On February 14, 2017, searchers make a discovery in the woods near Delphi, Indiana that changes the town forever.

Abigail Williams and Liberty German are found.

What investigators encounter in those first moments triggers an immediate and massive response, including the Indiana State Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

For years, almost nothing about this crime scene is made public. It becomes one of the most tightly guarded scenes in modern American law enforcement. Even experienced reporters with deep sourcing are left with little information.

Why is so much held back?

In Part Two of DEVIANT’s extended Delphi series, host Dan Szematowicz moves into the earliest hours of the investigation. We look at what police see, what stands out to them, and what early questions begin shaping the direction of the case.

What makes investigators describe the scene as odd and strange?
What decisions are made in those first critical hours?
What possibilities are considered?
And how do those first impressions influence everything that follows?

Before turning fully to the evidence, we also pause to remember Abby and Libby as they were in life. Friends. Daughters. Kids with plans.

This episode focuses on context, process, and the foundation of the investigation. The timeline matters. The details matter. What was known, and what was not known, matters.

We continue step by step.

We're not yet drawing conclusions or taking sides...just telling the story as it unfolds.

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