Delphi murder update – Liberty German's sister 'got goosebumps' when cop issued chilling warning to killer

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 his days on the run are numbered.

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 a Delphi, Indiana woods after vanishing while hiking in a local park.


Police have never publicly released how the two girls were killed. The person responsible for their deaths has also never been caught.

Few other details have been released in the years since. However, earlier this week, in an interview with ABC the head of the Indiana State Police, Doug Carter, issued a direct warning to the killer, insisting "we know a lot about you."

"Today could be the day," Carter continued, alluding to an imminent arrest. "Sleep well."

In an interview with The Sun, Libby's oldest sister Kelsi German, 21, who was among the last people to see the teen alive, said Carter's remarks raised the hairs on the back of her neck.

"It gave me goosebumps when I heard him tell the killer to sleep well and that his days are limited," she said.

"I think he's just hopeful," Kelsi added. "And he continues to remain hopeful. And he shows that in all of his interviews."

'RENEWED HOPE'

Remaining hopeful, too, is the German family.

Kelsi, a 21-year-old forensic science student, said that anytime police make a public statement about the investigation, her family is given a "renewed sense of hope" that Libby's killer will soon be brought to justice.

"We know all the work they're doing," Kelsi said. "As a family, we know we'll be able to contact them anytime and they'll tell us that they're getting closer, and doing everything they can.

"And it's that communication that gives us faith that they're doing their job, and one day everything they're doing is going to pay off.

"I 100% believe it will because they all seem to take this case personally, and they won't stop until it's solved."

While the Germans remain optimistic, Kelsi said it is "frustrating" that the case still hasn't been solved five years later.

"We thought this case would've been solved five years ago," she said. "But we're confident we'll get answers some day, and we'll know what happened and who did it."

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The German family will be spending the days before the anniversary of Libby's death with Abby Williams' family, holding a food drive over the weekend in honor of the two girls, as they have for the last four years.

Kelsi said neither she, nor her relatives, have any special plans to commemorate Libby's death, but will spend Valentine's Day together.

"We're just staying around one another and getting through this week," she said. "It's always hard to relive Libby's death so we just lean on each other to make it through.

"We are definitely going to need one another over the next couple of days."

FINAL MOMENTS

Kelsi was one of the last people to see her 14-year-old sister alive.

Then 17, Kelsi had been at home on the morning of February 13, 2017, when Libby, who had the day off from school, asked her if she could drive both her and her friend Abigail Williams to the Delphi Historic Trails.

Kelsi had plans to meet up with her boyfriend later that afternoon and initially told Libby no.

But believing she had been a "bad sister" of late, not hanging out with her younger sibling as often as she should, a guilt-riddled Kelsi eventually agreed to take the girls just after 1.30pm, provided they found their own ride home.

Kelsi then made the short drive to the trails with Abby and Libby, dropping them off just after 1.35pm.

Before driving away, Kelsi recalled for The Sun in a previous interview how she told Libby she loved her – a sentiment that was echoed back by the young teen.

Libby then turned her back and walked away with Abby.

That was the last time Kelsi would see her sister alive.

VITAL CLIP

Libby and Abby failed to show at a pre-arranged pick-up point later that afternoon.

After an extensive search of their area, their bodies were found the following day on a steep embankment around half a mile upstream from the Monon High Bridge Trail.

Libby had uploaded her final Snapchat from the trail the day before.

A subsequent search of her phone would later uncover a crucial item of evidence that both the German family and investigators credit with helping to keep the case alive today: a short recording secretly captured by Libby moments before she was killed.

The video shows a white male, dressed in jeans, a hoodie and a blue jacket, with his hands in his pockets, walking towards the eighth graders on a bridge.

Libby then slipped the phone into her pocket and continued recording. Chillingly, she captured her killer gruffly saying, "Hey guys, down the hill.


While the man in the video is yet to be identified, Kelsi said she has listened to the recording countless times, playing it over and over again in the hope she suddenly recognizes the suspect's voice.

Police have previously suggested that Libby and Abby's killer may live locally.

During a press conference in 2019, Indiana State Police Superintendent Doug Carter even went as far as to say the killer could be sat in the room with them.

"Directly to the killer, who may be in this room: We believe you’re hiding in plain sight," Carter said at the time. "We've likely interviewed you or someone close to you.

"We also believe this person is from Delphi — currently or has previously lived here, visits Delphi on a regular basis, or works here," he added.

CATFISH LINK?

Police have never formally named a suspect in the murders of Libby and Abby, though several people have been questioned in regards to the killing.

In a rare update issued in December, Indiana State Police said they were seeking information about a bogus social media profile, called anthony_shots, that may be linked to the case.

The department has urged anyone who interacted with the account on Snapchat or Instagram to come forward for information.

Investigators haven't specified why they believe the account may be linked to the girls' deaths, nor disclosed whether either Libby or Abby had interacted with the account.

However, they did say the culprit behind it used stolen images of a known male model and projected a contrived flashy lifestyle to groom underage girls and "solicit nude images, obtain their addresses, and attempt to meet them."

The man who set up that account has since been identified as Kegan Anthony Kline, a 27-year-old from Peru, Indiana, who in 2020 was arrested for 30 felonies, including possession of child porn, exploitation of children, and soliciting minors for sex.

Those charges stem from a search of his home in Peru, Indiana on February 25th, 2017 – just 11 days after the bodies of Libby and Abby were found in Delphi.

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.

One of those accounts was anthony_shots, which he set up in 2016 around six months before his house was raided.

It's unclear whether Kline is currently being investigated as a suspect in the relation to the Delphi murders, or why it took more than three years to arrest him on the child porn charges.

Speaking on the matter to News 8 earlier this week, Carter said: "I will just simply say that we have gleaned a tremendous amount of information over five years, and if there was any meaningful reason to talk about it or act on it, we would have."

The superintendent was also asked about his 2019 conference when he suggested the "killer could be in the room".

When asked whether he believes police have already interviewed the killer, he said: "I’m not gonna go there. I don’t think that would be proper for me to do that.

"But, I do think that the killer will be watching this interview."

REMEMBERING LIBBY

While Kelsi and the rest of her family wait patiently for answers, she told The Sun she'll be spending Valentine's Day this year remembering the person Libby was in life, rather than the tragic circumstances in which she died.

"What I remember most – and it's what I try to live by now – is that she was just the most happy person, and it was contagious," Kelsi said.

"She wanted to make every person in the room happy and smile and laugh, and she wanted to make sure that everybody was okay.

"If you were hurting that you knew that there was somebody there to help you through it, or hold your hand while you cry, or laugh with you while you laugh.

"That somebody was Libby, and that's the kind of person I want to be.

"I want to be all the greatest things that she was."



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