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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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On February 13, 2017, two girls went for a walk near Delphi, Indiana. They never came home.

Abigail Williams, 13, and Liberty German, 14, vanished from a popular hiking trail near the Monon High Bridge. The next day, they were found murdered. What followed was not a clean investigation or a tidy path to justice, but a six-year saga that would fracture a town, divide the public, and raise uncomfortable questions about policing, media, and truth itself.

This is the first chapter in DEVIANT’s definitive series on the Delphi murders.

In Part One, host Dan Szematowicz goes back to the beginning.

The town.

The trail.

The timeline.

The last known movements of Abby and Libby.

The search.

And the moment everything changes.

This series does not pick sides or ask you to accept conclusions upfront.

It lays out the facts, piece by piece, and lets the story speak for itself.

Since Dan's original coverage from the podcast "Down The Hill: The Delphi Murders" ended in 2022, there has been an arrest, a trial, a conviction, and an explosion of new information and controversy. Some believe justice has been served. Others believe the truth is still out of reach, and that an innocent man sits behind bars.

This series re-examines the entire case as it stands today, starting here, at the very beginning.

If you think you know this story, you may want to listen anyway.

If you don’t, you’ll soon understand why it refuses to let go.

This is DEVIANT.

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These are those stories.

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In February 2017, Abigail Williams and Liberty German went for a walk near Delphi, Indiana and never came home.

What followed became one of the most haunting and divisive murder cases in modern American crime. An unusual crime scene. A video of the killer captured on a victim’s phone...the figure known as Bridge Guy. Years of speculation, accusations, and unanswered questions.

In 2022, a local man, Richard Allen, was arrested. In 2024, he was convicted. And yet, for many, the case still feels unresolved.

This February, DEVIANT host Dan Szematowicz takes a fresh, comprehensive look at the Delphi murders.

Over the course of the month, this special event series will examine the case from the beginning, incorporating years of newly released information, evidence that was not previously public, and insights gathered during and after the making of Down The Hill, including stories and information that very few know.

Each episode introduces a new piece of the story, examining the evidence carefully, methodically, and without an agenda.

Did Richard Allen kill Abby and Libby?
If so, did he act alone?
If not, who did?
Were mistakes made by investigators or the courts?
And when everything is laid out, what actually makes sense?

New episodes release Wednesdays and Fridays throughout February, beginning February 4. A short primer episode arrives first, outlining the key events and milestones for those new to the case or in need of a refresher.

This is not a recap.
It is a full re-examination.

When it concludes, the goal is simple: to understand what the evidence truly shows and why this case continues to divide so many people.

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(PART 2/2)

The manhunt is on.

In Part 2 of this DEVIANT series, host Dan Szematowicz picks up the story as Christopher Dorner disappears into the mountains of Southern California, triggering one of the largest and most intense police searches in state history.

As authorities flood the Big Bear region, search hundreds of cabins, and warn residents to stay inside, Dorner resurfaces in a series of confrontations that prove he is still armed, mobile, and willing to engage law enforcement directly. What follows is a rapidly escalating chain of events that ends in a violence and fire.

This episode examines the final hours of the manhunt, the shootout that leaves officers dead and wounded, and the decisions made by law enforcement as the situation spirals toward its conclusion. It also explores the aftermath, including the questions, controversies, and scrutiny that follow the end of the siege.

Part 2 completes the story of the Christopher Dorner manhunt, focusing on what happened, how it unfolded, and the lasting impact it left behind.

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In February 2013, a double murder in an Irvine parking garage sets off a chain of events that quickly spreads far beyond the city. What begins as a quiet, baffling crime soon escalates into a statewide emergency.

In Part 1 of this two-part DEVIANT episode, host Dan Szematowicz tracks the story from the killings of Monica Quan and Keith Lawrence through the critical discoveries that identify Christopher Dorner as the suspect. As the investigation unfolds, law enforcement agencies across Southern California move into high alert, protective details are deployed, and Dorner resurfaces violently.

This episode covers the first confirmed attacks on police, the widening manhunt, and the moment authorities realize they are dealing with a trained, mobile shooter who is actively engaging officers.

Part 1 ends with Dorner vanishing again, leaving behind burned evidence in the mountains and forcing law enforcement into a massive, uncertain search.

Part 2 continues with the Big Bear manhunt, Dorner’s reappearance, and the final confrontation.

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