THE HOLLY FILES, PART 3

THE REST OF THE STORY: WHAT THE AFFIDAVIT ACTUALLY SHOWS

A detailed timeline reconstructed from the sworn affidavit filed by witness Jimmie L. Clayton Jr.

By Jimmie L. Clayton Jr., Wabash Watchdog
December 11, 2025

On November 12, 2025, the Carroll County Comet reported that their former editor, Holly Eitenmiller, 55, faced criminal charges including two Level 6 felonies and two Class B misdemeanors. The charges stem from events in May 2025 involving allegations of theft, false informing, and marijuana possession.

What the Comet didn’t publish was the full timeline of events leading to those charges—a timeline documented in a sworn affidavit filed by this reporter on May 12, 2025, in Tippecanoe County.

This article presents that timeline, based on firsthand witness testimony and public court records.

The affidavit spells out a pattern — a sequence — where Holly Eitenmiller repeatedly leveraged her position, her access, her relationships, and her influence to manipulate events, take property, invent narratives, and manufacture evidence.

Here is the breakdown the Comet didn’t want to print.

Holly’s Unauthorized Access Was Intentional — Not Accidental

Holly consciously used a key she had no authority to use to enter the Chamber building. She didn’t “happen” to be there. She didn’t “misunderstand instructions.” She deliberately:

• Entered the building after hours
• Directed others to enter
• Walked them through the rooms
• Pointed out items she wanted removed
• Had people load property into a vehicle

That is structurally identical to a burglary under Indiana Code.

But the prosecutor never filed burglary.
The Comet never mentioned burglary.
Neither explained why.

Background: The Delphi Connection

Holly Eitenmiller worked as editor of the Carroll County Comet in Delphi, Indiana—the same small town that became internationally known following the 2017 murders of Liberty German and Abigail Williams. The case drew true crime investigators, podcasters, and content creators to the area, including Anthony Greeno, a Delphi native and Lafayette-based podcaster who runs “Delphi Murders: Rewind.”

February-May 2025: The Business Arrangement

According to the May 12, 2025 affidavit sworn to in Tippecanoe County, the relationship between Eitenmiller and Greeno began as a potential business partnership. I was asked by Anthony Greeno for a ride to Delphi, Indiana, because an author, Frank Craig, Holly Eitenmiller and Greeno we’re going to speak all things Delphi, at the sandwich shop on February 27, 2025.

I gave the trio the space they needed by checking out Delphi. I found them and approached. When I sat down at their table, I just listened to them discuss AI. I had to chime in and let them know that the programs we were developing were using agents and API keys for automation and other proprietary techniques. Both Frank and Holly were quite impressed with our use of AI as a go to tool to assist in our endeavors. The moment Holly realized we were building AI-assisted investigative tools, her entire demeanor shifted. Her editor’s brain turned gears. She saw assets, not people.

She told us she was overwhelmed at the Comet, drowning in stories she couldn’t publish, and needed help.

But help wasn’t what she really wanted.

March 8, 2025: The First Assignment That Never Ran

Holly tested us by assigning us coverage of the Carroll County Jail ribbon cutting ceremony. This was actually Greeno’s time to shine. I told Holly I would help her by writing an editorial/blog to help fill her open spaces in the comet.

We delivered.
We wrote.
We photographed.
We submitted.

It never ran. Anthony’s story didn’t publish. Neither did my editorial.

Later, Holly claimed someone asked Don Hurd if Greeno worked for the Comet, and she panicked.
But the truth was simpler:

She wanted our work without accountability.

May 2, 2025: The Initial Pitch

After the sit down with Mr Craig and Eitenmiller, Greeno and I met with Eitenmiller to discuss using artificial intelligence tools for investigative journalism. Greeno pitched our skill with artificial
intelligence in motion picture and audio to Holly. It was hinted that we were going
to be brought onto the Comet team, but as a sister production to handle controversial
issues.

May 3, 2025: The Chamber of Commerce Incident

On May 3, 2025, Eitenmiller invited Greeno and myself to her apartment to brainstorm other ideas. We met her boyfriend, Dave Henry, as well. She told us that the Carroll County Auditor was a crook and needed investigated and asked if I was up to it. I told her that I could definitely build agents to help audit efficiently. She said that she was going to give us a company car and walked us to a Kia Sportage parked behind the Chamber of Commerce building.

Eitenmiller explained the car needed a battery and that she had a new one inside. She opened the back door with a key, approximately 7:15 pm, and she implored us to follow. Anthony Greeno and I had the firm belief that Holly had authorization to be in this building and we did as she asked under the understanding that we were her employees.

Once inside the Chamber of Commerce building, Eitenmiller “stated that the building is to be sold and that the local government was going to sell and give items inside away.” After the tour, she had us grab a wood chair and overhead projector. We left back to her apartment.

The Carroll County Comet later reported that Chamber staff determined several items were missing, valued between $939 and $1,539, including “a laptop computer, a wooden antique courthouse chair, and an overhead projector.”

MAY 5 — “I HAVE A NATIONAL STORY”

On May 5th, I got a call from Holly. She said she had a story for Greeno and I that would make national headlines. It got me excited. Holly also told me that she needs help writing her book and if I helped she would give me 5% of the revenue made.

She sent us to 9th & Washington to photograph:

• The Richard Allen evidence warehouse
• Security cameras
• The perimeter

Her excitement wasn’t about journalism.
It was about spectacle.

MAY 7 — MOVING IN

On May 7, 2025, Greeno and Clayton moved from Lafayette to Delphi at Eitenmiller’s insistence. Holly kicked her boyfriend Dave out as she knew we were coming. Holly demanded that we stay with her until we find our own accommodations.

Holly gave us a room/office to work in. But we had a hard time working because she wouldn’t quit talking about what we are going to do to impress Don Hurd, the owner of the Comet.

Instead of work, we got:

• 24/7 talking
• Ideas stacked on ideas
• Pressure
• Volatility

She wanted constant attention, not journalism.

MAY 9 — THE SEDUCTION AND THE SHIFT

We drove my the suspected evidence warehouse, wherein Anthony and Holly argued about Anthony’s direct approach of Just entering the building during office hours and just asking and looking around. She said she didnt want to ruin the story.

We pulled into the Canal area and looked around. Holly way daydreaming about setting up the new Comet in one of the old buildings. They began arguing about where the perfect camera angle would be. Just bumping heads all day.

While Anthony slept, Holly came into the office room wearing a thin white wife beater with no bra.

She told me: “You and I can expose corruption. We don’t need Greeno.”

It wasn’t romantic. It was strategic. It was a test. It was another move on her chessboard.

I told her that I was uncomfortable with behavior and that I had a girlfriend with whom I was in love with. I talked about Ashlynn Perigo a lot, so her trying to seduce me had me confused.

THE NIGHT OF MAY 10 — THE SETUP BEGINS

Greeno and I had finished moving in. I passed out from exhaustion.

Holly did not sleep.

She spent the entire night engineering a narrative:

• Interrogating Greeno
• Accusing him of being “the bridge guy”
• Taking photographs of him
• Texting county officials
• Building a story she planned to deliver to law enforcement

This wasn’t journalism.
It wasn’t investigation.

It was manufacturing a suspect.

May 11, 2025: The Morning Deputies Arrived

I woke up to deputy sheriffs standing over me. One asked about marijuana then I was asked about making videos with Anthony on the murders and what I knew about the evidence storage location. Once I got up and walked out of the room, I saw Anthony in handcuffs and held by a deputy. And there was Holly taking pictures of the whole thing.

I watched as they led Anthony out of the apartment. I looked at Holly and asked what had happened. I noticed that all of Greeno’s property was moved into the living area.

Holly told me that she didn’t know how she was going to get law enforcement to her apartment, so she decided to use her cannabis as the method of having Anthony detained. She told me that she took her bag of cannabis and laid it right next to Anthony and summoned the police.

She told me that she was messaging Don Hurd and the Sheriff the whole time to keep them notified of what was going on. Don Hurd is the publisher of the Carroll County Comet.

Eitenmiller claimed she had questioned Greeno “all night” and obtained “evidence that he was the bridge guy or was with the bridge guy”—a reference to a suspect description in the Delphi murders case.

I loaded all of Anthony’s things and dropped them off at storage. Holly was with me and had Sgt. Dekkard meet us there. He asked me how I felt about everything and honestly I didn’t know and I had no time to process the information.

I left Delphi to clear my mind. Had was trying to process everything. Have I been running around with a killer? Would I be able to tell? About that time, almost to Lafayette, Greeno calls for me to pick him up. I turned around and headed back to Delphi.

Anthony and I caught each other up and I felt anger. I was used and I told Greeno that I was drafting an Affidavit of Probable Cause and that I was going to arrest Holly myself under the citizen’s arrest statute.

I executed and swore the truth upon the Affidavit and explained to one of the city police officers my intentions. Sgt Dekkard was not there or working and he asked that I wait until he got back to work. I agreed, but wish I hadn’t.

When we finally spoke, he convinced me to let him follow up an investigation and arrest. I did and found out that he turned his report into the prosecutor and their investigator was looking at it. The prosecutor finally pressed charges on Holly and Anthony, but diluted Holly’s culpability.

What Happened Next

The sworn affidavit filed six months before charges were filed contains specific allegations that did not result in corresponding criminal charges:

1. Evidence Tampering: If Eitenmiller admitted to staging cannabis to create probable cause for law enforcement response, why was no evidence tampering or obstruction charge filed?
2. The Timeline: Why did it take six months from the affidavit filing (May 12) to criminal charges being filed (November 7)?
3. The Publisher’s Role: The affidavit alleges Eitenmiller was “messaging Don Hurd and the Sheriff the whole time” during the events of May 10-11. What communications occurred between the Comet’s publisher and law enforcement?
4. Employment Status: At what point did Eitenmiller’s employment with the Comet end relative to these events?

The Carroll County Comet’s November 12, 2025 article by Editor Amanda Redman reported the basic facts:

• Eitenmiller contacted Sheriff Tony Liggett on or about May 11 to report Greeno at her apartment with marijuana
• Officers found Greeno “asleep or passed out” near marijuana
• Text messages showed the two had discussed marijuana and THC products days earlier
• Chamber staff determined items were missing after police contacted them
• Eitenmiller admitted having the laptop, which was recovered from her apartment
• A forensic review showed the laptop’s password was changed under her username in late April

What the Comet did not report: the allegation that Eitenmiller admitted to staging the evidence.

The Legal Standard

Under Indiana law:

IC 35-44.1-2-2 (Obstruction of Justice) makes it a Level 6 felony to “alter, damage, or remove any record, document, or thing, with intent to prevent it from being produced or used as evidence in any official proceeding or investigation.”

IC 35-44.1-2-3 (False Informing) addresses making false reports to law enforcement.

The question legal observers may ask: Does staging evidence to create probable cause for law enforcement response constitute obstruction of justice?

According to the Comet’s November 12 report, initial hearings had not been scheduled as of press time. Both Eitenmiller and Greeno are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law.

This case involves:

• A newspaper editor with access to law enforcement
• Allegations of evidence staging
• Questions about the charging decisions
• A six-month gap between witness testimony and criminal charges

The public record now contains both versions. This timeline presents them side by side.

THE REAL QUESTIONS CARROLL COUNTY MUST ANSWER

If this timeline shows:

• Unauthorized building entry
• Removing property
• Staging evidence
• Attempting to frame someone
• Contacting officials while doing it
• Manipulating the press
• Engineering a false crime scene

The prosecutor watered down Holly’s culpability. He left out charges.

Why not burglary?
Why not evidence tampering?
Why not obstruction?
Why not false informing?

Why did the Comet omit every major detail?

And why did county leadership allow a newspaper editor to manipulate an investigation?

COMING NEXT: PART 4 — THE RECEIPTS

Text messages.
Photos.
Timestamps.
Communications with county officials.
And the evidence the public has never seen.

Part 4 publishes them — one by one.