The community rallied around each other and were determined to help police in their investigation. In the weeks that followed, a reward of over $200k was raised and there were numerous memorial walks and events organised in order for the community to remember the girls and help their families. This is an act that she has been posthumously praised for as her courage and quick thinking provided evidence in what would sadly end up being an investigation into her own murder. The police did not divulge any further footage or stills from the video at this time in order to spare the feelings of the girls families but it is widely believed that Libby continued recording the incident on her phone whilst it was happening. It is believed that the video contained further evidence that would lead the police to reveal this unknown man as a suspect in the killings.

In the clip Libby has recorded the man clearly stating “Down the hill” - indicating that this person possibly forced the girls off the track and into the brush where they were eventually found. When the audio clips were released to the public there was an air on unrest. The police released this footage to the public in order to try and track this man down. The footage looked as if it had been recorded from in front of the man, with him walking towards the camera. The stills, video and audio footage were all of the same man who appeared to have been walking on the same track as the girls had been. It was upon looking into Libby’s phone that video and audio of a person of interest was discovered. In the days following the discovery the Delphi police department began investigating any evidence that was remaining at the scene of the murders, including the girls mobile phones and the data within them. Autopsies confirmed foul play but the police refused to give out further details on the actual cause of the girls deaths, causing speculation that they had been particularly violent. It wasn’t until the following day that authorities confirmed that the bodies were those of Libby and Abi and that they had now opened a murder investigation. People scoured the area where the girls had been hiking and at noon that day, two bodies were discovered off one of the trails. As the search rolled over into the following day concern began to grow.

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