In Delphi, Indiana, this weekend marks five years since its most haunting event: the slayings of two eighth-grade girls on a local hiking trail. It's a murder mystery that remains unsolved. Watch the full story tonight on Nightline:
This weekend marks five years since the double murder of two eighth grade girls in Delphi, Indiana.In Delphi, Indiana, a close-knit town of nearly 3,000 residents, this weekend marks five years since its most haunting event -- the slayings of two eighth-grade girls on a local hiking trail -- a devastating crime that stripped families of their innocence and thrust the rural community into a murder mystery that remains unsolved.
They also say that the benefit of continued secrecy and pursuing cryptic leads in the case may have passed. The inseparable friends spent their last night alive having a sleepover at Libby's house, Becky Patty said. There was no school on Monday, Feb. 13, so the girls slept in and had pancakes.When Abby and Libby didn’t come home from their afternoon at the trail, Libby's grandfather, Mike Patty, went to look for them.
A makeshift memorial for Abby Williams and Libby German next to a trail they were hiking the day they disappeared, Feb. 13, 2017, in Delphi, Indiana.The murders cast fear across Delphi, with parents keeping their kids inside and once-friendly neighbors looking at each other with suspicion. Carter, the Indiana State Police superintendent, told ABC News this week,"My resolve to catch him is as strong now as it is Day One."A deepening mystery
"It's odd to me that they have not released what caused Abigail and Libby's death, because it's fairly routine ... for the public to at least generally know what happened," he said.
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