Case to go to prosecutor

After 28 months of searching for missing IU student Jill Behrman, officials on the case are preparing reports for the final stage of the investigation before turning them over to the county prosecutor.\nWithin the next several weeks, the FBI and Bloomington Police Department will turn over reports summarizing the entire investigation to Monroe County Prosecutor Carl Salzmann, BPD Detective Marty Deckard said. \nThe summary will include the analytical values of all of the physical evidence found in the investigation, as well as the results of leads and tips, Deckard said. \nThe BPD and the FBI will keep the physical evidence in their custody to forensically-analyze it. \nUntil the report is sent, Deckard said the BPD and FBI will continue to investigate leads and evidence to their fullest extent.\n"We have several leads that have come from the last episode of 'America's Most Wanted,'" Deckard said. "I have at least 40 phone calls to return since the media coverage at Salt Creek, with more calls everyday. Even today, after the weekend, I had 20 phone calls, and I have taken eight calls today regarding information on that case."\nWith large amounts of investigating still to be done, it will take time before law enforcement officials have the reports ready. Once the report is ready for the prosecutor, it will be presented by Deckard or FBI Agent Gary Dunn, Deckard said.\nAfter the presentation, the prosecutor's office will review the case, look at all the summaries, then make a determination on whether or not there is enough evidence in the case to file charges, Salzmann said.\nThe FBI's and BPD's roles in the case are not over once the report is turned over, Deckard said.\nIf necessary, both departments will further investigate any part of the case prosecutors have questions about or would like to see further investigated.\nSalzmann said his office has not been idle during the last 28 months. Since Jill's disappearance May 31, 2000, they have provided subpoena and evidence requests for the courts to get records and search warrants to help investigators.\nIn this final part of the investigation, the Behrman family will be kept informed of what is going on in the case, Salzmann said.\n"Like any victim in a felony case, we keep them reprised of what's going on," Salzmann said. "If there are any questions of them, we call them, or if they have any questions of us, they call us. We have an open-door policy."\nMarilyn Behrman, Jill's mother, said she and her family were initially focused upon finding Jill, but now they are also concerned with discovering the individuals involved in their daughter's disappearance.\nThose with information in the case should call the local FBI office at 332-9275 or the local police at 349-3325.