The Ontario Review Board (ORB) has denied a conditional discharge to an Ontario man who terrorized the grandparents of one of two Indiana girls murdered in 2017. Jeffrey Keddy made more than 30 harassing phone calls to the couple, claiming the dead girls had been seen in Canada a year after their deaths and that the murders were a hoax.
Background of the Case
The eighth graders—Abby Williams, 13, and Libby German, 14—were killed near the Monon High Bridge Trail in Delphi, Indiana, on February 13, 2017. Their bodies were discovered the next day with their throats slit. The case garnered extensive media attention, and the grandparents Keddy targeted had given dozens of televised interviews following the murders.
Between August and September 2021, Keddy placed repeated calls to the grandparents, identifying himself as “the bridge guy” or “the troll under the bridge.” In one voicemail, he stated, “I am never going away, I am never going to stop.” The grandparents reported the calls to police, who identified Keddy and arrested him on September 15, 2021.
Mental Health Diagnosis and Legal Findings
Keddy has been diagnosed with schizophrenia and cannabis use disorder. In November 2022, he was found not criminally responsible (NCR) on account of a mental disorder for charges of conveying false information with intent to injure or alarm, repeatedly communicating with intent to harass, and failing to comply with probation.
According to the ORB decision dated June 5, 2026, Keddy reported that he began using marijuana in high school and was smoking three to six joints daily at the time of the offenses. The 60-year-old was discharged from a Hamilton hospital in June 2025 and now lives in a small rural town about an hour's drive from Hamilton. He resides with a woman he has been in an on-again, off-again relationship with for three decades, as well as his son—who uses cannabis—and daughter-in-law.
Conditional Discharge Request Denied
Keddy sought a conditional discharge but was unwilling to agree to a clause requiring attendance at the hospital upon request. The ORB noted his history of making repeated calls to law enforcement and family members of violent crime victims, as well as espousing conspiracy theories.
His criminal record includes convictions from 1986 to 1994 for drug offenses, escaping custody, and obstructing a peace officer. In 2021 and 2022, he was convicted of breaches of recognizance, failure to comply with a release order, and two counts of criminal harassment. He was also charged twice for harassing neighbors, leading to no-contact orders; after one conviction, he had to sell his house because he was forbidden to enter the town as a condition of his probation.
The ORB concluded that granting a conditional discharge would be premature given Keddy's ongoing mental health issues and risk of reoffending.
