The hornet raced by Josh Lank Jr. carries a “Seeking Information” poster on its hood. With it, he hopes that the public will help find the suspect behind the February 2017 murders of Liberty “Libby” German, 14, and Abigail “Abby” Williams, 13.
“Libby, she was my cousin, but she was more like a sister to me,” Lank, 18, of Delphi, Indiana, said. “I was with her every day. We were close. Abby was her best friend.”
Their deaths made national news and rocked the small town of Delphi, population 2,961. Five years later, their homicide case remains unsolved.
“It’s tough,” said Lank. “There are definitely some hard days. There’s so much they’ve missed out on. It’s crazy that someone could take it away from them like that. They had a lot of life to live, and it was cut short.”
However, Lank decided to help, in his own way, to find the suspect behind the murders. He put the “Seeking Information” poster on the hood of the car he races.
“It’s my way of getting the word out,” Lank said. “We go to a lot of big races, like Bristol [Motor Speedway’s Bristol Dirt Nationals in Tennessee]. The more we get word out there, the more we can get that guy’s face out there. It only takes one person to know who it is — that’s all it takes.”
His hood helped garner the attention of a Indianapolis-based TV station, WRTV, this morning (click here to see their coverage). If you see Josh Lank Jr. at the races and have questions about the murders, don’t shy away.
“I want everyone to come look at [the hood],” said Lank. “I don’t want them to be scared to talk with me about it.”
There’s video of the suspect and a voice recording extracted from German’s cellphone. To view those and more information about the suspect and the murders, click here. A $325,000 reward is being offered, according to Lank.
“If they find that [guy], it will probably be the happiest day of my life,” Lank said.
If you have any information pertinent to the case, call 765-822-3535 or email [email protected]. Callers can remain anonymous. You may also contact your local FBI office.
The Outside Groove Executive Editor has covered motorsports since 2000. His many awards include the 2019 Eastern Motorsport Press Association (EMPA) Jim Hunter Writer of the Year and the 2013 Russ Catlin Award for Excellence in Motorsports Journalism.
