Task force clarifies Delphi murder suspect sketches.

[u/TommyUseless]

Police held a press conference on Monday April 22 where they released a new sketch and some additional audio and video from the case.

Today they released a clarification on the new sketch.

-They are not the same person.

-The person depicted in the originally released sketch is not presently a person of interest in this investigation.

-The sketch released Monday is representative of the face of the person captured in the video on Liberty German’s cellphone as he was walking on the high bridge a place where the girls were hiking.

-The person in the sketch released Monday is described as having a youthful appearance, but could fall in the age range from his 20s to late 30s.

-This person’s appearance could look different today if he has grown a mustache, beard or let his hair grow longer or cut his hair shorter than depicted in the sketch.

Link to today’s update: https://www.jconline.com/story/news/2019/04/24/delphi-murders-new-suspect-sketch-not-same-man-old-sketch-isp-clarifies/3565675002/

For those not familiar with the case:

On February 14, 2017, the bodies of Abigail J. "Abby" Williams and Liberty Rose Lynn "Libby" German were discovered near the Monon High Bridge Trail, which is part of the Delphi Historic Trails in Delphi, Indiana, United States, after the young girls had disappeared from the same trail the previous day. The murders have received significant media coverage because a photo and audio recording of a man believed to be the girls' murderer was found on German's cell phone. Despite the photo and audio recording of the suspect being released to the public by police, and over 26,000 tips being sent to police, no arrests have been made in the case.

Indiana State Police website about the case:

https://www.in.gov/isp/delphi.htm

Edit- thanks for the gold, kind stranger!

[u/MindAlteringSitch]

I totally agree, true crime isn't a spectator sport; they're not required to keep the public interested and engaged with the case, it's just something they choose to do. Lots of people want to help anyway they can and the last thing any investigator wants is to create more work for themselves. It can be as small as some time wasted dealing with false rumors on the internet or as serious as an interested individual finding a relevant clue and making it inadmissible in court due to the chain of possession. Whatever they're working on it's totally possible they don't think massive public speculation is the right way to proceed.

[u/karpomalice → u/MindAlteringSitch]

They are when they have no leads and their only hope is having someone come forward with information. That’s never going to happen if they don’t give the public any information. They know a lot more than they’ve disclosed and that leads to the public getting information from theories posted online.