View the last few pictures of this video. Brown would ask for feedback on her public speaking, Roberts said. Im having a hard enough time, another message from Kline read. The girls' families say they are desperate for the case to finally be brought to a close. Gannett Fleming, Inc. Oct 1991 - Apr 19942 years 7 months. I dont know. He is jailed on 30 charges, including child exploitation, child pornography, obstruction of justice and child solicitation, online court records show. Today could be the day. Kegan Kline, an accused pedophile who was communicating with Libby through a catfish social media account, reportedly Googled the Marathon gas station in Delphi on Feb. 13, 2017 - the same day Libby, 14, and Abigail Williams, 13, were murdered near a bridge. Hard to believe. Everyone is making money off of my name and I'm sitting here hungry with nothing.'. He pleaded not guilty and is awaiting. If you have iTunes and it doesn't open automatically, try opening it from your dock or Windows task bar. ", Indiana State Police will not confirm that Abby or Libby communicated with "anthony_shots." New information on the "anthony_shots" account is now public thanks to the true crime podcast Murder Sheet, which obtained a transcript of a police interview with 27-year-old Kegan Kline, an Indiana man arrested in 2020 and charged with possession of child pornography and related charges. The home was raided 12 days after the girls were murdered as part of the child pornography investigation. It means a lot, Roberts said, to not have to attend every event alone and to have someone there to think of it. Retired FBI Special Agent in Charge Michael Tabman said he isn't sure this interview will do much for the . Kegan Kline, 27, of Peru, Indiana, has been jailed since 2020 for allegedly soliciting and possessing child pornography using a fake social media persona. IE 11 is not supported. In addition to wanting money, women have been contacting him, and he is trying to exploit them sexually in order to give them information about the case, podcast host and attorney Kevin Greenlee told Fox News Digital. The account, it would later emerge, was being run by Kline who allegedly used images of a male model to solicit nude images and videos from underage girls. The next day, I-Team 8 uncovered court documents showing a man named Kegan Kline had been connected to the "anthony_shots" account and that law enforcement had been looking into him since 2017 . If you're a woman in politics, she told Brown, you're going to get questions about your hair. "She's truly got her work cut out for her.". Supt. The transcript indicates that Kline had access to the account, which had been in contact with German. "During Kegan's interview," the 2020 affidavit stated, "he initially denied creating fake social media accounts and talking to underage girls. But now, five and a half years on, with only questions and very few answers, Carrie says has lost all faith in law enforcement to bring her daughter's killer to justice. Murdaugh is heckled as he leaves court, Mom who lost both sons to fentanyl blasts laughing Biden, Moment teenager crashes into back of lorry after 100mph police race, Missing hiker buried under snow forces arm out to wave to helicopter, Family of a 10-month-old baby filmed vaping open up, Hershey's Canada releases HER for SHE bars featuring a trans activist, Ukrainian soldier takes out five tanks with Javelin missiles. The motion was filed Wednesday and comes two days after a judge agreed to dismiss five charges against Kline. If you or someone you know may be the victim of child abuse, please contact the Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline at 1-800-4-A-Child (1-800-422-4453) or contact their live chat services. Kline is a suspect in a Miami County child exploitation and child pornography case. Sources close to the investigation told Murder Sheet that FBI agents were instructed by the Indiana State Police to go to the Marathon gas station to obtain surveillance footage and see if Kline ever went there. Using the fake account, Kline had allegedly groomed 15 girls and manipulated them into sharing hundreds of explicit photos and videos with him, having gained their trust. A preliminary plea of not guilty to those charges was entered for Kline on Aug. 21, 2020, NBC News reports. She was friendly and nice about it, he said, even when some of her friends weren't. Police said Kline's device logged into the "anthony_shots" Snapchat account the day that the girls were killed. His trial for that case has been repeatedly pushed back by officials for reasons unknown. The person in the photos on the account is Alaska police officer and model Vince Kowlaski. An Indiana man who authorities say created a fake social media account potentially linked to the unsolved 2017 murders of two teenage girls in Delphi is denying his involvement in their deaths. Later, he demanded '$300 for his commissary' and an additional $100 to be put on his jail phone to facilitate texts. It doesn't make headlines in Oregon, where the speaker of the House is a lesbian and Portland's former mayor, Sam Adams, was a gay man with a very public sex scandal. In Oregon, Brown is known for being warm, gracious and also ambitious. Not at all. "Thought you all would enjoy this picture of Kati (sic) at the beginning her political career which started at Ralph R Reeder elementary school," Mark Simons wrote. Brown asked for a kiss, and Large bent her over backwards in an intense embrace. Kegan Kline, 28, is in custody on charges of child pornography that are unrelated to the murders ofAbigail Williams, 13, and Libby German, 14, two friends who were murdered in 2017 after going for a walk on a disused train line. The photo went up on Instagram with two happy, genuine smiles. In a flurry of activity this week, police in Indiana requested custody of Kline from Miami, where he was being held. Thanks for contacting us. Kline set up the anthony_shots Instagram page to solicit nude photos from underage girls which he said he would masturbate to. How many questions are you wanting to ask? Dont worry. But how? A gas station worker told police he remembered agents coming in to collect the footage and that they cooperated fully. He was linked to theDelphi murdersafter he was reportedly in contact with one of the victims, 14-year-old Libby German, the night before she was murdered, according toFOX 59 Indianapolis. At one point, Kline told police of Libby, "I don't remember talking to her really. The comments below have not been moderated. Kegan Kline was named by police as the suspect behind the catfish account. She told Out History that it was probably "inevitable," but it wasn't easy. Indiana State Police said they could not comment "due to this being an active and ongoing investigation.". He has pleaded not guilty in that case and is in jail awaiting trial. ', 'Something inside of me just says she was going to film that, come home and say look at this guy, he was acting really weird.'. According to Fox 59, Kline had been attempting to leverage information he claimed to have in relation to the murders in exchange for a plea deal that would shorten his sentence, as he potentially faces multiple consecutive 12-year spells behind bars if convicted, though no deal was brokered between Kline's defense team and federal prosecutors. In Oregon, Brown climbed the political ranks from the House of Representatives to the Senate to Senate majority leader to secretary of State. You have put out so much b******* against me. As Alex is jailed for horrific executions of his wife and son rumors abound in the sleepy South Carolina town of Walterboro - and locals say 'most people don't believe he is the killer', Woman, 31, who had sex with 13-year-old boy and then became pregnant with his child will serve NO jail time in plea deal, 'Are y'all OK in LA?!' They met in seventh-grade math class, back when she sported a "Nixon Now" button. The other was Kegan Kline, an accused pedophile, who, like Allen, was an Indiana resident at the time of the murders, with an address in the city of Peru less than 40 miles from the center of Delphi. I would characterize our conversation with Kegan Kline as pretty brief, Cain explained. Both are the subject of criminal investigations. A lot about you. She is physically tiny but expansive in character. One of the people claim that Kegan looks like and is very close with his father, he said that they're both as bad as eachother. He has never been charged with the crime. Gary Blackmer, whom Brown hired to run her secretary of State's audits division in 2009, describes her as someone who loves to find problems and solve them. In recent months, the true-crime podcast "The Murder Sheet" has emerged as one of the media outlets closest to the Delphi murder case, so much so that its two creators, attorney Kevin Greenlee and journalist ine Cain got in touch with Kegan Kline who, having reportedly been planning to meet German the day after the murder, was for many the case's number one suspect for an interview in which the accused pedophile, who has never yet been officially charged in relation to the Delphi murders, could share his side of the story, according to the New York Post. The real man in the catfish pictures is Vincent Kowlaski, a married, 25-year-old Alaska police officer and father, who says he is horrified to have his face connected to the gruesome killings. Nikos Frazier / Journal & Courier via USA TODAY Network, unsolved 2017 murders of two teenage girls in Delphi, Kegan Kline is accused of creating an account by the name of "anthony_shots", Investigators identify creator of 'anthony_shots' social media account cited in Delphi teen slayings investigation. The Kline family home was raided 12 days after the murders, Members of the Indiana State Police (ISP) have spent over two weeks searching through a section of the Wabash River, The nature of the two girls' deaths has never been released by the police, The girls were killed at the Delphi Historic Trails where they'd been hiking during a day off from school. "These are the people who are saying oh, well catch him. In December 2021, ISP said in a Facebook post that it had uncovered a fictitious Instagram account under the username Anthony_Shots during its investigation into the murders. More precisely, the picture that shows what he posted on 02/12/2017. Brown just wanted to be thorough. They used to fish there for sure but what else - Bart knows that voice! This profile was being used from 2016 to 2017 on social media applications, including but not limited to, Snapchat and Instagram, Indiana police said in the Facebook post. They also searched a river near his home. Police have not confirmed what it is they're searching for. Kline, of Peru, Ind., is currently behind bars in Miami County, charged in August 2020 with 30 counts that included child exploitation, possession of child pornography and obstruction of justice, WXIN reports. The user of the "anthony_shots" profile, which was active in 2016 and 2017, "portrayed himself as being extremely wealthy and owning numerous sports cars," police said. Kegan is still being held in Miami on charges of child pornography. Authorities are asking anyone who may know something about the Instagram profile or anything about the case to contact law enforcement at abbyandlibbytip@cacoshrf.com or 765-822-3535. 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In a transcript of an interview with police from August 2020, Kline admitted to interacting with Libby on the account but denied any wrongdoing. Pictured below, youll see images of the known male model and images the fictitious anthony_shots profile sent to underage females., Police say German used her cellphone to snap images of a man walking across the railroad bridge shortly before she and Williams were killed on Feb. 13, 2017. Trump wants 'Freedom Cities' where cars can fly, parents get 'BONUSES' for having babies and huge monuments are built to 'true American heroes' in 'Quantum Leap' vision for the future, US soldier is sentenced to 45 years in jail for conspiring with Satanic neo-Nazi group to launch jihadi massacre on his OWN platoon as it guarded secret military site, Tom Sizemore, 61, dies after aneurysm and stroke: Action star known for Saving Private Ryan, Black Hawk Down and Born on the Fourth of July battled addiction, Floridians are told not to wash their face with tap water over brain-eating bug fears: Public health experts issue warning after man died from amoeba-infested water. Kegan Kline, 27, is currently in jail on separate child porn charges from 2017 He was arrested 10 days after Liberty German and Abigail Williams were found dead Kline lived 37 miles away from. She says she doesn't think he killed the girls but wants justice. He had asked reporter Aine Caine and lawyerKevin Greenlee, who host the podcast, for $400 in exchange for a one-hour interview about the murders. He has recently been linked to their killings by police because he was behind a fake Instagram account that cops say the girls were communicating with. A known sex offender who police say was the last person to speak with Delphi murder victims Liberty German and Abigail Williams has denied having any role in their killings in a jailhouse interview. No arrests have been made and no suspects have been named. INDIANAPOLIS The transcript of a police interview with Kegan Kline reveals new details about the investigation of the Delphi murders. Gov. publicized what they say is the suspect's voice, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. The two friends had been hiking the popular Monon High Bridge Trail in Delphi, Indiana, when they were brutally murdered by an unknown assailant. He told DailyMail.com last year: 'I was unaware that the Indiana state police were going to use my photos prior to them releasing all that information. 18:43 GMT 11 Feb 2022 "Some days I feel like I have a foot in both worlds, yet never really belonging to either," she wrote. Kline has allegedly admitted to using the fake social media accounts to talk to girls in 2016 and 2017 even if they told him they were under the age of 16 according to a probable cause affidavit out of Miami County obtained by WTHR. This is still an ongoing investigation.". Dont message me again. You have put out so much bulls*t against me. Kline is a suspect in a Miami County child exploitation and child pornography case. The former governor laughed and laughed, reminding Brown of then-first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, whose hairstyles were an obsession for the national media. Kline was not listed as a suspect in the double murder but one of his social media accounts, @anthony_shots, was allegedly in contact with Libby before she died.. For five years, the murders of 13-year-old Abby Williams and 14-year-old Libby German have hung over Delphi, ghosts that couldn't be put to rest. Anyone with information regarding the new information released by law enforcement officials should contact the Indiana State Police at abbyandlibbytip@cacoshrf.com or call 765-822-3535. In December, Indiana State Police said in a news release that the investigation into the murders led law enforcement to the "anthony_shots" profile. We asked him for clarification. Abby Williams and Libby German, both 13, were murdered while hiking a popular community trail near Delphi on Feb. 13, 2017. According to that, he was in Vegas, not Indiana. Her sexuality has rarely been an issue in Oregon, and while Brown rarely brings it up, she doesn't shy away from it either. Produced over 60 proposals or qualifications documents per year for the Water Resources and Geotechnical Division of this consulting firm . "I've done everything they wanted me to and it's like they're just harassing me.". And that's what the police tell me," he said. Kate Brown speaks during a press conference on Friday, Feb. 20, 2015, at the Oregon State Capitol. He was living not far from where the girls' bodies were found in February 2017. In 2019, police released a brief video clip -- footage taken from Libby's phone -- showing a grainy image of the suspect walking on the bridge near where the girls were last seen. "Kate Brown, Oregon's new governor, boosts the 'B' in LGBT," read one headline. Blackmer, her chief auditor, didn't even have to suggest it. Two days before she took her oath of office, a friend of Brown's from back home posted a photo of her on the Mounds View High School Class of 1978 Facebook page. By clicking Accept All Cookies, you agree to the storing of cookies on your device to enhance site navigation, analyze site usage, and assist in our marketing efforts. I won't name the dad but he's the resident seen in the affidavit located at the raid property in Peru.