500 calls come in on ‘anthony_shots’ profile possibly a part of Delphi murders

DELPHI, Ind. (WISH) — News 8 has learned hundreds of tips person travel successful to authorities astir a societal media illustration that whitethorn beryllium connected to the 2017 Delphi murders of 2 teens.

It’s a caller improvement successful a communicative News 8 was the archetypal to study past week.

Carroll County Sheriff Tobe Leazenby said investigators person received astir 500 calls since the accusation connected the fake “anthony_shots” illustration was released past week by Indiana State Police.

The adjacent day, News 8 broke the communicative connecting Kegan Kline to the account.

At slightest 3 women person told News 8 that they received disturbing messages from either the “anthony_shots” illustration oregon the idiosyncratic relationship of Kegan Kline. News 8 is not utilizing the names of the 3 women who openly shared their information.

A podcast called “The Murder Sheet” talked to different pistillate who said her interactions with Kline started erstwhile she was lone 12 years old. “He would conscionable archer maine however beauteous I am, that I should travel enactment the nighttime astatine his house, fto him instrumentality maine retired of state,” said the pistillate connected the podcast.

Kline admitted to authorities and national agents that helium opened the relationship conscionable 12 days aft the murders of Abigail “Abby” Williams and Liberty “Libby” German adjacent Delphi successful February 2017. Abigail, 13, and Libby, 14, went retired connected the Monon High Bridge way adjacent Delphi for a locomotion connected Feb. 13, 2017, and what happened adjacent is mostly a mystery. The adjacent day, their bodies were recovered nearby.

Kline was not arrested until much than 3 years later.

Kline connected Thursday was successful the Miami County Jail successful Peru, Indiana, connected 30 felony charges that see kid porn and kid solicitation. Kline admits getting much than 100 intersexual pictures and videos of underage girls utilizing the “anthony_shots” profile.

So far, Indiana State Police has not publically connected Kline with the girls’ deaths, but investigators person talked astir the Delphi lawsuit successful some of their quality releases astir Kline and the societal media account.

The astir caller quality merchandise came Monday, aft News 8 reporting connected investigators who acknowledged the hold successful Kline’s arrest. They said they’ve conducted dozens of secondary investigations based connected accusation successful the murders of Abby and Libby.

We privation to accent that Kline has not been charged successful the murders of Abby and Libby. No 1 has.

Kline was expected to beryllium successful tribunal Thursday, but a justice canceled the appearance. Kline is present scheduled to spell connected proceedings successful May.

Anyone with accusation was asked to interaction abbyandlibbytip@cacoshrf.com oregon 765-822-3535, and supply arsenic overmuch accusation arsenic possible, specified arsenic erstwhile and however you communicated with “anthony_shots,” what societal media apps were used, and if “anthony_shots” attempted to conscionable you oregon get your address. “If you person saved images oregon conversations with the anthony_shots profile, delight connect them to your email,” the merchandise said.

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Timeline of events

• Feb. 13, 2017 – Abby and Libby are dropped disconnected astatine the Monon High Bridge Trail and are not determination erstwhile household comes to prime them up.
• Feb. 14, 2017 – The girls’ bodies are found.
• Feb. 15, 2017 – Police release photos of a antheral wanted for questioning, aboriginal considered the main suspect.
• Feb. 22, 2017 – Police release an audio file they accidental whitethorn incorporate the suspect’s dependable saying “down the hill.”
• May 13, 2017 – A celebration of life is held for the girls.
• June 16, 2017 – Police reach 18,000 tips received.
• July 18, 2017 – Police add unit to analyse the precocious volume of tips.
• Oct. 3, 2017 – Indiana State Police sojourn Colorado to investigate Daniel Nations after receiving a tip.
• Nov. 11, 2017 – Carroll County Prosecutor Rob Ives announces he’s stepping down.
• Jan. 1, 2018 – New authoritative Nicholas McLeland takes the post.
• Jan. 16, 2018 – The proprietor of the spot wherever the girls’ bodies were found is ordered to location detention.
• Jan. 17, 2018 – The families of the girls give interviews with nationalist quality outlets in hopes of bringing attraction to the case.
• Feb. 13, 2018 – ISP superintendent speaks connected murders 1 twelvemonth later.
• April 22, 2019 – ISP releases new sketch and video clip.
• April 24, 2019 – ISP clarifies reasons for merchandise of 2nd sketch.
• April 30, 2019 – The sheriff asks to stop station images of imaginable suspects.
• July 10, 2019 – Libby’s sister addresses rumors during a livestream.
• Jan. 8, 2020 – Delphi gets a new constabulary chief.
• April 5, 2021 – The reward for accusation successful the Delphi murders grows to $325,000.
• Dec. 6, 2021 – Police question assistance to place the creator of a societal media relationship for “anthony_shots.”