Investigators allege that the account portrayed the person as "being extremely wealthy and owning numerous sports cars" and "used this information while communicating with juvenile females to solicit nude images, obtain their addresses, and attempt to meet them.". Pictured below, youll see images of the known male model and images the fictitious anthony_shots profile sent to underage females., Police say German used her cellphone to snap images of a man walking across the railroad bridge shortly before she and Williams were killed on Feb. 13, 2017. In March, Cain and Greenlee obtained a 2020 transcript of an ISP interview with Kline that was accidentally posted online. Ill answer some, but not for free. , updated Kegan Kline, 27, of Peru, Indiana, has been jailed since 2020 for allegedly soliciting and possessing child pornography using a fake social media persona. 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He maintained that he did not have anything to do with the killings. The best friends were supposed to be picked up from the trails by family later that afternoon, but they never showed up to the pickup location. Back in Minnesota, where she grew up, she is still just Katie Brown. "She's truly got her work cut out for her.". "It would be great to finally get some justice for the girls.". For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. 'My resolve to catch him is as strong now as it was day one.'. German and Abigail Williams, 13, were found murdered on the morning of Feb. 13, 2017, after Germans sister dropped the pair off at the entrance of a hiking trail the day prior. People doing interviews that don't even know me and lying all about me. 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Kegan Kline first came to be linked with the Delphi murders in December 2021, when Indiana Police revealed that Kline was the owner of fake social media accounts featuring the image of a male model that he used to contact underage girls online. ", Gov. In 2009, she attended Basic Rights Oregon's annual auction and dinner, where Portland rock singer Storm Large was auctioning off kisses. Anyone with information can submit a tip at abbyandlibbytip@cacoshrf.com or 765-822-3535. The 28-year-old has not been charged in connection to the deaths of Libby and Abby and has never been publicly named as a suspect. In a flurry of activity this week, police in Indiana requested custody of Kline from Miami, where he was being held. Hard to believe. From tonight's live-stream. But then they point out that Kegan Kline had taken a polygraph test where he was asked: 'Do you know who committed these murders?' Kline told HLN that investigators told him that the "anthony_shots" account was the last to communicate with Liberty before she was killed. They also searched a river near his home. And that's what the police tell me," he said. Kegan Kline is jailed on unrelated child sex abuse images and child exploitation charges. Anyone with information regarding the new information released by law enforcement officials should contact the Indiana State Police at abbyandlibbytip@cacoshrf.com or call 765-822-3535. Kline is a suspect in a Miami County child exploitation and child pornography case. Thanks for contacting us. The two friends had been hiking the popular Monon High Bridge Trail in Delphi, Indiana, when they were brutally murdered by an unknown assailant. New details have come to light in the unsolved Delphi, Indiana, double murder investigation with the publication of a police interview with a man who, according to transcripts, admitted to communicating with 14-year-old victim Libby German. A preliminary plea of not guilty to those charges was entered for Kline on Aug. 21, 2020, NBC News reports. The other was Kegan Kline, an accused pedophile, who, like Allen, was an Indiana resident at the time of the murders, with an address in the city of Peru less than 40 miles from the center of Delphi. Liberty, 14, and Abigail, 13, were killed in February 2017 after they were dropped off near an abandoned rail bridge to walk around and hang out, according to police. Though Richard Allen is the first and only person so far to have been charged in connection with the double murder, other names have been made public. Police also accused Kline of communicating with Libby on the day she was killed, according to the transcript. The Kline family home was raided 12 days after the murders, Members of the Indiana State Police (ISP) have spent over two weeks searching through a section of the Wabash River, The nature of the two girls' deaths has never been released by the police, The girls were killed at the Delphi Historic Trails where they'd been hiking during a day off from school. Kate Brown speaks at press conference. He also reportedly attempted to get the adult women who have contacted him in prison to perform sexual favors in exchange for information, which Greenlee noted in the latest episode of The Murder Sheet podcast is particularly disturbing given the crimes Kline is accused of. "During Kegan's interview," the 2020 affidavit stated, "he initially denied creating fake social media accounts and talking to underage girls. He was living not far from where the girls' bodies were found in February 2017. One of the people claim that Kegan looks like and is very close with his father, he said that they're both as bad as eachother. 'I had to learn about the whole case overnight and am appalled to know what happened to those poor girls. "During Kegan's interview," the 2020 affidavit stated, "he initially denied creating fake social media . Kegan Kline was named by police as the suspect behind the catfish account. The home was raided 12 days after the girls were murdered as part of the child pornography investigation. The identity of the man depicted remains a mystery. Im having a hard enough time, another message from Kline read. I don't know anything, anything to do with it. Until then, the only suspect was James Chadwell. As the New York Post reports, though the creators of "The Murder Sheet" did in fact manage to speak with Kline, the accused pedophile was extremely agitated with the two podcast hosts. Kline, of Peru, Ind., is currently behind bars in Miami County, charged in August 2020 with 30 counts that included child exploitation, possession of child pornography and obstruction of justice, WXIN reports. The fictitious anthony_shots profile used images of a known male model and portrayed himself as being extremely wealthy and owning numerous sports cars. Authorities are asking anyone who may know something about the Instagram profile or anything about the case to contact law enforcement at abbyandlibbytip@cacoshrf.com or 765-822-3535. However, there were either additional technical issues or "some kind of task management mishap" and the FBI later returned the hard drive without having viewed or downloaded the footage. "Now, we must restore the public's trust.". People doing interviews that dont even know me, Aine, and lying all about me. She could explain any policy or any topic clearly, in a way anyone could understand. 'Instagram and cat fishing has been a problem for me since the start, these social media platforms do nothing to stop that type of thing from happening unfortunately.'. Brown went on to the University of Colorado and then to the Northwestern School of Law at Lewis and Clark College in Portland. A lot about you. "These are the people who are saying oh, well catch him. ABC News' Jenn Leong and Matt Knox contributed to this report. Brown made Oregon history as the first woman to serve as Senate majority leader in 2004, just a few years before she became secretary of State in 2008. How many questions are you wanting to ask? Indiana State Police will not be drawn on what prompted them to search the river over the last two weeks, or when the last time the girls communicated with Kline was. 'This guy could strike again. The prosecutor had requested the dismissal, claiming there was insufficient evidence to prove those five charges. "Kate Brown, Oregon's new governor, boosts the 'B' in LGBT," read one headline. Their bodies were found Feb. 14, 2017, in a wooded area about a half-mile from the bridge. Brown asked for a kiss, and Large bent her over backwards in an intense embrace. He has recently been linked to their killings by police because he was behind a fake Instagram account that cops say the girls were communicating with. Carrie German told The U.S. Sun that she is shocked and frustrated - but not all that surprised - by the claims, having been "repeatedly let down" by law enforcement in the five years since her daughter Libby was killed. But now, five and a half years on, with only questions and very few answers, Carrie says has lost all faith in law enforcement to bring her daughter's killer to justice. Sleep well,' he said. "I've done everything they wanted me to and it's like they're just harassing me.". He can be heard telling them 'Guys, down the hill.' Kegan Anthony Kline, 27, is allegedly the man behind a fake social media account that investigators say might be connected to the 2017 murders of teens Abigail Williams and Liberty German By. A judge has approved Kegan Kline's request for a continuance in his child pornography case . Roberts sat beside her also. They used to fish there for sure but what else - Bart knows that voice! There is Brown, maybe 11 years old, speaking at a podium and wearing a political button. "Oregon has been in the national news for all the wrong reasons," Brown said at her inauguration Wednesday. Kegan Kline first came to be linked with the Delphi murders in December 2021, when Indiana Police revealed that Kline was the owner of fake social media accounts featuring the image of a male model that he used to contact underage girls online. The affidavit,. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. On Monday, October 31, 2022, Indiana State Police investigators and prosecutors held a press conference to announce the arrest of Richard Allen, 50, who had been charged the previous Friday with the murder of 14-year-old Libby German and 13-year-old Abby Williams in February 2017. Kegan Kline, 28, is in custody on charges of child pornography that are unrelated to the murders ofAbigail Williams, 13, and Libby German, 14, two friends who were murdered in 2017 after going for a walk on a disused train line. Kegan Kline, 27, is currently in custody in Miami County, Indiana, for 30 counts of child pornography-related charges dating back to 2016 and 2017. 18:43 GMT 11 Feb 2022 Kegan Kline, 27, created the fake . A MOTHER of one of the girls killed in the still-unsolved Delphi murders says she is "disgusted" with the FBI following reports the bureau bungled potentially crucial evidence in the case. He was living a mere 40 miles from where the girls vanished, and was being investigated for child porn possession. One of the people claim that Kegan looks like and is very close with his father, he said that they're both as bad as eachother. That report (and the probable cause affidavit embedded within said article) revealed that Kline was on . In Oregon, Brown climbed the political ranks from the House of Representatives to the Senate to Senate majority leader to secretary of State. However, Allen was not the first suspect to be publicly linked to the Delphi murders. By Jennifer Smith, Chief Reporter For Dailymail.Com, Published: 09:52 EST, 2 September 2022 | Updated: 15:33 EST, 2 September 2022, Kegan Kline is being held in jail in Miami on unrelated child porn charges - but he's complaining about being 'hungry' and having a 'hard time' behind bars. DELPHI, Ind. "I'm slightly surprised because I'd expect the local police department to fumble the ball like that, but I wouldn't have thought the FBI would," said an anguished Carrie. Authorities in 2019 released a new suspect sketch that officials said was based on a witness' recollection of what he or she saw. On her second day in office, she snapped a selfie with Republican Senate staffer Tayleranne Gillespie, simply because Gillespie asked her to. She said she hasn't been contacted by police about the search as she has been for other significant developments and everything she knows about it she learned on Facebook. Minyvonne Burkeis a senior breaking news reporter for NBC News. She is poised and calm, commanding the attention of the adults sitting in the background of the photo. The two girls were reported missing a day earlier after vanishing while hiking along the Delphi Historic Trails during a day off from school. Please check out Murder Sheet Podcast. It happenedto our family, I don't want it to happen to anybody else. He was linked to the Delphi murders after he. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. He is jailed on 30 charges, including child exploitation, child pornography, obstruction of justice and child solicitation, online court records show. ine \u0026 Kevin have done some great work here and are very responsible with the documents they stumbled across. 'It's probably the smallest thing but it's the one thing we are missing and that's just what we keep hoping for - that one small thing will come to light and that this will be over soon,' Abby's mother Anna Williams said. He didnt provide it. 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I was advised by my lawyer to not answer questions from anyone. But after that, his attempts at bullying her stopped. The "anthony_shots" account isn't the only possible lead in the Delphi case; police also have photos, video and audio. His trial for that case has been repeatedly pushed back by officials for reasons unknown. It doesn't make headlines in Oregon, where the speaker of the House is a lesbian and Portland's former mayor, Sam Adams, was a gay man with a very public sex scandal. New information on the "anthony_shots" account is now public thanks to the true crime podcast Murder Sheet, which obtained a transcript of a police interview with 27-year-old Kegan Kline, an Indiana man arrested in 2020 and charged with possession of child pornography and related charges. 'Instagram and catfishing has been a problem for me since the start, these social media platforms do nothing to stop that type of thing from happening unfortunately,' the 25-year-old told DailyMail.com in December. Kline said he has no recollection of speaking with Liberty. If you're a woman in politics, she told Brown, you're going to get questions about your hair. Im very upset about it. 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Kegan Kline Kline, who's currently being held in Miami County, is charged with 30 counts, including possession of child pornography, child exploitation, child solicitation and synthetic identity . Police suspect he is the killer, A shot of the Monon High Bridge Trail that the girls posted on social media before their disappearance, The Indiana State Police have not confirmed that the search in the Wasbash River is related to the murders, This was the final Snapchat post Libby made on the day of her murder at 2.07pm in 2017. Libby and her best friend Abby Williams, 13, were on a local Delphi hiking trail when they were killed on Feb. 13, 2017. On Feb. 13, 2017, the two best . If you can't trust the police to do their jobs and you can't trust the FBI, then what hope do we have? Kegan's half brother compares Kegan and Tony's voices with the voice audio on the ''Bridge Guy'' video recording Liberty German recorded on her phone. Yeah, that is a weird a** coincidence that I happened to talk to her, like, I get that," he added. ", Indiana State Police will not confirm that Abby or Libby communicated with "anthony_shots." As Alex is jailed for horrific executions of his wife and son rumors abound in the sleepy South Carolina town of Walterboro - and locals say 'most people don't believe he is the killer', Woman, 31, who had sex with 13-year-old boy and then became pregnant with his child will serve NO jail time in plea deal, 'Are y'all OK in LA?!' I get you have a podcast and want money from this, but its wrong what youre doing, Aine, Kline said in one message to Cain that she and Greenlee discussed in their latest podcast episode. I've spoken to ex-friends and acquaintances of Kegan Kline. But in May last year, Libby's sister said she did not believe he was the killer. They have never revealed how the girls died, nor have they revealed the full contents of a video filmed by the girls on their phone in the moments before they were killed. It was a different time for women in politics, and Brown didn't always understand the realities of that. I won't name the dad but he's the resident seen in the affidavit located at the raid property in Peru. "Its obviously significant in some way, I can only just hope that its for the girls but we dont know. Brown came out as bisexual during her time in the Oregon Legislature. I didn't even know who she really was until after I saw that on the news.". Kegan Kline, 27, is currently in custody in Miami County, Indiana, for 30 counts of child pornography-related charges dating back to 2016 and 2017. "We always thought she would run at some point," Winters said. This Feb. 13, 2017, file photo released by the Indiana State Police shows a man walking along the trail system in Delphi, Ind., authorities say is the suspect in the killings of two teenage girls. I'm very upset about it. Murder Sheet found the transcript while looking through documents associated with Kline's criminal case online; this interview transcript was mistakenly published online and later taken down. There was a particularly striking exchange where a young woman was asking about the case and talking about church, and he responded very quickly by turning it into a sexual conversation.. She is physically tiny but expansive in character. It's unclear what led to his arrest or if he was ever questioned by police investigating the Delphi murders. Gannett Fleming, Inc. Oct 1991 - Apr 19942 years 7 months. Kegan Kline, 27, is currently in jail on separate child porn charges from 2017 He was arrested 10 days after Liberty German and Abigail Williams were found dead Kline lived 37 miles away from. On December 6, 2021, Indiana State Police brought up a profile known only as "anthony_shots" in connection with the Delphi case. SALEM, Ore. Even before Oregon's new governor, Kate Brown, took office, the national media and gay rights groups were touting her as the nation's first openly bisexual governor. 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Cain and Greenlee recently received an anonymous tip that led them to theWabash River in Peru, Indiana, not far from Klines home that was raided in 2017 after the Delphi murders on Aug. 23, where they witnessed and photographed authorities searching the water with various tools. Sources close to the investigation told Murder Sheet that FBI agents were instructed by the Indiana State Police to go to the Marathon gas station to obtain surveillance footage and see if Kline ever went there. 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Jennifer Smith, Chief Reporter For Dailymail.Com The user of the "anthony_shots" profile, which was active in 2016 and 2017, "portrayed himself as being extremely wealthy and owning numerous sports cars," police said. One was Ron Logan, the owner of the land on which the girls' bodies was discovered; though Logan reportedly lied to the police about where he was on the day of the murder, he was never charged and died in 2020 (via The Independent). She once worked with a male colleague, a large man, she said, and he liked to use his size to intimidate her. The girls' families say they are desperate for the case to finally be brought to a close. Police, according to the transcript, also said Kline failed a polygraph and then deleted his Snapchat and Instagram accounts and searched online "how long does DNA last. I've told them a hundred times," he said, referring to the police. The motion was filed Wednesday and comes two days after a judge agreed to dismiss five charges against Kline. Nobody answered the door.. When Cain and Greenlee asked Kline what they got wrong in their reporting, he evaded the question and said he would only provide answers in exchange for $400.
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