Abby and Libby Memorial Park hosts first softball games
After years of planning, the Abby and Libby Memorial Park in Delphi hosted its first softball games on Saturday.
Posted: Jul 11, 2021 6:22 PM
Posted By: Peter Hulett
DELPHI, Ind. (WLFI) - The Abby and Libby Memorial Park hosted its first softball games on Jul. 10 after years of planning. The games are part of the Abby and Libby Memorial Tournament.
The first pitch was thrown around 8 a.m. after a special presentation. Although the park is not ready to open completely, Mike Patty, grandfather of Liberty German, says the time had come to welcome guests to the park.
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Show Transcript THEY WILL KEEP THEM AS LONG AS THE SITE GOES. MARVIS: T FHEIRST SOFTBALL GAMES WILL BE PLAYED AT THE PARK AT THE ABBEY AND LIBBY MEMORIAL PARK IN INDIANA. IT WAS BUILT IN MEMORY OF TW TEENAGERS WHO WERE KILLED WHILE HIKI ONGN VALENTINE’S DAY AND 2017. LIBERTY GERMAN AND ABIGAIL WILLIAMS, THE SOFTBALL SEASON WAS JUST ABOUT TO START WHEN THEY WERE KILLED. COMMITTEE MEMBERS DONATED MONEY COMMUNITY FOR THE PARK AND VOLUNTEERS BUILD IT. IT’S TIME TO CLOSE THE MURDER CASE. I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT SOMEBODY KNOWS WHO’S THISS. THE GIRLS DESERVE JUSTICE. THEY REALLY DO. IT’S BEEN LONG ENOUGH. THERE IS ONE TIP I’M LOOKING FOR, THE ONE THAT LEADS THE INVESTIGATORS TO AN ARREST MARVIS: HOPEFULLY THEY WILL GET THOSE TIPS. THIS IS A S
EXCLUSIVE: He s always been out to hurt people. Brother of accused kidnapper linked as a possible suspect in 2017 Delphi murders reveals he once shoved his wife so hard he left an imprint of her body on the wall Carroll County sheriffs confirmed they are looking into James Chadwell II, over the murders of Libby German and Abby Williams in Delphi, Indiana in 2017
Chadwell, 42, was arrested last month after a nine-year-old missing girl was found naked and covered in dog bites in his basement in Lafayette, Indiana
He bears an uncanny resemblance to a police sketch of the man that s believed to be Libby and Abby s killer, but he has not been formally named as a suspect