S9E20: The Delphi Murders w/ Barb & Drew

Truth & Justice with Bob Ruff

Bob Ruff

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 31 January 2021

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Bob is joined by HLN Investigative Journalists Barbra MacDonald and Andrew Iden. Barb and Drew host the "Down the Hill" podcast, where they take a deep dive into the February 13, 2017 murders of Abby Williams and Libby German. Abby and Libby were last seen in a wooded area in Delphi, headed towards the Monan High Bridge. Their bodies were discovered the next day. Libby managed to capture video and audio of her attacker. In the beginning it seemed as though justice would be swift in this horrific case, but four years later the case remains unsolved.

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0:00.0	From NBI Studios, this is Truth Injustice, a crowdsourced investigation in real time.
0:15.9	I'm Bob Ra.
0:32.9	Valentine's Day 2017. In the small Indiana town of Delphi, the bodies of 13-year-old Abby Williams,
0:42.2	and her friend 14-year-old Libby German were found in a wooded area near the Monon High Bridge.
0:49.2	The case shocked the world. Not only because two innocent young teenagers had been murdered,
0:56.8	but also because police had and shared not only a photo, but also video and audio of their killer.
1:05.2	And somehow still, nearly four years later, no one has been arrested for this senseless and horrible crime.
1:14.7	This is a case that is near and dear to my heart. As a father of a 14-year-old daughter,
1:20.8	my heart breaks for Libby and Abby's families. As an investigator, I continue to become more
1:27.5	and more frustrated that even though it seems like the answer is right in front of us,
1:32.0	the case remains unsolved. The case, known to most as the Delphi murders, is riddled with mystery.
1:41.1	The questions outnumber the answers by the thousands. HLN journalist Barbara McDonald and Andrew
1:48.1	Eidon set out to answer as many of these questions as possible. Their podcast titled Down the Hill,
1:55.0	put boots on the ground in Delphi, Indiana and digs deeper into this case than anyone has ever done
2:00.8	before. They're here with me today to share what they've discovered. This is season 9 finale episode,
2:08.9	the case of the Delphi murder.
2:23.1	All right, Barbara and Drew, thank you guys so much for taking time to join me.
2:26.8	There's a lot of podcasts we're really dying to get into the podcast and the production.
2:31.0	And then there are some of these where I'm really dying to get into the case. And this one is
2:36.1	more of the latter because this case is so frustrating.
2:40.3	Isn't it?
2:40.9	Yeah, I remember when it first was on the news three years ago and being really intrigued
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