Behrman report in prosecutor's hands

After a 30-month investigation into the disappearance of IU student Jill Behrman, the Bloomington Police Department and the FBI have turned over a 70-page report describing all the evidence they've found to the Monroe County prosecutor.\nThe probable cause affidavit names three suspects, said Marilyn Behrman, Jill's mother. All are currently in jail on unrelated charges. Behrman acknowledged one of those named is Uriah Clouse, who was previously named as a suspect, but she declined to name the others.\nSince September, after the conclusion of the Salt Creek search for Behrman's body, investigators compiled information and evidence in the report. It was finished last Friday and reached Monroe County Prosecutor Carl Salzmann's desk Monday, said Bloomington Police Department Detective Marty Deckard.\nSalzmann said he is unsure of how long it will take him and his team to analyze the report.\n"We just received the executive summary," Salzmann said. "The FBI has asked us to try to digest and review it during the rest of this month. After we go through everything, we will meet with the FBI in early December."\nFBI Agent Gary Dunn said it won't be the final report on the case. He said the department is still investigating leads and will give further findings to the prosecutor's office.\n"There is a report that they have, but it is not all-inclusive," Dunn said. "We are still going to be providing (the prosecutor's office) with additional information. This investigation is still ongoing."\nDeckard said there is still a small amount of evidence to be found.\n"We'll continue to follow leads and tips submitted to us, but we're at such an advanced point in the investigation that there is very little, if any, that we don't already know," Deckard said. "When people call us with tips and information, we can tell them who they heard it from before they tell us. What we are doing now is searching for more people who are main sources."\nAnalyzing the 70-plus page report will be a tiresome practice involving numerous people, Salzmann said. In addition to being reviewed by Salzmann, the report will also be analyzed by deputy prosecutor Mary Ellen Diekhoff, as well as a team of research assistants and legal interns.\nTo analyze the case, Salzmann said he and his group will not only read the case, but may choose to read over thousands of pages of interviews gathered in the past two-and-a-half years.\nThe BPD and FBI plan to help the prosecutor's office understand the report in any way necessary.\n"If the prosecutor's open, we will present the report in Power Point. We have several points that we could illustrate to them, whether it be in written statements to video interviews or thousands of photos," Deckard said. "If that's what they require us to do, we will do that. We're at a point now that if we need to do anything, we can. We already have put everything in a 71-page report. We can do more."\nBehrman disappeared May 30, 2000. She left her house early that morning for a bike ride, but never returned. Her bike was later found 10 miles from where she was last seen. \nPolice have said Behrman probably was hit by a pickup truck driven by someone under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Her body may have been dumped in Salt Creek.\nSince then, the BPD and FBI have undertaken an investigation that included draining a 1.4 mile stretch of Salt Creek in September.\nMarilyn Behrman said she is glad to see the case is moving forward and is taking it one step at a time.\n"It's kind of a relief that maybe the case will be solved or resolved at some point, but it's still a long way off," she said.\nManaging Editor Cory Schouten contributed to this story.