On July 23, 2019, a suspect who had been wanted for the kidnapping and rape of a 26-year-old woman on June 22 in Tippecanoe County was named as one of multiple suspects being investigated for the Williams and German murders, according to Carroll County Sheriff Tobe Leazenby. On June 27, 2019, the suspect was surrounded by police, and after a five-hour stand-off, he died by suicide.[15]