you protect what you love most your children. Kids have been going there since 1962. "Directly to the killer, who may be in this room: We believe youre hiding in plain sight," Carter said. It's amazing how after all the reports he only removed the dox and kept going posting faces. Another connected with Kelsi because she saved her sister from a man with a gun and she knows Kelsi would have done everything to save her sister. This is where the girls started, is this where the killer started? She said they didn't say whether or not they had plans to meet up with anyone else inside the park. She has no time that. The new sketch has given the sister of Libby German renewed hope that there will be justice in this case. Its 1.5 miles to the bridge from the drop-off. Valentine's Day 2022 will mark five years since 14-year-old Libby German and her best friend Abby Williams, 13, were found dead in the woods of Delphi . ", Kelsi added: "So I just continue to listen to it and hope that someday I'll recognize that person or I'll meet somebody and I'll know that voice and then I'll be like, 'That's him; that's the person in the video.'". Five years ago today, in Delphi, Ind., two best friends, Abigail Williams, 13, and Liberty German, 14, went missing while on a hike through the city's historic trails. Law enforcement have elected not to release details about the case. Shes right. The other sub is talking about it. However, they did say the culprit behind it used stolen images of a known male model and projected a contrived flashy lifestyle to groom underage girls and "solicit nude images, obtain their addresses, and attempt to meet them.". "Maybe I just met him at Dairy Queen where I was at work one day and he came in and ordered a chocolate milkshake but I haven't remembered his voice yet for whatever reason. Law Enforcement has not released that information or facts about the manner or cause of death. Its a vision that has haunted me for 30 years.. turned on her video and taped this phantom of a man, then placed the phone, still recording into her pocket, and captured his voice. Im watching my group members at the scene. This service is provided on News Group Newspapers' Limited's Standard Terms and Conditions in accordance with our Privacy & Cookie Policy. Its a pretty normal place to do and take pictures, hang out, or talk to each other. Her brother went to prison for drugs when Cody was 12 years old, so Becky and her husband Mike Patty adopted and raised him. "Even after all this time when you know there's absolutely nothing you could've done, there's still something inside of you that's going to say, 'What if I would've done this different?' "And so they were like, 'Hey, let's go to this place,'" Kelsi theorized. They decided to walk the trail and the bridge. Sign up forOxygen Insiderfor all the best true crime content. "And it just always makes us feel so at peace knowing that she's there to help us through every step of the rest of our lives.". That support, Kelsi added, has never wavered. "At the time I just didn't feel as though I'd been taking her enough places or spending as much time together as we should so eventually I agreed if she could find someone else to pick her up again. He taught us the most important things, and is so hardworking and caring. The sister of a girl killed in the "Snapchat murder" in Delphi said she got "goosebumps" when the lead cop coldly warned the killer that his days on the run were over. Its the anniversary of the Delphi murders and he must still take pride in the fact that he has gone uncaptured, unidentified, and unnoticed. "I think survivor guilt is a real thing and it's so difficult to leap over. But believing she had been a "bad sister" of late, not hanging out with her. During a press conference in 2019, Indiana State Police Superintendent Doug Carter even went as far as to say the killer could be sat in the room with them. Kelsi German, 21, told The Sun that despite nearly five years having passed since her sister Libby, 14, was killed in Indiana alongside her best friend Abby Williams, 13, she still feels her sibling's presence around her often. Then They Learned Her Boss Owed Her Money, 'People Magazine Investigates' Examines How Authorities Cracked 1991 Cold Case Murder of Pa. Libby and Abby failed to meet her father at a pre-arranged pick-up location later that afternoon. On February 14, 2017, Libby and Abby's bodies were found in Delphi, Indiana, next to a closed down railroad. One of those investigations included a Possession of Child Pornography case resulting in the arrest of Kegan Kline. I told Kaleb that it was Valentines Day and for the rest of the trip he would be my boyfriend and had to hold me up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNHey1A2bx4. As an investigation continues, Kelsi said she believes police are getting closer each day to obtaining justice for Abby and Libby, the latter of whom she remembered as a funny, caring, and tenacious younger sister. But the fact that she did take that video and she thought something wasnt right and she had to take it it just amazes me. We are not paid or provided any incentive for our quest to help this community and this town, and mostly help this sister find a killer. The anthony_shots profile on IG appears to be the same "model"/catfish, and the tone of the bio is young, or at least young passing. Dropping that at the end was like burying the lead, but I assume that's the order it was presented in the video. I thought that over time people would forget or theyd stop talking about it or stop looking, but that hasnt been the case at all. or 'Have you guys tried that?' Allen, who has entered . Sharlene looks at me and says, This makes me sick to my stomach. So thank you for clarifying! Michelle Cruz told Oxygen.com during a phone interview last year that she and Janelle were inseparable. "When I look back on it I just now try not to feel guilty about what happened, or what I could've done differently. Every time something new happens [in the case] I have to relive those moments, Kelsi said. Michelle has spent decades keeping her sisters story alive in hopes that the person responsible would finally be held accountable. Its amazing how many people are still there supporting us. Hes not out of balance. Snow covers the ground and the bright blue bridge towering over the roadway. 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