### Alleged 'Bridge Guy' Eyewitness Testifies in Delphi Murder Trial

DELPHI, Ind.—A local witness took the stand Wednesday morning, recounting a dramatic encounter from the day Abigail Williams and Liberty German went missing. Sarah Carbaugh, identified as witness number four, provided an hour-long testimony about seeing a man resembling the infamous 'Bridge Guy'.

"I'm as local as you can get," said Carbaugh, explaining she was driving along County Rd. W. 300 N. near one of the entrances to the Monon High Bridge Trail on February 13, 2017. As she passed by around 4 p.m., she recalled seeing a group of stressed-looking individuals at the trail entrance. Moments later, she noticed a man covered in mud and blood walking along the road, his hands in front of his hips, hunched over. Carbaugh noted she made eye contact with him, and surveillance footage later confirmed her red Saturn was at the scene at 3:56 p.m. that day.

Despite recognizing the man as the 'Bridge Guy' from news reports, Carbaugh admitted she waited three weeks to report the sighting to authorities due to overthinking and panicking.

During the cross-examination by Richard Allen’s defense attorney, Andrew Baldwin, Carbaugh's prior statements were brought into question. Baldwin highlighted discrepancies in her descriptions: in her first two 2017 interviews, she did not mention blood but only mud, while in 2019, she reversed the detail, indicating blood without mentioning mud. Baldwin also pointed out inconsistencies in her description of the man’s clothing. Carbaugh stood by her testimony, asserting she saw both mud and blood and attributed the differing descriptions to her memory's precision.

In conjunction with her testimony, forensic pathologist Dr. Roland Kohr provided details about the autopsies he conducted on the victims. Kohr described Abby Williams' wide neck cut and the lack of definitive sexual assault evidence, although a faint mark on her face suggested potential constraint. Libby German had multiple neck wounds and two lap wounds, with recent conclusions suggesting a boxcutter might have been the weapon, differing from Kohr's initial assessment of a serrated knife.

Kohr's new findings and the defense's scrutiny of the lack of a follow-up report fueled further debate. The revised timeline of events suggests the girls' death around 3 p.m. on February 13, aligning with a video recorded on Libby's phone earlier that afternoon.

The court proceedings paused for lunch just before 1 p.m., leaving a courtroom of participants to digest the morning's intense testimonies and revelations.