According to CNN station WTHR, Richard Allen was convicted in the well-reported Delphi murder trial of two charges of murder and two counts of felony murder.
According to the prosecution, Allen slit the throats of 13-year-old Abigail "Abby" Williams and 14-year-old Liberty "Libby" German in 2017 and left their bodies next to a path in Delphi, Indiana. Before Allen's arrest in 2022, the case remained unsolved for over five years.
Before rendering a decision, the jury deliberated for almost 19 hours. Prior to the verdict, Special Judge Frances Gull stated, "People aren't going to be happy regardless of what the verdict is," according to the original source of WTHR.
According to WTHR, Richard Allen sat impassively when the guilty judgment was read. After consoling him, his attorneys shackled him and escorted him out of the courtroom. Until Allen was sentenced on December 20, the court maintained the gag order preventing any parties involved from discussing the case.
According to The Associated Press, Allen may receive a sentence of up to 130 years in jail.
According to WTHR, Libby's grandma, Becky Patty, sobbed as she embraced family members and exited the courthouse. As the guilty decision was delivered, the crowd outside the courthouse burst into cheers and clapping. According to CNN station WISH, several onlookers held placards expressing their support for Allen, while others said they wanted a guilty conviction.
"This isn't over at all," Kathy Allen, Allen's wife, told WTHR as she walked out of the courtroom.
After all 17 days of testimony, the 12 member jury, which had been sequestered during the trial, started deliberating Thursday afternoon. The judge gave them instructions to consider Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. until they arrived at a decision.
Prior to Carroll County Prosecutor Nick McLeland's closing arguments, which walked the panel through the evidence and testimony provided during the trial, Gull gave the jurors their final instructions Thursday morning and asked them to "consider the facts," according to CNN affiliate WTHR.
Richard Allen, known as 'Bridge Guy', is the primary suspect in the murder of Abby and Libby, as evidenced by a video from Libby's phone. The video, taken from Libby's phone, shows a man walking along the Monon High Bridge Trail.
According to WTHR, McLeland showed jurors the "Bridge Guy" video, which he claimed recorded the last moments of the kids' lives, a tape of Allen allegedly confessing to his wife over the phone while incarcerated, and horrific pictures of the girls' bodies.
Allen could be heard telling his wife "I did it." "I murdered Libby and Abby"
Learned Defence lawyer Brad Rozzi argued that acquittal should be possible due to the lack of evidence, timeline, and false confessions.
Rozzi told the jury Thursday, "The defense believes what you've heard over the last few weeks is more significant than what you're hearing today," according to WTHR.
The defense argued that Allen's past confessions were false and a result of his mental health deterioration, and no physical evidence linked him to the killings.
The murder investigation in Delphi began on February 13, 2017, when Abby and Libby hiked on Delphi's Monon High Bridge. When the two girls did not meet Libby's father that afternoon, they were reported missing. Their bodies were discovered the following day, partially buried by sticks, and both dead from throat wounds.
The suspect's audio and video recordings from Libby's smartphone contributed to the case's increased public awareness. "Guys, down the hill," is heard on the audio, and a man walking on the bridge with his hands in his pockets is seen in the video. Days after the murders, police released the audio and a still image from the video, and they named the "Bridge Guy" as their main suspect. However, the investigation stalled for over five years until Allen was taken into custody in 2022.
Allen, working at a CVS in Delphi, a tiny town, was discovered to have set up shop at the crime scene shortly after the girls were believed to have been murdered.
According to the CNN station WLFI Carroll County Sheriff Tony Liggett stated that Allen "got lost in the cracks" despite the tip. Police matched an unspent cartridge found between the girls' bodies to a handgun they seized during a search of Allen's residence, leading to Allen's arrest around a month after the tip was received.
Allen was charged with two charges of murder while committing or trying to commit kidnapping five days after his arrest on October 26, 2022. Two further murder counts were eventually added to the indictment by the prosecution.
Very little tangible evidence connects Allen to the case, despite his confessions: According to a state DNA expert who testified, neither Allen's nor Libby's DNA was discovered at the crime scene or on objects taken from his house.
The 40 caliber unspent bullet discovered alongside the girls' bodies, which a prosecution expert claimed matched Allen's weapon was the focus of prosecutors' attention. The defense questioned why more pictures of the cartridge were not taken and suggested that the bullet was not reliable.
WRTV claims that it could have originated from a law enforcement officer's firearm.
Additionally, Libby's cellphone's audio and video recordings of "Bridge Guy" have been compared to Allen's by the prosecution. WRTV reported that Indiana State Police Master Trooper Brian Harsh claimed to have listened to over 700 of Allen's prison phone conversations.
McLeland informed from the jury that Richard Allen was a "Bridge Guy" "He abducted them and then killed them"
According to WRTV it could have come from a police officer's weapon.
Allen has also been likened by the prosecution to the "Bridge Guy" submitted audio and video recordings captured on Libby's smartphone. The prosecution's witness, Master Trooper Brian Harsh man of the Indiana State Police, stated that "the voice of the 'Bridge Guy' is the voice of Richard Allen WRTV reported that a Harsh man claimed to have had over 700 of Allen's phone chats while incarcerated.
Richard Allen, McLeland told from the jury in the court was a "Bridge Guy. " "He abducted them and then killed them."
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