Holeman, Jerry, CJ4820, 270 Introduction: This project report pertains to the Delphi Double Homicide Investigation. The homicides of a 13 year old white female and a 14 year old white female. Both were found dead in a wooded area near the Monon High Bridge trails in Delphi, Indiana. The investigation revealed that the 13 year old female had died from one sharp force trauma to the neck. The 14 year old female died from four sharp force traumas to the neck. A multi-agency investigation was conducted by the Indiana State Police, Federal Bureau of Investigations, Carroll County Sheriff’s Department, Delphi City Police Department, and multiple other state, local and federal agencies. Demographics: Delphi is a city in and the county seat of …show more content…
The girls had made arrangements for Derek German, Liberty’s father, to pick up the girls at 1500 HRS. At approximately 1400 HRS a female witness walking on the trail near the bridge observed a man matching the photo that was released to the media of the suspect standing on a platform on the side of the bridge. The female turned around to walk back from the bridge and observed two teenage females walking towards the bridge. The two females were later identified as the victims. At approximately 1407 HRS Liberty takes a picture of Abigail and places it on Snapchat At approximately 1413 HRS Liberty takes a video of Abby on her cell phone. The video is at the end of the bridge and contains a brief frame of the suspect walking behind the girls. The audio captures both girls talking to each other. The suspect is heard saying “Hey Girls” “Down the Hill”. The video ends shortly after …show more content…
Derek arrives at the trail head at approximately 1513 Hrs. When he arrives he walks down the trail a little ways but did not see the girls so he went back to the trail head and call his family to come and help him locate the girls. At approximately 1610 HRS other family members search the trail all the way to the bridge and yell out for the girls. However, they were unable to locate them. At approximately 1557 HRS a witness sees a man walking west between the cemetery and the Mears residence, which is near the trail head and where the girls bodies were located later the next day. The man matches the description of the photo released and was muddy had had blood on him. *This information was not obtained until 3 months into the investigation. At approximately 1730 the Sheriff’s Office is notified about the girls missing by both families and a report is taken. A search party is organized and they begin to search for the girls. They start to ping Liberty’s phone however, Liberty’s phone goes dead or is turned off at approximately The search is called off for the evening at approximately 2300 and plans are made to meet the next day at the Delphi Fire department to begin searching for the
It was a normal sunny day. Samantha was abandoned by the parents at age 15. Samantha woke up knowing that she was not alone in her house. She felt this type of presence with her in her room. She gets a phone call from her friends she had met the day before.
Ridgway's killings started in July 1982, when young runaways and prostitutes began disappearing. That is when the first five bodies were found floating in the Green River, the first victim was 16-year-old Wendy Lee Cofield teenage runaway, then Deborah Bonner and then more. The body count kept growing and hit double digits in a short amount of time. The majority of the murders Ridgeway committed were between 1982 and 1984.By that time, Seattle’s residents became custom to looking over their shoulders, fearing for their lives, knowing that there is a dangerous killer on the loose.
The accused, Derek Saretzky, 24, proven guilty by the jury and sentenced to life imprisonment without parole for 75 years for the murders of Hanne Meketech, 69, Terry Blanchette, 27, and his little girl, Hailey Dunbar-Blanchette, 2. The knife that killed both adults, ultimately causing grave injury to a small-knit region known as Crowsnest Pass in southwestern Alberta. From the discovery of Hanne’s body on September 9th, 2015 to that of Terry’s on September 14th, 2015 left an entire area of Crowsnest Pass on edge. It was when the discovery of Terry’s lifeless body that issued an Amber Alert for Hailey’s disappearance. One hundred police officers were involved in the case and in the disappearance of Hailey, who was broadcasted all over the
In 1925 without telling the head of the school board, Mr. Jordan Ida Bidson, a fourteen year old takes over her teacher’s job secretly after the teacher left when an emergency popped up with her mother. Ida and her fellow classmates continued on with their studies hoping not to repeat everything that they learned this year. Until the county examiner comes, she finds out what they are doing but agrees to not tell Mr. Jordan if every child takes the exam. Ida and Tom, the only two eighth graders in the school were the only ones that had to take it to pass the eighth grade and move on to high school. Ida accidentally told Mr. Bixler, Herbert Bixler’s dad that they have not told Mr. Jordan about what they were doing at the school house.
The teens had been seen drinking illegally before the tragic event. So, the cause of their death could have been because they were drunk. All of the victims were graduates of the East Lyme High School in 1987. The families of this tragic event were stunned to find out that one of their loved ones was dead. Their families had last seen them when they were leaving for New
They start heading North and find an abandoned truck and sleep. When Thomas and Brenda wake-up they find themselves surrounded by Cranks. The Cranks try to make them to talk but before they can the Gladers, Aris, and Jorge help them and escape. They start heading to the Safe Haven and meet Group B, the group who is supposed to kill Thomas. Teresa is with this group.
Not The Ordinary Winter Break “Ding dong” the doorbell rang. Elisa sprung from the couch as she was surprised that such visit was happening at an unexpected time. It was December 21st. There has been a horrendous blizzard that swept through the small town of Montana, Whitefish. This caused winter days to be long and boring.
Incoming! There was a report of a small church fire at Windrix Hill, Oklahoma. The fire started at 2:00 pm on Friday 1965. It was reported as being caused by a burning cigarette left on the floor. Three boys, Ponyboy Curtis, Johnny Cade, and Dallas Minston were on the run for a murder of a Soc named Bob Sheldon.
A neighborhood child told a police officer that the children of the couple were being abused. When the children were being interviewed the children mentioned their sister Heather, which could not be found. Rose and Fred made up stories about Heather running away, yet they never reported her missing. The children mentioned that if they weren’t good they would end up like Heather under the patio. The authorities decided to start looking for Heather in the backyard.
In January 2016, the FBI and local police department began to investigate a property belonging to the family of Justin Wagers, a registered sex offender, who police believe may have been involved in Lauren’s disappearance. The house, located in the 2900 block of Old Morgantown Road in Martinsville, Indiana, was searched by officers with cadaver dogs. The dogs got a “hit” on the site, which caused a team of forensic investigators to dig up parts of the property in search of evidence related to Lauren’s disappearance, but no definitive evidence was
The Murder of Danielle Van Dam By: Nevethan Jeyachandran Submitted to Dr.Monica Sauer Student Number: 500-523-913 Course: Intro to Forensics (CCHY-183) December 01, 2014 Introduction The Murder of Danielle Van Dam is a gruesome case which took place in the year 2002. A 7-year old girl went missing from her bedroom in San Diego, California, on Feb1-2, 2002. Her badly decomposed body was found in a remote area far away from her home on February 27. Police suspected a neighbour, David Alan Westerfield for the murder.
In the graveyard one night, waits Tom and Huck for the thieves to come by. They sat there not expecting what they were about to see. As three men wandered into the graveyard, they began digging, but not for a body, for a treasure map. At last they had found it. The three men instantly began to argue over who’s map it was.
The Hill’s Cemetery “Joe, wait up!” Caleb and Miles cried as they ran through the parking lot. It was a dark autumn night, and three friends were at the Hills Cemetery just after their best friend Amy 's funeral. “I need to find my phone!” Joe cries as a gush of wind hit her face.
“I explained to you already. An idiotic dance filled with psycho girls sounds like a nightmare.” I rolled my eyes at my butler, Steven. “But sir Michael, your father says you need a woman in your life to help when you become king.
A Haunted Halloween In the town of Hull stone, on a Halloween night, four kids met up at Joe’s house to have a sleepover. Bob, Claire and Emily showed up at his house with their candy baskets. They left the house to go trick or treating in Joe’s neighborhood. The evening passed quickly as they had collected a lot of candy and they were returning to Joe’s house to begin their sleepover.