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Liberty German, 14, and Abigail Williams, 13, were found dead last week in Indiana
Police said German had the "presence of mind" to take cell phone video of the suspect
One of two Indiana teens found dead on a hiking trail last week had taken cell phone video of a man that police believe is a suspect in their double homicide, law enforcement officials said Wednesday.
They were reported missing after they didn’t arrive at a designated pickup time. Their bodies were found the next day near a trail about a half-mile upstream from the bridge, police said.
Law enforcement agents last week released a grainy photo of a suspect: a white man wearing blue jeans, a blue coat and a hoodie. They are still trying to identify him and have said there may be other suspects.
Police said that the photo came from a video that Libby had taken on her cell phone.
Officials also released audio of a male voice saying the words “down the hill,” in the hopes the public might identify the suspect’s voice.
“There’s enough there that somebody could recognize somebody’s voice,” said Captain Dave Bursten, the chief public information officer for Indiana State Police.
Police have said they have more video but they are not releasing it.
Officials want anyone with information to call their tip line, and said there was a reward of as much as $41,000.
Police said they have more video but they are not releasing it at this time.
There is no indication that the case is tied to other murders, said Greg Massa, assistant special agent in charge of the FBI’s Indianapolis division.