Behrman witness comes forward

A witness whom police had been seeking since early March in the investigation of the 2000 abduction and murder of IU student Jill Behrman finally reconnected with police Thursday.\nThe witness, whose identity remains unknown to the public, called Indiana State Police Detective Rick Lang after hearing repeated requests through media outlets from the Indiana State Police to call back and offer more information, said Indiana State Police Public Information Officer David Bursten in a press release. The witness had originally called police May 31, 2000, the day Behrman was reported missing, and offered information about a suspicious red compact car she had seen near West and North Maple Grove roads.\nLang began using media outlets to ask the witness to come forward after authorities announced that the case would be sent to the grand jury, Bursten said in the release.\n"Most likely, I would not have been able to find this witness without the assistance of the media," Lang said in the press release.\nLang cannot reveal specific information that the witness provided, but Bursten said in the release that Lang indicated that the witness "helped clarify issues related to the investigation."\nLast week, Indiana State Police arrested Ellettsville resident John R. Myers II, 30, and charged him with one count of murder. Morgan County Prosecutor Steve Sonnega said he believes Myers "knowingly and intentionally" killed Behrman, according to an April 11 Indiana Daily Student article. Behrman first disappeared on a bicycle ride in 2000. Authorities did not locate Behrman's remains until May 2003, when hunters stumbled upon them in some Morgan County woods.\nSonnega and Morgan County Superior Court Judge Tom Gray have also scheduled a hearing for July 5 to decide whether documents revealing Behrman's cause of death can be made available to the public or must remain sealed for the benefit of the investigation, Bursten said in the release.