Richard Allen Found Guilty of Murdering Libby German and Abby Williams in Delphi Murders Trial

Mar. 15, 2025

Abigail Williams, Richard Allen and Liberty German.Photo: Indiana State Police

Richard Allen, who was charged with the2017 murders of two teenage girlsin Delphi Ind., has been found guilty.

Allen was convicted on four counts of murder after the jury deliberated over a span of four days, according to theAssociated Press, theIndianapolis StarandWTHR.

For five years, no suspects were identified. But in 2022, police arrested Allen, a Delphi resident, after searching his home and allegedly finding knives as well as a gun that authorities claimed was linked to a bullet found at the scene, the AP reported.

While he was behind bars with his trial pending, Allen allegedly confessed to the murders during a phone call with his wife, prosecutors claimed, according to  AP,CNNand Fox 59.

But during his trial, Allen’s attorney Andrew Baldwin said the confession was made during a time when his client was in a compromised mental state, Fox 59 reported.

During closing arguments, prosecutor Nick McLeland reminded the jury of Allen’s alleged confession and asked the jury to find him guilty of murder.

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Defense attorney Brad Rozzi called the prosecution’s proposed timeline into question. Rozzi also attempted to discredit the state’s witnesses who described the so-called “bridge guy” seen in a video walking on the trial where the girls were killed, who prosecutors claim is Allen.

“Somethings wrong here,” Rozzi said, per WTHR. “Something’s not right.”

But a judge prevented the defense from introducing the Odinist theory during trial, citing a lack of evidence, court records indicate.

After the girls were found in 2017, Liberty’s grandfather Mike Pattytold PEOPLEthat they were best friends who loved playing sports and hiking together.

source: people.com