Tip in Delphi Homicides Investigation Leads to Arrest In 2007 Cold Case

LOGANSPORT, IN — A Logansport man is expected to appear in court Friday after a tip in the Delphi double homicide case led to his confession in a 2007 murder, WLFI reports. Kevin S. Sellers, 39, is being held without bond at the Cass County Jail, facing a Level 1 felony charge in the murder of his uncle, 50-year-old David E. Sellers, the news source reports. According to WLFI, a probable cause affidavit and murder charge were filed against Sellers Thursday, a day after he was brought in for questioning on an unrelated matter.

On Nov. 8, 2007, Cass County Sheriff officials were dispatched to the home Kevin Sellers and his uncle shared in the 1100 block of North County Road 600 E., where they found David Sellers in his bed with a gunshot wound to the head. WLFI reports Kevin Sellers was interviewed at the time and no charges were filed.

According to WLFI, members of the multi-agency "Sellers Cold Case Team" continued meeting about the case for several years. (For more information on this and other neighborhood stories, subscribe to Indianapolis Patch to receive daily newsletters and breaking news alerts and LIKE Indianapolis Patch on Facebook.)

Kevin Sellers was asked to come to the Cass County Sheriff’s Office Wednesday for investigation of a tip received about the Feb. 2017 Delphi murders of Abigail Williams and Liberty German, nearly a month after officials released a sketch of their alleged killer.

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Prosecutors say Sellers was first questioned about the Delphi killings, but was then confronted with evidence gathered in the ongoing investigation into the death of David Sellers, after which he stated, “I surrender," detailing how he shot his uncle at "David's request."

David Sellers’ 2007 obituary said he was survived by “a special nephew, Kevin Sellers, Logansport.”

The affidavit says investigators established that Kevin Sellers was the sole beneficiary of David Sellers’ estate, according to WLFI.

Police are asking anyone with information in the Feb. 2017 Delphi murders to call the case's tip line, 844-459, 5786 and can stay anonymous. Tips may also be emailed to abbyandlibbytip@cacoshrf.com.

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