Update on the murders of Liberty Herman and Abigail William

DELPHI, Ind. (AP) — Police investigating the unsolved murders of two teenage girls killed while hiking in northern Indiana in 2017 will hold a news conference Monday to provide an update on their investigation.

Indiana State Police said officials will “announce an update on the Delphi investigation” at a press conference Monday at 9 a.m. Central Time. but gave no indication of what they would announce regarding the February 2017 slayings of Liberty Herman, 14, and Abigail Williams, 13.

State police, the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office, the Carroll County District Attorney’s Office and the U.S. Marshals Service will attend the press conference, the state police advisory said.

The bodies of Herman and Williams were found in a mountainous area near a hiking trail on Feb. 14, 2017, a day after they disappeared while walking on the trail near the Monon High Bridge. This bridge is located near their hometown of Delphi, about 60 miles (97 kilometers) northwest of Indianapolis.

Days after the murders, investigators released two grainy photos of the suspect walking across an abandoned railroad bridge the girls visited and an audio recording of a man believed to be the suspect saying “down the slope.”

Authorities have since released two sketches of the suspected killer, including one in April 2019 based on Herman’s cell phone video, which is believed to be more accurate than the sketch released in July 2017.

In April 2019, police also released a video showing a man suspected of killing the teenagers walking across an abandoned railroad bridge the girls visited.

In December 2021, state police announced they were seeking information from people who had contact with someone who used a fake online profile to contact young girls.

At the time, state police said investigators investigating the deaths of Herman and Williams discovered a fictitious online profile called “anthony_shots” used from 2016 to 2017 on Snapchat, Instagram and other social media sites.