AUTHORITIES have revealed chilling new details linked to the unsolved Delphi “Snapchat murders” of two best friends in 2017.
On February 13, 2017, Liberty “Libby” German, 14, and Abigail Williams, 13, were last spotted hiking the Delphia Historic Trail in Indiana.
After being reported missing by their parents, a desperate search ensued, and the teens’ bodies were discovered murdered on the same trail the following day.
Investigators have followed many leads throughout the years and on Tuesday revealed new clues that claim the possible suspect in the case lived at a property near where the teens were found.
Court documents released by the Murder Sheet podcast detail a search warrant was made on March 17, 2017, where investigators claim the crime scene was tampered with and it appeared the girls’ bodies “were moved and staged.”
The request was to search the home of Ronald Logan, whose property where the bodies of Libby and Abigail were found.
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In the docs, FBI agents noted that pieces of clothing from one of the victims were missing.
Federal investigators said there were no visible signs of a struggle or a fight.
Officials suspected the killer had taken a souvenir and believed photographs or videos were likely shot of the monstrous set-up to “memorialize” the crime scene.
Investigators recovered fibers and unidentified hairs at the scene, per the doc.
The only key evidence recovered since the girls were murdered was a short Snapchat video from Libby’s phone.
The video depicts an unidentified man, believed to be the suspect, on the Monon High Bridge telling Abigail and Libby, “go down the hill.”
The white male was dressed in faded jeans, a hoodie and a blue jacket, with his hands in his pockets, and was seen walking towards the eighth graders on a bridge.
Libby has previously been heralded a “hero” by investigators for her quick-thinking actions, with cops citing the recording to be a key shred of evidence.
“That young lady is a hero, that is no doubt,” Indiana State Police Sgt. Tony Slocom said at the time.
“To have enough presence of mind to activate the video system on her cell phone to record what we believe is criminal behavior about to occur, there is no doubt in our mind that she is a hero.”
The full video was released by police two years later, though still, it garnered no concrete leads.
Detectives are hoping the audio will help them match the man’s voice to a suspect once one has been identified.
In the docs, the FBI also noted that Logan appeared to be in good physical condition, and his voice was “not inconsistent” with that of the voice captured on Libby’s phone.
However, investigators believed Logan could be involved in the murders, saying: “I believe there is probable cause to believe that Ronald Logan has committed the crime of murder and evidence of that could be found on Ronald Logan’s property,” the doc claimed.
Logan died in 2020 and was never named a suspect in the Delphi murders.
The girls’ causes of death have never been disclosed and their killer has never been found.
More than two years after the audio clip was released, Indiana State Police Superintendent Doug Carter held a press conference to unveil a new composite sketch of the suspected killer.
During the conference, Carter said police believe the killer has local ties and shockingly claimed that the killer could even be sat in the room with them.
“Directly to the killer, who may be in this room: We believe you’re hiding in plain sight,” Carter said. “We’ve likely interviewed you or someone close to you.”
Carter added that investigators believe the suspect was between 18 and 40 years old but likely looks much younger than his age.
“We also believe this person is from Delphi — currently or has previously lived here, visits Delphi on a regular basis, or works here,” Carter said.
He did not take answers during or after the press conference; however, his remarks at the time seemed to indicate that cops believed they were close to zeroing in on the suspect.
“We are confident you have told someone what you have done. Or at the very least, they know because of how different you are since the murders,” he said.
Last December cops revealed they were investigating the fake “anthony_shots” social media profile created by Kegan Kline in connection with the case.
The 27-year-old, who is currently in jail awaiting trial over child sex abuse allegations, has not been charged over the Delphi murders and denies any involvement.
But transcripts of a police interview with Kline showed that the catfish account he created was in touch with Libby the day she and Abby were killed.
And according to the transcripts, whoever was using the “anthony_shots” account was supposed to meet Libby and Abby on the trails where they were killed.
It left Libby’s family – who had previously been skeptical of claims that social media played a role in the killings – in deep shock.
Speaking at the Crimecon true crime convention in Las Vegas, Kelsi told The Sun: “I was heartbroken because Libby was my best friend and she told me everything, I thought.
“I had to come to terms with the fact that this is something she kept from me.
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“It was something she didn’t want me to know because she knew what my opinion would be, she knew that I would tell her it’s not safe and I would tell her not to do it.
“So she didn’t tell me and I never had any clue. I never had any idea. She kept it hidden really well from all of us.”
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