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Hi, I'm Emily. I'm Ashley and this is Books with youh Besties. Hi, besties. We are back today with the Delphi Murders, Part 2, Abby Williams and Libby German. So if you have not listened to part one, stop. Now, go back and listen to the entire episode because today we are going to jump into everything about the investigation. We are also on a new recording platform that we are excited about and we are hoping that the sound quality is great. But if it's not, we promise we will clean it up and figure it out. Right, Em? Yep. In the future, we'll get it better. We will. But this one has fun clips so we're going to give it a try. There are a lot of updates. So please listen to the entire episode because at the end you're going to find out where things stand today. A little bit about Libby and Abby. They were found on February 14, 2017. They were found on the property of Ron Logan. So today we need to talk a little bit about who Ron Logan is because certainly if bodies were found on YouTube, your property, they're going to have a lot of questions for you, right? For sure. Ron Logan was an older man. He owned a 30 acre property in Delphi, Indiana, which is again, where the bodies of Abby and Libby were found. His land included the area near Deer Creek, which was right where Monon High Bridge was and was the last location of the girls before they disappeared. This is going to be important later on, but at the time of the murders, Ron Logan was on probation. He was on probation for a driving under the influence conviction and his probation conditions explicitly prohibited him from driving a vehicle. And again, later, we'll talk about why that's important. On the day of the murders, which was February 13, Logan drove to a nearby town, which was a violation of his probation. When investigators initially learned this, they confronted him. He not only admitted to breaking probation, but tried to fabricate an alibi by asking a family member to say they drove him that day. This raised some red flags. And Emily, you and I talked about this, that was this a scramble to find an alibi because of the murders or was it because he knew he had violated his probation and was going to have to then return to jail? So it's kind of murky as to why he, he blatantly lied about his alibi. I think with this information about Ron, we have three main questions we kind of need to answer, which would be why would he be a suspect? Because people do dump bodies, places where they don't murder them. Number two was he ever a suspect? Did the police ever look into him? And then number three is not a question, but more of a bombshell. And oh my gosh, is is alleged thing that someone said true? So those are the three things we're going to try to kind of piece out about the investigation and Ron Logan. Here are the reasons that he would, in my mind, make a reasonable suspect. And all of these are from news reports that were in an article and on a News segment from Alive11 News and Fox59 News, both on May 17th in 2022. So number one, the proximity to the crime scene. Logan's Property was located 1400ft from where the victim's bodies were discovered, which obviously raises suspicions about his potential involvement. If bodies are found in your property, I'm pretty sure you're going to be a suspect. Number two, assistant alibi Ogan claimed he was picked up by a friend on the afternoon of February 13th and driven to an aquarium store. Investigators found a receipt from the store. The checkout time was 5:21pm this cast a ton of doubt on his timeline because he claimed to be there between 2 and 3pm but cell phone records showed otherwise. Cell phone data? Oh, cell tower data indicated that Logan's phone was in the area near the bridge trail on the afternoon, suggesting he was near the crime scene. And the last two are physical similarity to the suspect. So some witnesses noted that Logan's physical build and voice were similar to the man in the video recorded by Libby German. Again, listen to episode one. We talk all about the video and the voice and the build of the man. Lastly would be behavioral concerns that Logan did have a recorded history of violent behavior, which included threats to former partners, owned multiple weapons, both of which contributed to his status as a person of interest. Was he a suspect? Initially, yes. Investigators searched his home and property. Here's the thing. I have not been able to find anything that says what was or was not found on his property. What I do know to be true is that not only was he not charged, but he also was not cleared. So he has remained a murky potential suspect in the case. He passed away in 2022 from complications of COVID But here is the bombshell. In an article on Indianapolis CBS4 in February 2025 by Max Lewis and Cooper Hudson, a motion was filed by attorneys for convicted Delphi murderer Richard Allen. The motion asked Judge Goll to force prosecutor Nicholas McClelland to turn over any evidence he had related to inmate Ricky Davis. So why does this matter? And who is Ricky Davis? According to These court filings. An inmate named Ricky Davis, who was incarcerated with Logan at the New Castle Correctional Facility, was reported that Logan confessed to him in 2017. Davis claimed Logan described killing the girls with a box cutter, which will be important after a confrontation on his property, stating it got, quote unquote, out of hand. Davis also alleged that Logan mentioned two other individuals being involved, though their identity was not disclosed. So on Fox 59, this is the statement that was provided. Mr. Logan has made reference to the killings in Delphi, Indiana. He told me he was the one who had killed those girls and that it got out of hand. He walked with them in the woods to his property and the girls wanted to turn back. He said something about walking, that he grabbed the youngest girl to reassure her it was okay. However, they panicked and he panicked. He indicated he ended up cutting the oldest with a box cutter. He went on telling me that he killed both of them and that he took it too far. Indiana State Police First Sergeant P. Hansford interviewed Davis on the same day he wrote this statement. The officer's notes from the interview were published with the filing and provided more details about Logan's supposed confession. Davis told the officer that Logan said he was walking with the girls through the woods to take them home to see some of his animals and that things got completely out of hand and he slit both the girls throats. Logan said he returned to the scene of the crime later in the evening while the searches were for the girls were taking place. Davis said Logan told him he tried to move Libby's body to an area where it wouldn't be found. Logan also said he burned the clothes he wore that day in a fire pit. His supposed confession contained details that were not public at the time. So there were details he provided in this confession that were not public. So again, why does this confession matter? Logan was a prime suspect in the killings in the very early days of the investigation. The the FBI was able to get a search warrant for his home immediately. In that warrant, Agent Nicole Robertson said Logan's phone pinged in the area of the Monon High bridge Trail at 2:09pm the day the girls were murdered. The prosecution contends the girls were killed around 2:32pm because that's the last time Libby's phone registered any movement. Remember, he said he was at the aquarium during this time, but his cell phone shows that he was by the bridge. The data from Logan's phone also shows he sent a text message later that evening at 7:56pm and Robertson said the pings show Logan's phone was likely outside of his residence and in the proximity of where the bodies were located. The same phone data shows Logan received a text message at 10:16pm that same night. And again, the data indicates Logan's phone was outside his residence in the area where the bodies were located. The data completely lines up with this alleged confession and that he returned to the crime scene later.