Journal and Courier from Lafayette, Indiana • A1

FRIDAY 02.17.17llLAFAYETTE, IN JCONLINE.COM $1.50 RETAIL Classified8CLive7651DOpinions7AObituaries6-7DSports1CWeather8D INDEX AGannett Newspaper, Copyright 2017 Volume 99, Number 48 JCONLINE.COM@JCONLINEFACEBOOK.COM/JOURNALANDCOURIER 7 7 7 TRUMP: NO CHAOS HERE President says he inherited a mess from President Obama, assails news media. 1B IMMIGRANTS CLOSE BUSINESSES, STAY HOME FROM SCHOOL AND WORK IN PROTEST. LOCAL, 3A; USA TODAY, 1B DELPHI Police served a search warrant Thursday night at a home on West Bicycle Bridge Road, but no one is in custody, Indiana State Police Sgt. Kim Riley said. Riley said police interviewed a person and served the warrant at his home looking for information about killings of Liberty German and Abigail Williams, but police did not recover anything.

This leaves police back in the same shape they were in before they had the warrant, Riley said. But police have streamlined the way people can provide police with leads about the case. Earlier Thursday, police set up a dedicated phone line to gather tips on the slayings of the Delphi teenagers. The number is 844-459-5786. Any tips about the killings should be made to that number.

Tipsters may remain anonymous, if they wish, police said. Carroll County Sheriff Tobe Leazenby said police have been flooded with tips about the death of the girls who were killed Monday near the Monon High Bridge. The girls were dropped off about 1 p.m. to hike the historic trails, but they never returned. Their families reported them missing about 5:30 p.m.

Monday. Searchers worked into the night looking for the girls, then resumed the next day. Volunteer searchers found the bodies about 12:15 p.m. Tuesdayabout 50 feet north of Deer Creek south of the cemetery on Carroll County Road 300 North. breaking news reporter Ron Wilkins can be reached at 765-420-5231; follow on Twitter TRACKING DOWN CLUES NATE Two Delphi teens crossed this bridge while hiking Monday before being killed just outside of the Carroll County town.

Search warrant served but no arrests made in killings of two Delphi girls DELPHI The photo is small and grainy, its subject unclear. But the image, released Wednesday evening by Indiana State Police, is seemingly one of very few concrete leads in the deaths of two Delphi teenagers who disappeared Monday. Police would like to question the person in the photo: a man or woman in light blue jeans and a dark blue jacket, his or her face obscured with a hat and scarf, who was reportedly walking trail systemwhen 14-year-old Liberty German and 13-year-old Abigail Williams went missing. Now investigators are asking for the help to identify the individual. For many residents in the small Indiana town, finding the person in the picture could be the difference between Police seek person on trail at time girls went missing JOSEPH PAUL STATE POLICE Indiana State Police say this person was near High Bridge in Delphi about the time that Liberty German and Abigail Williams were.

RENSSELAER In between their classes on Thursday, many Saint College students attended a college fair set up on campus to help them find a new school. Representatives from more than 70 public and private institutions filled the Halleck Center Ballroom to help students understand what transferring to each of their campuses would look like in terms of academics, athletics and finances. of the hardest things has been trying to find a program that suits me and then also that suits my academic career as said Ihab Benlam, a freshman who runs cross country and track at Saint Benlam has been on the search for another private Division II school to attend this fall since Saint leaders announced two weeks ago that the college would suspend operationsat the end of this semester. The transfer process should be fair- ly easy for freshmen, many representatives at the college fair told him, because the credits earned so far will easily transfer to another institution. That could help Benlam avoid adding an extra year to his college career, which he said will be the case for a few of his friends.

As part of the temporary shut-down, current freshmen and sophomores will move to another school in a similar process that any student who transfers Colleges help Saint students find opportunities to transfer, get degree MEGHAN HOLDEN SeeST. RON WILKINS Liberty German (left) and Abigail Williams.