As 1st Christmas goes by since unsolved killings of Indiana teens, mom is confident 'we'll have our answers'

The joy of the holidays was dampened this year for two Delphi, Indiana, families experiencing their first Christmas since the mysterious killings of eighth-graders Abby Williams and Libby German.

Abby, 13, and Libby, 14, who became good friends as volleyball teammates, were enjoying a day off from school on Feb. 13 when they disappeared on a hiking trail near their rural hometown of Delphi. Their bodies were found the next day.

In the over 10 months since their deaths, no arrests have been made.


PHOTO: Photos of Abby Williams, left, and Libby German, right, are displayed at police headquarters in Adelphi, Indiana. (Lindsey Jacobson/ABC News)
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Abby's mother, Anna Williams, has described Abby as a happy child who was passionate about band and volleyball, and who enjoyed a good childhood in this tightknit community of nearly 3,000 people. Abby was "very respectful, very kindhearted," her mother said.


PHOTO: An undated Christmas photo of Anna Williams and her daughter, Abby Williams. (Courtesy Anna Williams)
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Libby, who had a gift for volleyball, softball and soccer, was "a positive person that would have made a difference in this world," her grandmother, Becky Patty, told ABC News earlier this year. "No doubt in my mind."


PHOTO: An undated handout photo shows Libby German of Delphi, Ind., who was murdered in Feb. 2017. (Courtesy Becky Patty)
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Abby and Libby were both "good kids that didn't get into trouble, that genuinely cared about other people more so than themselves," Williams said.

If Abby was here now, Williams told ABC News today, she'd be enjoying new Christmas gifts, the snow and the break from school.


PHOTO: A Christmas tree memorial decorated at the courthouse in Delphi, Indiana. (Courtesy Anna Williams)
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Of surviving this year's Christmas without her daughter, Williams said, "We made the best of it."

"There's no words for what we're having to do -- we're just doing the best we can," she said.


PHOTO: An undated Christmas photo of Anna Williams and her daughter, Abby Williams. (Courtesy Anna Williams)
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