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. Less than 24 hours later, authorities found the girls' bodies on the side of a creek, a mile from the trail. "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. He also denied being in Delphi on the day the murders were committed. It happenedto our family, I don't want it to happen to anybody else. "Kate Brown, Oregon's new governor, boosts the 'B' in LGBT," read one headline. ", Gov. Anyone with information about the murders ofLibby and Abby is asked to emailAbbyandlibbytip@cacoshrf.comor call 844-459-5786. His trial for that case has been repeatedly pushed back by officials for reasons unknown. Kegan Kline, 27, created the fake . The girls' families say they are desperate for the case to finally be brought to a close. He thought the student council didn't push back hard enough against school principal Karl Brungardt and tried to change the student constitution to allow himself to run for Brown's seat as president. In a flurry of activity this week, police in Indiana requested custody of Kline from Miami, where he was being held. As the New York Post reports, though the creators of "The Murder Sheet" did in fact manage to speak with Kline, the accused pedophile was extremely agitated with the two podcast hosts. When Cain and Greenlee asked Kline what they got wrong in their reporting, he evaded the question and said he would only provide answers in exchange for $400. He used the photographs of Vince Kowlaski, a police officer and model who lives in Alaska. Kegan Kline, 28, (pictured) was linked to the Delphi murders, but never labeled a suspect Credit: Miami County Detention Center. 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. Police also publicized what they say is the suspect's voice -- a recording of him saying "guys down the hill" -- which was recovered from Libby's phone. Gov. Kline's name first emerged in the case late last year when investigators announced they were looking into asocial media user called Anthony_Shots who had been in communication with Libby prior to her death. ABC News' Jenn Leong and Matt Knox contributed to this report. "Now, we must restore the public's trust.". Indiana court documents obtained by Cain and Greenlee in May and August also indicate possible developments in the case involving Kline. 2023 NYP Holdings, Inc. 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Oh - how these liberal minds work! They have never revealed how the girls died, nor have they revealed the full contents of a video filmed by the girls on their phone in the moments before they were killed. Four years after the still-unsolved murders of Abigail Williams and Liberty German, a new name has surfaced in connection with the February 2017 slayings. An attorney for Kline did not immediately respond Tuesday to requests for comment. 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. The former governor laughed and laughed, reminding Brown of then-first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, whose hairstyles were an obsession for the national media. 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. ", "We are aware 'The Murder Sheet' has released a transcript," state police said in a statement to ABC News Tuesday. And the police say he failed that exam. "Three sentences and you got it," Roberts said. SALEM, Ore. Even before Oregon's new governor, Kate Brown, took office, the national media and gay rights groups were touting her as the nation's first openly bisexual governor. But then they point out that Kegan Kline had taken a polygraph test where he was asked: 'Do you know who committed these murders?' I've told them a hundred times," he said, referring to the police. She was friendly and nice about it, he said, even when some of her friends weren't. She was so articulate, Roberts said. 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. The brief exchange happened around the same time the search in the Wabash River began. "It would be great to finally get some justice for the girls.". When contacted for comment about the claims by The U.S. Sun, the Indianapolis division of the FBI declined to discuss any aspect of the case, citing an ongoing investigation. The account used images of a well-known male model, who is not connected to the account or the investigation, state police said. 'My resolve to catch him is as strong now as it was day one.'. In a text, he told them: 'I'm having a hard enough time. According to a police interview obtained by the Murder Sheet podcast, Kline was linked to an incident . He is jailed on 30 charges, including child exploitation, child pornography, obstruction of justice and child solicitation, online court records show. From tonight's live-stream. Dont message me again. 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 lot about you. The 28-year-old has not been charged in connection to the deaths of Libby and Abby and has never been publicly named as a suspect. Kline told HLN that investigators told him that the "anthony_shots" account was the last to communicate with Liberty before she was killed. Kline's public defender attorney denied that he was in any way involved in the Delphi murders when police connected him to the case in December. Look at page 151 of the transcript. In addition, Kline repeatedly told Cain and Greenlee that he would not divulge any information without payment, which the podcast hosts declined to do as journalists. If you have iTunes and it doesn't open automatically, try opening it from your dock or Windows task bar. People doing interviews that dont even know me, Aine, and lying all about me. , updated Kline set up the anthony_shots Instagram page to solicit nude photos from underage girls which he said he would masturbate to. Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? On Feb. 13, 2017, the two best . Being a woman in leadership was rarely a problem, she said, but it had its challenges. Podcast The Murder Sheet this week revealed that Kline is now demanding cash for interviews from jail, and is asking women who write to him for sexual favors. "It could potentially have nothing to do with the girls at all and thats the sickening thing about it all, that it gets all this talk, but it may have nothing to do with them, and then I get myself all upset over nothing. This persona understated, can-do might be the salve Oregon needs after its once-popular Democratic governor, John Kitzhaber, resigned after months of increasingly jaw-dropping allegations about his fiancee, Cylvia Hayes, and her business dealings. Produced over 60 proposals or qualifications documents per year for the Water Resources and Geotechnical Division of this consulting firm . For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. The trail in Delphi, Indiana, where Abby Williams, 13, and Libby German, 14, were killed on Feb. 13, 2017. If you don't have iTunes, download it for free. 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. 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. I've got her in contact to talk with greeno 8pm EST but she will remain anonymous. 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. Brown went on to the University of Colorado and then to the Northwestern School of Law at Lewis and Clark College in Portland. This is still an ongoing investigation.". ine \u0026 Kevin have done some great work here and are very responsible with the documents they stumbled across. "If it is related, whatever they're looking for I hope it comes sooner rather than later. Kegan Kline first came to be linked with the Delphi murders in December 2021, when Indiana Police revealed that Kline was the owner of fake social media accounts featuring the image of a male model that he used to contact underage girls online. 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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. Investigators believe Kline used the handle "emilyann45," WISH reports. 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. 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. The girls were supposed to be picked up from the area but never showed up. He also reportedly attempted to get the adult women who have contacted him in prison to perform sexual favors in exchange for information, which Greenlee noted in the latest episode of The Murder Sheet podcast is particularly disturbing given the crimes Kline is accused of. You have put out so much bulls*t against me. I was advised by my lawyer to not answer questions from anyonebut I'll answer some - just not for free, Kellyanne Conway and husband George SPLIT after 22 years following admission in her 2022 memoir that her husband's criticism of Trump was a betrayal, Where IS Gavin? FFS, who are these women who write to him? One of the co-hosts of the Murder Sheet podcast, attorney Kevin Greenlee, told ABC News that another part of the police transcript that stood out to him was how "police reveal that, in studying the messages sent from the 'anthony_shots' account, they see differences in languages and phrasing choices that make it apparent to them that at least two different people were accessing that account and using it to send messages to underage girls. "If you can't trust the police to do their jobs and you can't trust the FBI, then what hope do we have? He also claimed - without naming names - that he wasn't the only person with access to the bogus social media account. The following day, Indianapolis news station WISH-TV connected 27-year-old Kegan Anthony Kline with that profile. Engaged in Plaintiff's side commercial litigation with emphasis on unpaid toll collection for New York and New Jersey Port Authority, Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority. Police, according to the transcript, also said Kline failed a polygraph and then deleted his Snapchat and Instagram accounts and searched online "how long does DNA last. Kegan Kline was named by police as the suspect behind the catfish account. German and Abigail Williams, 13, were found murdered on the morning of Feb. 13, 2017, after Germans sister dropped the pair off at the entrance of a hiking trail the day prior. So what does Kegan Kline know? 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. 'The haters have won': Isaiah Washington - who was fired from Grey's Anatomy for gay slur - announces early retirement from acting in lengthy Twitter rant, 'Don't go into the mountains! 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. Authorities in 2019 released a new suspect sketch that officials said was based on a witness' recollection of what he or she saw. It was a different time for women in politics, and Brown didn't always understand the realities of that. Roberts sat beside her also. Today could be the day. Brown often offers to carpool to events with Roberts, her mentor, who is widowed. Cain and Greenlee recently received an anonymous tip that led them to theWabash River in Peru, Indiana, not far from Klines home that was raided in 2017 after the Delphi murders on Aug. 23, where they witnessed and photographed authorities searching the water with various tools. He neither denied his involvement nor made any form of confession, and instead complained to them that he was having a 'hard time' and was 'hungry'. I get you have a podcast and want money from this, but its wrong what youre doing, Aine, Kline said in one message to Cain that she and Greenlee discussed in their latest podcast episode. 'I had to learn about the whole case overnight and am appalled to know what happened to those poor girls. ", Greenlee told ABC News, "At one point in the interrogation, the police officer tells Kegan Kline, 'We do not believe you are the one that committed these murders.' By Jennifer Smith, Chief Reporter For Dailymail.Com, Published: 09:52 EST, 2 September 2022 | Updated: 15:33 EST, 2 September 2022, Kegan Kline is being held in jail in Miami on unrelated child porn charges - but he's complaining about being 'hungry' and having a 'hard time' behind bars. Kegan Kline, 27, is currently in custody in Miami County, Indiana, for 30 counts of child pornography-related charges dating back to 2016 and 2017. Kline said he has given hair follicles and a sample to investigators. He's next due in court on April 14 for a pretrial conference. Carrie German, meanwhile, believes the FBI may have missed a crucial opportunity to make headway in the case in the immediate aftermath of Libby's death.