Behrman case timeline
May 31, 2000: Nineteen-year-old Indiana University freshman Jill Behrman disappears while bicycling.
June 3, 2000: Police suspend the search for Behrman, saying they lack leads. Behrman's parents, university officials and others offer a $25,000 reward for information, which is later raised to $50,000.
June 6, 2000: The FBI joins the search.
Nov. 10, 2000: The Behrman story is featured on the Fox show "Million Dollar Mysteries," prompting about 50 calls to police and the FBI.
April 18, 2001: Police and the FBI announce a new theory about Behrman's disappearance: that a passing vehicle hit her, and her body and bicycle were removed after the driver panicked.
May 23, 2001: Officials announce they are doubling the reward for information in the case to $100,000.
April 3, 2002: A tip leads police to scour Salt Creek southeast of Bloomington near Monroe Reservoir for clues to Behrman's disappearance.
Aug. 1, 2002: Investigators say they retrieved items of "possible evidentiary value" in a four-day search of Salt Creek.
September 2002: Temporary dams are built in Salt Creek so investigators can scour the bottom for more evidence. Investigators later say the evidence recovered supports a new theory that Behrman was still alive when she was taken to the creek.
Dec. 20, 2002: Police hand over thousands of documents to the Monroe County prosecutor detailing the investigation into Behrman's disappearance.
March 13, 2003: Officials confirm that bones found March 9 in a remote area of Morgan County near Paragon were Behrman's.
May 31, 2003: Behrman's family has a celebration of life to memorialize her.
March 13, 2006: A Morgan County grand jury begins an investigation into Behrman's disappearance and death.
April 9, 2006: Police arrest John Robert Myers II, Ellettsville. He is indicted on a charge of murder by the grand jury. He pleads not guilty.
Oct. 30, 2006: Jury of six men, six women finds Myers, 31, guilty after hearing about 55 witnesses. In addition to the detectives who investigated the case, prosecutors called Myers' family and co-workers to testify about statements he allegedly made implicating himself. Myers never confessed to the killing, and there was no forensic evidence to link him to the abduction and murder
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