Content warning, this episode contains discussion of murder, including the murder of two children.

Carroll County, Indiana Sheriff Tony Ligott, has played so many important roles in the Delphi case.

As a detective with the Carroll County Sheriff's Office, he started out trying to find Liberty German and Abigail Williams on February 13, 2017.

After the case shifted into a double homicide investigation,

he ran down tips and became a part of the multi-agency

unified command investigative team responsible for working the case.

When volunteer Kathy Shank resurfaced the lead regarding Richard Allen in 2022,

Ligot was the first person she told,

and he threw himself

into that investigation. He gathered evidence against Allen and even interviewed him.

As sheriff of Carroll County, Ligott was instrumental in running the trial in Delphi's historic

courthouse, working to ensure that his team protected the defendant, the judge, the attorneys, the jurors, and the general public.

Sheriff Ligott was largely responsible for ensuring that the trial of Richard Allen proceeded smoothly and safely.

On the stand at trial, Sheriff Ligott performed impressively under aggressive questioning from defense attorney Bradley Rosie.

He responded calmly and intelligently, throwing out facts inconvenient to the defense's case.

We were pleased when he agreed to talk to us about his extensive experiences on this case.

Now that the gag order is lifted, Sheriff Liggett and others are free to speak about their experiences with the Delphi case.

This episode is part of our

first-person interview series. We will seek to interview as many of the individuals with

the firsthand experience in the Delphi case as possible in the coming weeks and months. If you

had a direct role in the case and are open to talking with us, email us at Merdersheet at gmail.com.

This is part of our ongoing efforts to report on the Delphi murders.

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