Tenn. sheriff’s department says Delphi murder suspect not spotted in area
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – The Federal Bureau of Investigation has reportedly expanded its search of a murder suspect wanted for killing two Delphi teenagers to include southeast Tennessee.
The Bledsoe County Sheriff Department reported the expanded search on its Facebook page Sunday night.
The sheriff’s department later clarified their post, saying that the suspect has not been spotted in their area, but that it is a nationwide search.
Liberty German and Abigail Williams vanished Feb. 13 while hiking along a trail near Delphi, their hometown. Their bodies were found the next day in nearby woods. Authorities have not disclosed how the girls were killed.
A reward of more than $230,000 is being offered for information leading to an arrest or arrests and convictions in the teens’ killings.
This composite sketch released Monday, July 17, 2017, by the Indiana State Police shows the man they consider the main suspect in the killings of two teenage girls who disappeared from a hiking trail near their hometown of Delphi in northern Indiana on Feb., 13, 2017.
Authorities distributed two grainy images of a man walking along an old railroad bridge the girls had visited while hiking. They also released audio of a male saying “down the hill.”
That evidence came from German’s cellphone. Police have hailed her as a hero for recording potentially crucial evidence.
The FBI has not provided additional details as to why the search is now in southeastern Tennessee.
