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+. "We find dimes all over the place which is kind of a fun little thing because they're dimes sent to us from heaven. "I just keep listening, and every time I do, I just know that's the person that did such awful things - or a thing - to my sister. Snow covers the ground and the bright blue bridge towering over the roadway. 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 . She said she's terrified by the idea that she may have encountered the culprit on the street or served him as a customer at her work. Police, like Kelsi, have previously suggested that Libby and Abby's killer may live locally. One sister connected with Kelsi because she is an older sister too. They also released a brief audio clip of his voice also pulled from Libby's phone as well as a police sketch of the unidentified man, who was later named as the main suspect in the girls' murders. "My entire life, that's all I wanted to do," German explains. The killer could have watched from the bridge or the ground. It's a frightening thought.". Investigators didn't specify why they believe the account may be linked to the girls' deaths, nor disclosed whether either Libby or Abby had interacted with the account. "And it's so sad that we just know the voice, but we don't know the face and we don't have any answers yet. She said they didnt say whether or not they had plans to meet up with anyone elseinside the park. Mannina said, Libby did her job. The next day, the girls. 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The bodies of Libby and Abby were discovered on February 14, 2017, along an abandoned railroad in Delphi, Indiana. Kelsi told Oxygen.com the best piece of advice Michelle has given her is to never stop trying and never give up hope because no matter how long its going to take, well get the answers we want. Detective Dawn Higgins, Sheryl McCollum, and Kelsi German [Photo courtesy of Sheryl McCollum]I told her our friend Nancy Grace did the same thing after her fianc was murdered. It was amazing, she recounted. "I remember making sure they had their sweatshirts," Kelsi reflected, "I told her I loved her and she said it back, just like any other time we were leaving each other.". One thing the German family will never forget, however, is the outpouring in our community of just so many people who were there for us, Kelsi said. Yes, I look everywhere I go. 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. He said, No, I dont think so. Its awful not knowing. Their bodies were found about a half mile away from the hiking trail. I secretly wished he had been there at the end of the trail at the bridge. Just give them the outline of a cynical story and they'll not only accept it, they'll branch it out to unimaginable proportions. She gave us his picture, what he is wearing, where he met them on the bridge, and a video and his voice in real-time at a known location. That was the last time Kelsi would see her sister alive. Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? They love their LE, and she knows that they will make an arrest soon. "I remember making sure they had their sweatshirts," Kelsi reflected, "I told her I loved her and she said it back, just like any other time we were leaving each other.". I cant remember what it was, but I remember thinking huh, thats gross as fuck, but it sounds like a song lyric and not a random statement. - Kelsi's Uncle Cody is about a post he made. Sign up for PEOPLE's free True Crime newsletter for breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases. Posted at 6:47 PM, Apr 29, 2019. Truth and logic don't mean much of anything to that group. My sister, Sharlene, turns to me and says, Could he live there or work there? THE sister of a girl slain in the Delphi "Snapchat murders" said she got "goosebumps" when the lead cop on the case chillingly warned the killer that . We believe as veteran investigators that items left at the scene, the signatures, possible similar transactions, and new advances in crime detection will play a part in capturing this monstrous killer. Directly to the killer, who may be in this room: We believe youre hiding in plain sight, Carter said. While this case is perplexing, it is absolutely solvable, Ret. After lunch, we head to the bridge just as they did on that fateful day. Is CP both an uncle and cousin? Ive always thought that he has to know the area somehow, she said. This killer knows this area and knew this bridge. "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. "I had this switch that went off in my head and I found my passion with helping people in the true crime community, especially," German, 21, tells PEOPLE. Literally the day I was born I had four best friends. "I think she was just taking a video to show us later and say, 'Hey, look at this really weird guy that was at the bridge earlier and this is what he looked like'. Days after Libby and Abby's deaths, authorities released photos taken from Libby's cell phone that showed a man on the trail. "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. Libby's sister Kelsi told Renner, as a way to keep going and honor her sister, "I want to be the person I saw Libby as, so, outgoing and fun and talking to everybody." . Its also extended beyond the local community, with restless true crime fanatics and justice seekers keeping the story alive through podcasts, blog posts, and discussion boards. - Cody's whereabouts have been confirmed. She said they didn't say whether or not they had plans to meet up with anyone else inside the park. On February 14, 2017, Libby and Abby's bodies were found in Delphi, Indiana, next to a closed down railroad. Through her efforts and the efforts of others, the case received more attention attention that helped lead to the arrest last April of a suspect in that case, former police officer Joseph DeAngelo. "During the last nearly five years, we have conducted dozens of secondary investigations based on information we received. Sister of Delphi murder victim, Kelsi German, turns to Twitter to help find suspect. Her 13-year-old sister, Liberty "Libby" German, and her best friend, Abigail "Abby" Williams, were abducted and murdered while hiking a trail in Delphi. "People still continue to come and support us and share this information and it's just amazing. The culprit behind their killings is also yet to be identified. "I see it all over, every day. She no longer studies communications. Libby and Abby failed to meet her father at a pre-arranged pick-up location later that afternoon. It was nice to see her smile and laugh about memories with her sister. Kelsi said that's not true and has been very hurtful to her family. 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. "It's a pretty normal place to do and take pictures, hang out, or talk to each other. - In Renner video is sounds like she said 20 kids there when she dropped them off. Every one of us knows that bond of having a built-in best friend. This tells you that the killer was either skilled, desperate, or mentally ill. Kelsi said she cannot remember Libby nor Abby specifying while they wanted to visit the Delphi Historic Trails that day. In this Delphi Murders Theories 2022 video, we're breaking down statements made by Kelsi German following the anthony_shots information release by ISP on Dec. "My family has always been really big on making sure you tell everybody that you love them and goodbye each time you hang up the phone or leave the house. Homicide Detective Christine Mannina, subscribe to the Crime Stories with Nancy Grace podcast. Kelsi estimated that she has watched and listened to the clip "thousands of times." The Sun website is regulated by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO), Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. We dont know if these signatures were pre or postmortem. "It just amazes me that she was able to think of that at that moment. They decided to walk the trail and the bridge. Its beautiful. When I look back on it I just now try not to feel guilty about what happened, or what I couldve done differently. Libby and Abby never failed to meet her father at a pre-arranged pick-up location later that afternoon. Police have never formally named a suspect in themurders of Libby and Abby, though several people have been questioned in regards to the killing. The recently-engaged German is now at Purdue University, studying forensic science but she isn't planning on using her education to bring her sister's killer to justice. The suspect is between 5'6 and 5'10 tall and weighs around 180-200lbs, according to police. - In Renner video Kelsi's grandma says that she called Kelsi at work but she didn't answer. ", "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.'. Homicide Detective Christine Mannina, Detective Dawn Higgins, trauma nurse Sharlene Bowen, Kaleb Siebert, Sue McDowell, and Kelsi German, the victims sister. Missing Nevada Woman Stopped Contact with Family, Police Seek Tips, Unknown Man Seen Using Missing Georgia Mans Credit Card in Baton Rouge, WATCH LIVE: Murdaugh Family Murders Day 25: Closing Arguments. Dexter Guy from Twitter needs to be deleted. "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. But there is hope. She said she's terrified by the idea that she may have encountered the culprit on the street or served him as a customer at her work. It's unclear whether Kline is currently being investigated as a suspect in the relation to theDelphi murders, or why it took more than three years to arrest him on the child porn charges. Kelsi's belief the killer lives - or may have once lived - locally stems from the idea that the trail near to where the two girls' bodies were found is difficult to simply stumble across, she said. - Libby wasn't pregnant. "I could've walked past him on my college campus, or in the grocery store, or he could be sitting next to me in psych class. I point out the man that first caught my eye in the booth behind her and she says, I saw him. One of those accounts was anthony_shots, which he set up in 2016 around six months before his house was raided. turned on her video and taped this phantom of a man, then placed the phone, still recording into her pocket, and captured his voice. Chillingly, she captured her killer gruffly instructing the pair to go down the hill.. 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. 5 People Vanished Along the Snake River Beginning in 1979: Will Police Finally Catch a Serial Killer? "So that's something I've also bought into," Kelsi continued, "that he's either from Delphi or that he's spent a lot of time here.". I dont know where the case would be if we didnt have that video, she added. Every time something happens to you, it strikes you again. The video shows a white male, dressed in faded jeans, a hoodie and a blue jacket, with his hands in his pockets, walking towards the eighth graders on a bridge. 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. This person likely would've been on the slightly more social media savvy side. Allen, a married father and pharmacy technician at a local CVS store in the heart of the town, was arrested on October . She said they didn't say whether or not they had plans to meet up with anyone else inside the park. The group at the table is Ret. But I was a little confused in who exactly Cody was. Around this time, Libby calls and asks her dad, Derrick if he could give them a ride back. Libby then slipped her phone into her pocket and continued recording. Remembering Feb. 13 2017 as a warm day, she said she believes the pair "wanted to go out and do something, rather than being stuck in the house all day.". Kelsi has literally changed the course of her whole life. "She was the funniest person ever," Kelsi remembered of her 14-year-old sibling. "He could be right there in front of us and we have no idea. ", Kelsi said she believes her sister was so charismatic that she doesn't think she "knew a stranger. - No one refused a lie detector test. By: Rafael Snchez. She claimed to watch it almost every day in the hope of discovering a new detail orjogging a repressed memory. No child molester would select that steep grade. People still continue to come and support us and share this information and its just amazing. Libby then turned her back and walked away with Abby. He describes the missing boards and spacing between steps. Anything that we did, we pretty much did together except for the time that she was murdered, she said, adding that she was out of town, working at a ski resort on Mammoth Mountain in California. - and that's still a big obstacle for me. It's amazing how after all the reports he only removed the dox and kept going posting faces. I think it's going to be such a bittersweet moment, because it's not like the whole chapter is going to be closed but one page of that will be done and we'll have answers and we'll have a face that we can put to it. They vanished on Valentine's Day 2017 while hiking along the Delphi Historic Trails in Indiana during a day off from school. "It was like one of the very first times, in the beginning, when we were like 'Libby is always going to be with us, no matter what. Michelles Twitter is full of retweets for Kelsis cause and encouragement for each other. This means the killer did something unique that was not necessary for the commission of the crime. 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. In doing so, he took a great risk in being seen by others that were enjoying the warm day. Libby stunningly and bravely took a photograph of a man walking toward them. There havealso been some developments in the case. I didnt want to be part of media or part of the case anymore at that point, Kelsi admitted to Oxygen.com. "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. Kelsi says it was about someone else and not about her. I've tried reporting them but it doesn't work. He's not that tough. The killer crossed paths with the girls on the Monon Bridge. For as long as she could remember, Kelsi German wanted to be a news reporter. - Kelsi says she is only stating facts, debunking any rumors she can. 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