The Delphi murders are one of the most infamous American true crime cases from the past decade.

For over five years, it seemed like the gruesome killings of two young girls from a tiny town

located between Chicago and Indianapolis would never be solved.

Locals were horrified and shocked that something so tragic could happen in their previously

exceptionally safe community. Murders like these just weren't tragic could happen in their previously exceptionally safe community

murders like these just weren't supposed to happen in a quaint little indiana town of less than

three thousand people where everyone knew everyone or at least where they thought they did delphi

indiana is a town where prior to these murders, young kids could safely play in the streets,

ride their bikes around town, or run around in the local woods without any adult supervision

or worry. It was a quiet town where the biggest most newsworthy event each year was an annual

bacon festival. It's a sleepy community, off the beaten path, lying along U.S. Highway 421, over 15 miles

from the nearest freeway I-65. With its three-story historic classic revival limestone courthouse

and a quaint Main Street lined with well-preserved three- and four-story brick buildings, some of which

date back to the 1850s,

it looks and feels like a throwback to a safer, more prosperous time. The pristine, picturesque,

and well-maintained Wabash and Erie Canal Park sits just 10 blocks north of the Delphi Courthouse

Square Historic District, which includes the recently restored Delphi Opera House.

The crime rate, outside of these two murders, practically non-existent.

According to FBI crime statistics in 2015, which is two years before the Delphi murders,

there were only two reported aggravated assaults, zero murders, one robbery, one stolen car,

six burglaries, and a grand total of 56 thefts, which includes crimes as petty as shoplifting

or some local teens stealing your lawn ornaments in the middle of the night.

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