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Delphi Murders /// A New Suspect /// Part 2 /// 487

November 16, 2023 / 55:13

This episode of True Crime Garage discusses the case of James Bryan Chadwell II, who is accused of kidnapping a 9-year-old girl and is being investigated for the unsolved murders of Liberty German and Abigail Williams in Delphi, Indiana. The hosts, Nick and the Captain, analyze the details surrounding Chadwell's arrest and his potential connection to the Delphi murders.

The episode highlights Chadwell's background, including his history of violence and his family's comments about his character. His brother and stepfather describe him as capable of evil acts, raising concerns about his involvement in the Delphi case.

Chadwell's physical description and tattoos are compared to the sketch of the suspected killer in the Delphi murders. The hosts discuss the implications of his tattoos, particularly one that some believe resembles Libby German.

Listeners are encouraged to share any information they may have about Chadwell or the Delphi murders. The episode emphasizes the importance of ongoing investigation and the need for justice for the victims.

Throughout the episode, the hosts express their hope that law enforcement will continue to pursue leads related to Chadwell and the Delphi case, as they await further developments.

TLDR

James Chadwell is accused of kidnapping a girl and may be linked to the Delphi murders of Libby German and Abby Williams.

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some true [Music] crime [Applause] [Music] today A 42-year-old man remains Behind
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Bars accused of kidnapping and attacking a 99-year-old girl found chained in his
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home he's also being investigated in connection with the murder of two eighth grade girls four years ago
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we spoke with some of his family members who told us flat out he's evil he's a monster exactly he is a absolute evil
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person he's talking about his own brother James Chadwell who was accused of imprisoning a 9-year-old girl in his
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basement and is under investigation in the unsolved murders of teens Libby German and Abby Williams in
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2017 do I think that he's capable of that kind of crime absolutely absolutely he's shown numerous times not only to
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his friends but his family as well that he has that kind of evil streak to him Chadwell stepfather also fears the
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42-year-old excon may be the mysterious figure caught on Libby's cell phone approaching them on an abandoned train
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trestle in Deli Indiana is HE capable probably you know and should they let him back out on the
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street not ever throw the key away this time chadwell's brother Ashley says James tried to drown him when he was 4
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years old he is absolutely capable of killing someone Chadwell has been in and out of jail since he was a teenager I
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also just really don't like people I have dogs his body is covered in tattoos one across his chest says rebellious but
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this is the tattoo that's drawing a lot of attention today some see an uncanny resemblance to slain Libby German look
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at them side by side his brother says that's a relatively new tattoo I really don't think that he had that tattoo when
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he got out of prison this is a virtual reality reconstruction of the moment Libyan Abbey were approached by the
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suspected killer it was made by crime door an app which recreates the scenes of notorious crimes there's Libby
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bravely capturing the stranger on her cell phone now could investigators finally be closing in on an arrest that
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he should be locked up and never let Lo again because he's a [Music] [Music] [Applause]
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[Music] monster from the website fbi.gov under seeking information in the double homicide case that is known as
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the deli murders it says on February 13th 2017 Liberty German age 14 and Abigail Williams age 13 were hiking on
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the deli Historic Trail near the monan High Bridge just east of Deli in Carroll County Indiana Liberty and Abigail were
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reported missing to police after their parents were unable to locate them at the pickup location volunteers
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subsequently discovered the girls bodies in the woods east of Deli in Caroll County Indiana on the next day February
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14th 2017 investigators have distributed a photo of a person observed on the deli
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Historic Trail the photo appears to depict a white male wearing blue jeans a blue coat or jacket and a hoodie during
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the course of the investigation evidence has led investigators to believe that the outform mentioned person is
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suspected of being involved in the murders of Liberty and Abigail the person depicted in the composite sketch
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is described as a white male between 5' 6 in tall and 5' 10 in tall weighing 180
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to 220 lb with reddish brown hair his eye color is unknown the suspect is believed to be between 18 and 40 years
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old but may appear younger you've asked for it people want to know about this James Bryan Chadwell the second the man
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who has most recently come into the question into the fold of possibly being the deli killer the bridge guy he was
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arrested on April 19th for abducting a 9-year-old girl and assaulting her inside his home well and yes just comes
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on our radar but it seems to me that his name has at least appeared on the radar
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of the deli murder case and as said this man was arrested but it was late last week mid to late last week where the
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news started coming out that Carrol County might be looking at this guy as a possible connection to the deli
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homicides and man I got to tell you Captain my inbox was filling up rapidly yes with people who wanted to know more
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about James Bryan Chadwell II wanted us to talk about him or demanded it's time once again for a deli update yes
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probably the most messages we've ever received as far as breaking news so we had to take the case that we we already
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had research and ready to go and put that on the back burner to discuss this one so I'm sure there's going to be a
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few items that maybe we haven't uncovered because we haven't had that long to dive into this individual but
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what look we can figure out a couple things from what you just read mhm 56 to 5 510 does does James fit into that
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category yes 5'8 does he fit into that weight range I would say by looking at his pictures possibly so now we have two
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criteria met reddish brown hair I think his hair could pass for that category it's definitely in the brown
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category I'll say that so now we got three of the criterias he lives or was living within 15 miles of the
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murders he when he was arrested in April of this year the question then Captain becomes where would he have been living
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in 2017 there's some information that we discussed in the last episode and that we found when looking into this guy that
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he potentially was living in or at least listed an address somewhere that he was in Peru
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right Indiana at the time of the year of 2017 now I'm showing it's about a 37 mile jaunt from Peru to Deli the
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interesting thing here and I don't think that this has to do exactly with this James Chadwell character but I remember
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from our previous coverage we were talking about some of the search warrants that were issued from Carol
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County with within days of them finding the two girls and I remember us discussing there was a search warrant
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that was issued for someone or a residence at least in Peru Indiana within days again I don't think it is
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directly tied to this James Chadwell guy but but a weird thing there that yeah one of my sources says it says it is
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that this is directly connected to him again though you hear this this misinformation all the time and there's
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a couple people that talk to law enforcement in the deli murders case early on and I do not want to State
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their names but you know who you are but supposedly there is a connection between
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this Chadwell and these individuals that knew Abby and Libby and and that came forward with information that they gave
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to law enforcement is that possibly why Chadwell was on their radar again a lot of the stuff that we're going to bring
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up does it mean anything it could mean everything or it could mean nothing like James Brian Chadwell seems to be
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interested in hiking or Bridges and so is it possible that he was somebody that would
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visit Deli to go to their park to hike around we also know that he has trespassing on his back background so is
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is he somebody that doesn't necessarily stay on the trails but roams wherever he
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wants to again they were murdered in a part of the park that was not open to the
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public so a lot of different things but when they talked to chadwell's family about the arrest and
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the possible connection to Deli both his father and his brother said look we think he's
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capable of murder and I think that's pretty telling not only coming from the father but also the brother but then you
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get again conflicting reports because he has a lot of tattoos and some of these tattoos on his arm they look of like
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almost like crying children they have no eyes they just so there's no there's no eyes in the in the tattoo drawings
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and there's one where it's a tattoo of a girl and it looks like she's either her
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her makeup's running or possibly that she's bleeding from her eyes and a lot of people
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think that this looks like Libby from the deli murders yeah we talked about uh on the previous show people doing side
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by sides of bridge guy and potential suspects and how that's gotten really blown way out of proportion to an
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uncomfortable level but I've seen side by sides of Libby German and this tattoo on this on this uh despicable human
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being's arm and people saying hey is this a tattoo of Libby German and one person even post someone explain this
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tattoo please someone that knows this man who knows Chadwell please tell us who the girl on his arm is if not Libby
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German now well a couple things one I'll post that picture on our Instagram look
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anytime we cover a case we post a lot of pictures from the case on our Instagram
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or Facebook and you can find those on any of those platforms at True Crime garage when I look at it it again it
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doesn't look unlike Libby German to me but it also looks so very plain and non descript that I don't know that we could
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say that it is her the tattoo to me almost looks like a a character of some type more rather than uh you know hey I
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know um the love of my life is Julie could you could you put a picture of you know draw a picture of Julie on my arm
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well this guy is you know he's a douche and look so he has this these weird tattoos why would you put that on your
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body look I like tattoos I think people should have the freedom to put whatever they want you know draw a bunch of
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penises if you want and put it as tattoos who's all everybody I don't care uh but this becomes a little suspicious
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now the claims I heard was he had this tattoo going all the way back to 2016 obviously would that be of Liberty
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I would say no if that was the case but when they talked to his brother about this tattoo his recollection is no he
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did not have that tattoo until later until after he got out of jail last time it looks like to me something from some
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form of entertainment I can't put my I can't really put my finger on it I I feel like it's something from from a
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comic book or cartoon or a movie Something of of that uh nature it's still just odd again well it doesn't
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help his case could mean anything could mean nothing I mean he's just this guy's
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scum yeah and we read through the charges that sounds like he's going to be charged with in the April 19th
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incident so yeah he I mean he is scum and regardless of how long that list of charges are some of those charges are
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going to stick we know that thank God there was a Survivor the person he intended to hurt harm in whatever manner
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that was whatever his intent in fact was she survived she will be able to testify
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against him she will be able to stand up in a court of law and point across the room and say that is the man that
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abducted me that is the man that attacked me and in in her opinion um which which is should be 100%
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validated she says he was going to kill me yeah and in my personal opinion that's not even going to happen they're
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not going to go to trial I mean he's the fact that he has um the added habitual uh charges I habitual offender charges
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that he'll be facing I think he were saying something like five to 20 years extra they're not they're not going to
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go to trial they'll make they'll make a deal which is interesting maybe I mean depending on
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what his representation is if you got a strong case against a guy and you think you got to slam dunk there's no need to
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deal with this dude you drag his ass into court and you you charge him with all the charges you think you got to
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slam dunk with and you put them away for as long as you possibly can no I understand that but because of the
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habitual offender charges that ramp up the amount of years they can decide to make a deal so they don't
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have to put this 9-year-old through a trial and I think that's what they'll do I think that's the responsible thing to
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do because because what I'm saying is they have that Ace in their back pocket all by the way we're charging you with
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these five or six counts but on top of that we can get you another 20 years and we'll put this girl on the stand and
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we'll get the 20 years extra or we can just not have her be on the stand and we just won't throw we'll just we won't put
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the icing on the cake we won't throw on another 20 years but what he's looking at life in prison pretty much no matter
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what um I don't think so I mean it could be uh I think what I read was 25 20 to 25
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years but again this news is all coming out rapid and and pretty fast and you see I saw higher um but yeah who knows I
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mean and and so there's all these again back to the tattoo some people are saying he got it in 2016 his brother's
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saying I don't think so I think that it's a lot newer uh doesn't match her I I think I'd say yes but again
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is it kind of a just a generic idea of a tattoo so I don't know how much is there
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I put more weight to the fact that this guy is interested in spending time outdoors and going to different parks
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and he has several pictures of him on a bridge that's just not something that you're going to find on everybody's
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Facebook page I also think that this guy doesn't have a lot of friends so I just don't think there's
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going to be a lot of sources you can go to to be like do you know when this guy got this tattoo do you know where he was
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at on this date do you I just don't think there's going to be enough uh sources to go on because I
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think this guy is such a piece of [ __ ] that he's probably basically alienated himself
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from from most people in his life well and he's had some time in and out of jail in and out of prison in his adult
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life which um hopefully got in the way of his uh social life yeah and hopefully stop some of his criminal
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activity but um let's see what else is a good match for Chadwell well you talked
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about some of the physical descriptions how they match up a potentially match up
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or fall within the realm of and we didn't get to his age so you know they say they're looking for someone 18 to 40
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might look younger he certainly Falls in that range he's 42 years old and was arrested on April 19th of this year but
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we got to keep in mind this is four years after the fact of the deli double murder so he would have been 38 at the
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time and I do believe my my humble goat opinion is that he does look a little younger than his than his actual uh
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listed age here so he does age it's a big window they gave us to work with Captain but he he does definitely fall
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within inside that window and you and I think does look a little younger than his his uh date of birth yeah it's a
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it's a tricky one because there's so much and maybe it's just because there's been so many and I couldn't name them
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all and I couldn't tell you how many times in the last four years that all of a sudden I'm getting notifications on
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Twitter some on Facebook then next thing you know text messages emails what about
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this guy for Deli and there hasn't been one that I that has really hit my gut that said this is it this is today is
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the day right like they say mhm and I think this one was interesting though because when I first started getting
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bombarded with the emails and the messages on social media my gut feeling was this isn't the guy and then you
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start just going through little pieces of evidence just what we know on the surface level and you go well this none
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of this stuff is ruling this individual out now he might have some airtight Alibi but this guy is such a horrible
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individual there's nobody out there that is going to be this guy's Alibi unless they're a legit Alibi well and as you
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pointed out you know his own father and brother both now on record saying yeah we think he's probably capable of
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something like the the deli double homicides of course we we should remind everybody that obviously they're saying
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this after the fact after they know that he abducted this 9-year-old girl locked
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her up in his basement and in her words was trying to kill her right uh so of course they're factoring that in you
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really wonder if you could hop in the time machine and and go back to 2018 uh 2017 in in April or March or or
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June of that year and asked these Two Fellas the same question if they would in fact have the same answer now you
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said friends or or what kind of people could we talk to there is somebody and I'm going to leave out their whatever
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they're posting this under because well I don't have to tell you my reasons but uh I'm going to leave that out there is
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a post that I saw on Reddit that says some guy on Facebook says he used to work with him
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being James Brian Chadwell and again he seems to be going under Brian Chadwell on most Social Circles used to work with
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Chadwell in cooko Indiana around the time of the deli murders and says that they suspected him of being involved and
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this person claims that he tried to call the tip line many times but it was through the FBI and their comments was
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it was a joke look I can't speak to what this person's experience was we we don't
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know if this is all factual information we can say this if you're if you're calling in a tip to your local
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authorities on on any case it doesn't have to be Deli but any case but if it were Deli the FBI whomever you decide to
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call don't exp this doesn't mean that they they jump into the car call all available units and Sirens are blazing
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and they go you know 100 mph down the road to this individual's house that you call in the tip right they're going to
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do their their work behind the scenes do their due diligence they're probably going to check you out too to make sure
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that you're not some nut job or some some person that's trying to throw this individual under the bus for reasons
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unknown for reasons that have nothing to do with that particular case at all but
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that's why again I go my gut is saying I don't know about this guy a couple things kind of line up but then you sent
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me a message that just kind of hit me and I stopped and I'm not the most religious man or spiritual man and all I
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said was I just said I hope this is it oh yeah you know for the family I I hope my gut is wrong about this guy but the
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more that you talk about him and the more you look into him the more your gut is kind of being quiet about it and
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that's why I believe like you said tips or whatever this individual this numnuts
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was on a list maybe a big list of people but then his name pops up in the the the
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news and now all law enforcement around Deli is going hey now now this guy now all the the sirens are gone now it's all
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hands on deck to figure out if this creep is responsible for two murders here's the thing that I often wonder
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about too especially when we talk about somebody like this Chadwell character I have to remind everyone and remind
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myself in the process and this is something that we've talked about here on about this case specifically multiple
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times we know the outcome of what went down that day near the mo on high bridge we do not know
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what the intent of the perpetrator was we do not know what the goal would have been if you will of bridge guy could it
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have been to abduct duct could it have been to move them to another area was it in fact to kill someone anyone or
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targeted individual or individuals there that day near the bridge or near the park we don't know that we won't know
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that until this guy is in handcuffs and tried and convicted but with Chadwell what I would really like to
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know we got so many people covering it we're we're trying to cover ourselves here
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today I want to know when I and I will I'm hoping this thing goes to trial because if so I will
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be tuning in if if able to do so if not I'll be reading the new Snippets that are coming out and I'm with you Captain
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I think if it does go to trial it's going to be pretty quick and clean it won't take a long time to convict this
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guy I hope this guy folds I think if they put enough pressure on him this idiot likes to talk I want to know yeah
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we've seen some of his social stuff he's not the U Brightest Bulb out there um but anyway I want to know more about
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this lock on the basement door because it's described as like a a chain type lock in some of the news outlets that
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we've seen and I understand that depending on where you live and depending on the structure that you live
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in there are are reasons to have such a lock on your basement door but the overwhelming majority of the time there
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is not there is very little if any reason at all to even have a lock on your basement door let alone one that
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locks from the upstairs keeping whatever it is downstairs locked up right and what I'm
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getting at is look a lot of these dudes there are crimes of opportunity they see
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a potential victim they see someone that's vulnerable and they take this opportunity that presented itself to
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them to this monster and they seize the moment and they capture that person and they do whatever it is that they do or
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what they wanted to do but here I have to believe my suspicion is 100 almost 100% captain
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this crime of opportunity of tricking this girl inside to pet the dogs when did that
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lock and why did that lock why was it put on that door if it wasn't there when this Yahoo
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moved in he put it on there with the purpose of what he did on April 19th with putting someone confining
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someone in that space mhm that is a different level of sadistic that is a different level of
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evil in my mind someone who's making preparations and waiting for that opportunity to present itself and when
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it does the monster knows I've been preparing for this I'm ready I can get away with this I can win I can get the
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result that I wanted I can carry out those sick sadistic fantasies that I've been thinking
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information that they could share with us that we can share with law enforcement to help qualify or
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disqualify and look it's not lost on us that everything's lost on us well actually you're right most things are
00:34:12
lost on us hell we've been locked up in a garage for 5 years yeah but it's not let us out that this is uh a lot
00:34:21
speculation the reason why you're so curious about this chain being on the door is cuz we we have one keeping us in
00:34:29
here we thought it was smart to put one on the outside but we now we can't get out and so we understand this is a lot
00:34:34
of speculation what does him posting that I hey I've slept under a bridge for 5 days 10 days whatever he said hey I'm
00:34:41
I'm out camping hey out enjoying the outdoors with the nice bonfire oh he's had he's got this tattoo you know people
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go are these tattoos of of girls crying on his arms and you know there's a hot debate of
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over did he have these tattoos in 2016 before the deli murders did he did he not have him until after the fact there
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seems to be people posting stuff that that would argue that either way I think he could be Bridge guy in the tattoo
00:35:14
have nothing to do with that case at all with uh with that murder at all no no I
00:35:20
agree and I I think here here's where I'm at with old Chadwell is one I think we should light
00:35:27
his face on fire and put it out with the shovel a couple times I mean that wouldn't be killing him um and just see
00:35:37
if he'd start answer our questions after that but since we're not allowed to do that cuz that's illegal in this country
00:35:44
where I'm at with him is I I haven't found a no yet height haircolor weight proximity a lot of different things
00:35:56
there's no no yet as far as to throw him off the list I mean if you came back and said
00:36:04
well he's 68 I'd go okay well throw him off the list right but there's nothing that's sticking out to me I don't know
00:36:11
if there's anything sticking out to you well no there's nothing sticking out as a no for me and there's
00:36:18
nothing you know that says a 100% yes as well again he's just a agree the newest
00:36:25
guy in a growing list of suspects and you know what for for those that hate speculation
00:36:32
whatever that's fine I get it because there is a lot of bad speculation out there in a lot of cases and a lot in
00:36:40
this deli case as well but all of these people that have ended up on this suspect list and again it is a suspect
00:36:50
list that's been compiled by the public and the press and the media not so much law enforcement other than law
00:36:56
enforcement has with every one of these guys said yes this is an individual we are aware of yes this is an individual
00:37:03
that we are looking at a link between our case and what this guy has done but every one of these people deserves to be
00:37:12
on the deli suspect list it's a it's a list of [ __ ] okay of [ __ ] people yeah it's just frustrating and I
00:37:26
hope um I was kind of hoping that maybe after the weekend because you know the arrest
00:37:33
happened what last Monday so I was hoping hey in seven days maybe we would know a little bit more or maybe he would
00:37:40
start talking because again he seems to be a person that doesn't mind talking but my other issue with him being a
00:37:49
talker is I think a lot of the stuff that he post on social media is complete horseshit where I think he says all this
00:37:58
stuff about you know I mean he talks constantly about wanting a real woman and a real woman's over the age of 30
00:38:06
okay so you're saying you want a real woman over the age of 30 but you're going to rape a 9-year-old you know his
00:38:13
actions don't line up at all with some of his words and we talk about speculation Captain I I do want to point
00:38:22
out some look again we don't know the answers to what went down that day in Deli we won't until this thing is solved
00:38:32
and someone is convicted but I've seen some silliness there's always been some silliness with some really out there
00:38:40
kind of wild theories in Deli I'm always very offut when somebody is recommending
00:38:46
that somebody that looks like bridg Guy this is this could be the guy cuz he looks like him but oh he lives in
00:38:53
California and he's lived there for the last 20 years years never even been to Indiana couldn't even find it on a map
00:39:01
yeah but one one of the new silly things that are coming out and this is all Chadwell
00:39:07
related is that some people are speculating that bridge guy is is holding a puppy or multiple puppies
00:39:16
under the jacket under the blue coat I've even seen it suggested that that's why they took a video of this guy rather
00:39:24
than calling 911 look again we don't know the answers but that seems like a an interesting thought
00:39:32
and Theory to have well look I mean we've always questioned DNA but I would say that if you're an
00:39:39
avid Pitbull lover and a Pitbull owner guess what you normally have on your person you have Pitbull hair so
00:39:51
would they be able to find any kind of dog hair at the scene of the crime they might have that evidence that would
00:39:59
be almost as good as having DNA any kind of domesticated animal uh hairs at the scene would be
00:40:09
interesting to know of but I want to go through this one post here that I found on Reddit there's a bunch of activity
00:40:17
about Chadwell on Reddit as well as web sleuths and all kinds of give the poster
00:40:23
credit all kinds of websites out there yes I will this this poster is you in shits
00:40:31
Creek uh and I thought this was was a lot shit's creek I thought this was a brilliant post here uh it says why pois
00:40:41
Persons of Interest like Chadwell are viable and it goes on to say I think a lot of people are hung up on the idea of
00:40:50
bridge guy being some wellth thought out serial killer that always asks on the same Mo in every crime they commit at
00:41:00
its core we are likely dealing with someone who carries out sadistic impulsive behavior and the outcome of
00:41:08
each incident differs based on unforeseen variables the only definite things we know about the deli crime is
00:41:18
that it ended in a double homicide and was committed by someone that accompanies a pixelated video/ pho
00:41:26
and distorted audio everything else regarding this crime is speculation since law enforcement has kept all other
00:41:35
details close to the chest even my comment not me but uh shits Creek comment even my comment about BG Bridge
00:41:44
guy's Behavior being impulsive is speculation because there is no concrete public evidence that this individual
00:41:53
premeditated it or acted on impulse and that is precisely why any Persons of Interest that at bare minimum targets
00:42:03
younger kids in either an abduction scenario or attempted murder skyrockets to the top of the list a person of
00:42:13
interest doesn't need to commit a crime in the woods use a hatchet knife or axe as rumored have it happen during the
00:42:21
daytime victim exactly 13 or 14 years of age two victims etc etc a profile can be
00:42:30
substantially B broader than that because we don't know the facts of the crime scene and the motive behind it
00:42:39
it's entirely plausible that bridg guy sole intention was abduction and sexual assault and the situation in Deli
00:42:47
drastically morphed and got out of hand resulting in Murder with immediate remorse with no sexual assault occurring
00:42:56
it's also entirely plausible that bridg guy's sole intention was murder it's that ambiguity that makes suspects like
00:43:04
Chadwell viable he lives in the area visually isn't AAR cry from the sketch and has shown to commit sadistic acts
00:43:14
towards kids you can't discredit a person of interest because their recent victim was 9 years old versus Abby and
00:43:21
Libby being 14 a child to someone in their 40s could easily be 8 to 15 years old we just don't know I am hoping it is
00:43:31
him for the sake of justice but if it isn't law enforcement work continues just remember when dealing with mentally
00:43:39
unstable and Psychopathic individuals it isn't always cookie cutter and I think that's good I think that's a good
00:43:47
reminder for people out there that saying it is Chadwell or it isn't Chadwell right we don't know and we're
00:43:55
we're here to speculate at it on it because we've been told to the email was blowing up the inbox was blowing up and
00:44:03
we had people saying look did you see what's happening with Deli there's movement in the case we've had people
00:44:09
say well we just don't want to always cover cases that are cold or cases that are solved we want to we want to talk
00:44:18
about stuff that's current as well so when these breaking news happen and they're big we want to put the work in
00:44:26
and I think like you said I mean if you just go down the laundry list height can
00:44:32
match weight can match hair color can match location can match um age age can match ugliness ugliness Comm match
00:44:42
creepy guy and and then again then I think you start getting into weirder ones if you want to start talking about
00:44:48
the tattoos and you know whether or not this individual likes going to Bridges and stuff like that I think those are on
00:44:56
the outside of things but once you get past five or six you go okay well this is definitely somebody that they're
00:45:03
going to look into but I I think uh if it is him we'll know probably within a week
00:45:10
because there'll be either extra charges or some statement from police uh I hope they just don't go cold
00:45:17
on it because I don't think that's fair to the public especially the public that
00:45:21
has been so adamant on getting uh as many resources as they can to the FBI to Indiana State Police and and others
00:45:32
involved in this case correct me if my memory is wrong here Captain but my general off the cuff kind of off the rip
00:45:42
thinking is that Daniel Nations is really the only one the the man that was a sexual offender in Indiana and
00:45:50
apprehended in Colorado for weird bizarre behavior he the only one that I recall
00:45:57
them not saying that they cleared but I think they had some remark of like well we're moving on from Daniel Nations yeah
00:46:06
I I want to say that uh Carter said something to the effect of he's not somebody we're interested in
00:46:14
at this time right and out of the suspects that we listed that are the publicly known ones he in my memory is
00:46:22
the only one that they they had any kind of statement that could be pointing to that he's not our guy that we've
00:46:30
somewhat cleared him yeah but I think he's the only one that they've ever came forward and say we're looking into
00:46:36
Nations as a person of interest where other people have have had to ask the question about a specific person before
00:46:45
right they mention the name so you go from Nations to this and what really has drawn me out again something we don't
00:46:52
know is the media calling him a suspect or or are they getting that term from law enforcement and if they're getting
00:47:01
that term from law enforcement I think there's probably a handful of other items about this dickweed that we just
00:47:09
aren't privy to it sounds to me and I'm just going off of the the words and and the the what what words were used in the
00:47:17
communications back and forth between law enforcement and the media it almost looks like simultaneously captain that
00:47:25
the the media suspected Chadwell and as soon as they reached out to law enforcement they're saying yeah this is
00:47:32
somebody that we've been made aware of and we're looking at so almost Sim simultaneously he may have come on the
00:47:40
radar of both at the same time or at least he's moved up the priority list very quickly very recently with this arrest
00:47:50
on a April 19th but I think the shitz creek poster yeah it's a very intelligent post I think it's an
00:47:58
intelligent post and I think it brings up you know some other questions and some other thoughts you know when we
00:48:03
talk about we talked about how is Bridge guy a serial killer and and his post very very intelligently points out that
00:48:12
we don't know what the intentions were of bridge guy that day right did did he kill as just because he had to or felt
00:48:20
he had to on that day we don't know but if he was revenge or right and if it were a serial killer type and that's you
00:48:31
know one thing that I know a little more about than the average Joe out there we've seen these
00:48:39
types yeah they they have an ideal victim type but it doesn't have to be their ideal victim type right we've seen that
00:48:49
time and time again Bundy killed a young girl most of his other victims were roughly College age girls a lot of them
00:48:58
happen to have brown hair so did he have a type yes is he willing to step outside
00:49:03
of that to fil fulfill these urges these sadistic horrible urges that he has yes
00:49:10
yeah most of them are uh what you're saying we saw that with BTK we we've seen it time and time again with several
00:49:16
of the serial killers now would he stop can he stop because that was a question that we posed earlier if in fact it's
00:49:27
always been the the overwhelming majority's belief that bridge guy is either a Serial offender serial killer
00:49:35
who has who has committed these crimes before Deli or was just starting off and was
00:49:44
going to commit them after Deli so would he stop can he stop and I think that's an interesting question because when we
00:49:54
looked and profiled somebody like the still unsolved Zodiac Killer we observed a lot of things that
00:50:02
suggested maybe after the Paul Stein murder that he did in fact stop and if he did the most likely reason that he
00:50:10
stopped was because he almost got caught he was almost identified Bridge guy was
00:50:17
almost caught almost identified hell he may have been interviewed by police he may have been interviewed by
00:50:24
police on more than one occasion but when you commit a double homicide and then you see your picture
00:50:31
on the TV days later and then a couple days after that you hear your voice on the
00:50:39
TV that's powerful stuff so would he stop could he stop if in fact he was a Serial
00:50:49
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Twitter Instagram or Facebook and our previous Deli coverage is Deli murders back in episodes 110 and 111 from May
00:51:33
2017 we covered it again in July of 2019 with a four-part series and last year in
00:51:42
2020 we had a deli murders discussion and then just a couple months ago Captain Deli murders 4 years later
00:51:52
episodes 468 and 469 that was in March of this year also we have Kelsey German who is Libby's older sister she was in
00:52:04
fact the one that dropped the girls off that day near the Monon High Bridge she recently had a tweet that was in regards
00:52:15
to the arrest and suspicion that now surrounds James Brian Chadwell II and she said that there's a resemblance okay
00:52:25
there was a resemblance with DN c p TB and several others obviously listing some other public media suspects you can
00:52:36
see these people in a simple Google search of the girl she says they all did bad things but they weren't our bad guy
00:52:46
imagine if every time someone sent me a picture or a name of a person I got my hopes up thinking that could be him I'd
00:52:55
still be sitting here brokenhearted but with no hope left and even more devastated she goes on to say please no
00:53:03
more side by sides no more names turn them in let law enforcement do their job and people that listen to our other show
00:53:14
off the Record OTR will tell you that we reported that just last month there was
00:53:21
an increase to the reward fund to find the per perpetrator of the deli double homicides from
00:53:30
2017 an anonymous donor contributed $100,000 bringing the total in the reward fund to
00:53:43
$325,000 to turn in Bridge guy to make this arrest and make this conviction stick if you want to submit a tip again
00:53:54
they prefer that you use the email which is Abby and Libby tip at CAC shrf docomo at
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Episode Highlights

  • Rosetta Stone Holiday Deal
    Get 50% off a lifetime membership for unlimited access to 25 languages.
    “It's a GameChanger!”
    @ 00m 58s
    November 16, 2023
  • True Crime Garage Introduction
    Hosts Nick and Captain dive into true crime stories with humor and insight.
    “It's good to be seen and it's good to see you!”
    @ 02m 04s
    November 16, 2023
  • Chadwell's Dark Past
    James Chadwell, accused of kidnapping a 9-year-old, has a history of violence.
    “He's shown numerous times he has that kind of evil streak.”
    @ 05m 02s
    November 16, 2023
  • Hope for Justice
    A plea for resolution and justice in the ongoing investigation.
    “I just said I hope this is it.”
    @ 26m 28s
    November 16, 2023
  • The Nature of Crime
    Exploring the sadistic behavior of the perpetrator and the implications of a crime of opportunity.
    “This crime of opportunity is different level of sadistic.”
    @ 31m 00s
    November 16, 2023
  • Speculation on Intent
    Discussing the ambiguity surrounding the intentions of the perpetrator and the case's unresolved nature.
    “We don't know the answers to what went down that day in Deli.”
    @ 38m 22s
    November 16, 2023
  • Kelsey German's Plea
    Kelsey German urges the public to stop sending potential suspects, emphasizing the emotional toll it takes.
    “Please no more side by sides, no more names.”
    @ 53m 03s
    November 16, 2023
  • Increase in Reward Fund
    An anonymous donor contributed $100,000, raising the total reward to $325,000 for information leading to the arrest.
    @ 53m 35s
    November 16, 2023

Episode Quotes

  • He's a monster, an absolute evil person.
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  • He should be locked up and never let out again.
    Delphi Murders /// A New Suspect /// Part 2 /// 487
  • I just said I hope this is it.
    Delphi Murders /// A New Suspect /// Part 2 /// 487
  • This crime of opportunity is different level of sadistic.
    Delphi Murders /// A New Suspect /// Part 2 /// 487
  • We don't know the answers to what went down that day in Deli.
    Delphi Murders /// A New Suspect /// Part 2 /// 487
  • That's powerful stuff.
    Delphi Murders /// A New Suspect /// Part 2 /// 487

Key Moments

  • Language Learning00:32
  • Mother's Day Cheers03:07
  • Chadwell's Arrest08:31
  • True Crime Update09:30
  • Justice43:31
  • Psychological Impact50:39
  • Kelsey German's Plea53:03
  • Reward Fund Increase53:35

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