In this Sept. 27, 2017 booking photo released by El Paso County Sheriff's Office, Daniel Nations is seen. Indiana investigators are looking into whether Nations, the man arrested for allegedly threatening people along a Colorado hiking trail could be a suspect in the February killings of two Indiana girls who were hiking. State Police Sgt. Kim Riley says the agency is speaking with Colorado authorities about Nations to determine if he could be a suspect in the killings of teenagers Liberty German and Abigail Williams. (El Paso County Sheriff's Office via AP)
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana state troopers have traveled to Colorado to investigate whether a man accused of threatening people along a hiking trail with a hatchet could be linked to the unsolved murders of two teenage hikers in Indiana.
State Police Sgt. Kim Riley says at least two troopers arrived Friday in Colorado to investigate whether 31-year-old Daniel Nations could be a suspect in the killings of 14-year-old Liberty German and 13-year-old Abigail Williams. The Delphi, Indiana, girls were slain while hiking in February.
Riley says authorities should know by next week whether the Indiana man is "a viable subject" in the killings.
Nations is jailed in Colorado facing reckless endangerment and other charges for allegedly threatening people with a hatchet along a trail there.
It's unclear if Nations has an attorney.
FILE - 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. Indiana investigators are looking into whether a man arrested for allegedly threatening people along a Colorado hiking trail could be a suspect in the February killings of the girls. State Police Sgt. Kim Riley says the agency is speaking with Colorado authorities about Daniel Nations to determine if he could be a suspect in the killings. (Indiana State Police via AP, File)
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