This composite sketch released Monday, July 17, 2017, by the Indiana State Police shows the man they consider the main suspect in the killings of two teenage girls who disappeared from a hiking trail near their hometown of Delphi in northern Indiana on Feb., 13, 2017. (Indiana State Police via AP)
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DELPHI, Ind. (AP) - Authorities say they've seen a surge in tips about the slayings of two northern Indiana girls since releasing a composite sketch of a man suspected in the February killings.
Carroll County Sheriff Tobe Leazenby (tohb LEHZ'-ehn-BEE') says investigators received at least 1,000 leads via email and telephone within 24 hours of Monday's release of the FBI artist's sketch of the man.
State Police Sgt. Kim Riley tells the Journal and Courier (http://on.jconline.com/2vzd6sd ) callers "blew our phones off the walls" offering information about who the man might be.
Police say the man is the main suspect in the murders of 14-year-old Liberty German and 13-year-old Abigail Williams. They vanished Feb. 13 while hiking near their hometown of Delphi, about 60 miles northwest of Indianapolis. Their bodies were found the next day.
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FILE - This Feb. 13, 2017, file photo released by the Indiana State Police shows a man walking along the trail system in Delphi, Ind., authorities say is the suspect in the killings of two teenage girls. Indiana State Police released a composite sketch Monday, July 17, 2017, of the suspect. (Indiana State Police via AP, File)
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FILE - In this Feb. 22, 2017, file photo, Indiana State Police Peru post public information officer Tony Slocum speaks at a news conference providing latest details of the investigation into the killings Feb. 13 of Liberty German, left, and Abigail Williams in Delphi, Ind. Indiana State Police released a composite sketch Monday, July 17, 2017, of the man they say is the suspect in the killings. (J. Kyle Keener/The Pharos-Tribune via AP, File)
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