February 12, 2017

• Abby spent the night at Libby’s house.

February 13, 2017

• 10:00 AM Abby woke up. Abby and Libby had banana pancakes for breakfast prepared by Libby’s father, Derrick German. Libby said she wanted to go to the bridge and asked her older sister Kelsi German to go with them.
• 1:00 PM Derrick German left for Frankfort to run errands. Libby called her father to ask him to pick them up.
• 1:35 PM Kelsi German dropped Abby and Libby at County Road 300 North, east of the Hoosier Heartland Highway. The girls were hiking on the Monon High Bridge over Deer Creek.
• 2:07 PM Libby German shared a Snapchat photo of the Monon High Bridge and an image of Abby Williams walking across the bridge. Photo
• 2:13 PM Libby took a video showing a man later known as “Bridge Guy.” Audio of a man saying “guys” and “down the hill” was captured on Libby’s phone.
• 3:00 PM Derrick German arrived at the trail and called Libby, but she did not answer.
• 4:00 PM Libby’s sister received a call from her grandmother saying the girls could not be found.
• 5:00 PM Becky called AT&T to try to track Libby’s phone.
• 5:15 PM Carroll County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call about the missing girls.
• 6:49 PM Anna Williams posted on Facebook asking anyone who had seen the girls to contact her or the sheriff’s department immediately.
• 11:45 PM Police called off the search because it was too dark.

February 14, 2017

• 7:00 AM The search resumed around the Monon High Bridge and downstream of Deer Creek.
• 8:30 AM Searchers saw clothing in Deer Creek near the northern bank before the girls’ bodies were discovered.
• 12:15 PM The girls were found murdered along Deer Creek. Source ISP
• Libby’s shoe was found in the river and another shoe was found under Abby.
• Libby’s phone was under Abby’s shoe.
• Libby’s shirt was on Abby, and Libby’s other clothes were inside-out and in the creek.
• Branches from the crime scene with blood on them were recovered.
• An unspent bullet was found at the crime scene.
• 12:45 PM The Delphi Fire Chief announced they had found Libby and Abby, calling the discovery “not good.”
• 1:50 PM Indiana State Police PIO Kim Riley, Carroll County Sheriff Tobe Leazenby and Delphi Police Chief Steve Mullins held a joint press conference.

February 15, 2017

• 2:33 PM Authorities positively identified the two bodies as Abigail Williams and Liberty German.
• 6:50 PM Indiana State Police released a photo of a man believed to have been on the Delphi Historic Trail around the same time.

February 16, 2017

• A search warrant was issued at Ron Logan’s home on Bicycle Bridge Road. Police collected evidence and took photos.

February 17, 2017

• Dan Dulin returned to the crime scene and found sticks and branches with blood on them after the scene had been released.

February 18, 2017

• A public visitation for family and friends was held at Delphi High School.

February 19, 2017

• The death certificates for Liberty German and Abigail Williams were made available. File

February 22, 2017

• Indiana State Police released an audio recording of a male voice saying “Down the hill.” WAV OGG MP3

February 23, 2017

• The FBI’s Major Case Contact Center took over the Delphi Murder Tip Line because of the number of calls being received.

February 25, 2017

• ISP and FBI investigators executed a search warrant linked to the “anthony_shots” social media account, which led to Kegan Anthony Kline in Miami County. Kegan Kline Affidavit

February 27, 2017

• Law enforcement announced a reward of $100,000 for information related to the homicide.

March 17, 2017

• ISP, FBI, and Carroll County served a search warrant at the home and property of Ron Logan.

July 17, 2017

• Police released the first sketch of a potential suspect.

April 22, 2019

• A new sketch of the suspect was released, along with video and extended audio.

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Timeline of Delphi Murder – Kegan Kline

February 25, 2017: ISP and FBI investigators executed a search warrant linked to the “anthony_shots” social media account, which led to Kegan Anthony Kline in Miami County. Kline admitted to using social media to communicate with underage girls, including Libby German.

August 2020

• Kline was charged with 30 felonies, including child pornography and child exploitation. Kegan Kline Affidavit

December 6, 2021

• Indiana State Police made an appeal for information related to a social media account tied to the investigation.
• Kegan Anthony Kline told police he used social media accounts to talk to underage girls.

March 30, 2023

• Kline pleaded guilty to child exploitation charges.

July 27, 2023

• Kline was sentenced to 40 years in prison.

Timeline of Delphi Murder Suspect

October 28, 2022: Richard Matthew Allen was booked into the Carroll County Jail in connection with the Delphi investigation. A probable cause affidavit linked him to the crime scene through an ejected .40-caliber shell casing and prior statements that he had been on the trails the afternoon the girls were killed. Richard Allen Affidavit

Richard Matthew Allen was born on September 7, 1972.

1989

• Joined Indiana National Guard.

1991

• Married Kathy Walker in Mexico, Indiana.

1998

• Honorable discharge as a Sergeant of the Indiana National Guard. Records

2006

• Richard Allen relocated to Delphi from Mexico, Indiana.

February 15, 2017

• 1:30 PM Allen said he arrived at the trail, parked at the old Farm Bureau building and walked to the Freedom Bridge.
• 3:30 PM He said he walked from Freedom Bridge to the High Bridge and drove away.

October 13, 2022

• Investigators executed a search warrant at Richard Allen’s residence at 1967 North Whiteman Drive, Delphi, Indiana, and located jackets, boots, knives and firearms, including a Sig Sauer Model P226 .40-caliber pistol.

October 26, 2022

• Richard Allen told investigators he never allowed anyone to use or borrow the Sig Sauer Model P226 firearm.

October 28, 2022

• Richard Matthew Allen was charged with two counts of murder in connection with the Delphi investigation.

November 11, 2024

• Richard Allen was found guilty of killing the two Indiana teens in 2017 on all four counts.

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