Authorities also have released a sketch of the suspect. Police have said Libby snapped a photo of the killer, and recorded his voice on her cell phone before she died. READ MORE: 5 People Displaced By Bridgeport Building Fire 1 Person Injured That prompted a five-hour standoff that ended with Etter’s suicide.Īuthorities are now investigating whether Etter might have killed Abby Williams and Libby German in 2017.

He allegedly followed her until she pulled into a friend’s driveway, where he abducted her.Įtter allegedly took her back to his family’s home, where he held her and sexually assaulted her before taking her back to her car.įive days later, police spotted Etter driving a truck that had been reported stolen, and pulled him over. Investigators received a tip about Etter in the Delphi murders, but it’s unclear if or when authorities would be able to determine if he’s the killer.Īccording to published reports, at the time Etter killed himself, he had been wanted in the kidnapping and sexual assault of a 26-year-old woman who pulled into his driveway on June 22 after she got a flat tire.Īuthorities said Etter asked if she needed help, but she didn’t feel safe, and declined, then drove down the road. There have been no arrests or charges in their deaths.Įtter is one of multiple suspects being investigated, according to Leazenby. Their bodies were found a day later on Valentine’s Day in a wooded area a quarter-mile from an abandoned railroad bridge that’s part of a trail system where the teens had planned to go hiking during a day off from school.Ībigail Williams (left) and Liberty German (right) (Credit: Facebook) READ MORE: Police Investigating 2 Armed Robberies In Lakeview EastĬarroll County Sheriff Tobe Leazenby confirmed Etter, among others, is being investigated as a possible suspect in the kidnapping and murders of Abby Williams and Libby German in Delphi in 2017.Ībby, 13, and Libby, 14, disappeared while they were hiking on the Monon High Bridge Trail near Delphi on Feb. Paul Etter, 55, shot and killed himself on June 27, after a five-hour standoff with police in Boone County, Indiana. CHICAGO (CBS) - A sexual assault suspect who killed himself during a standoff with police in central Indiana last month also has been considered a possible suspect in the murders of two teenage girls – Abby Williams and Libby German – In Delphi two years ago, although he hasn’t been officially linked to the case.