Two girls were murdered in Delphi, Indiana, in 2017. A local man will spend life behind bars for their deaths
The IndependentThe latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery Libby German and Abby Williams pictured together before they were killed in 2017 Investigators released a grainy image from the video and a chilling audio of the man telling the two girls: “Go down the hill.” Investigators long suspected that the man caught on camera is the girls’ killer and have praised the girls for documenting the evidence. open image in gallery Richard Allen pictured in mugshot in 2022 after arrest for Delphi murders Indiana State Police Lt. Jerry Holeman also gave damning testimony, telling the court a fellow inmate had come forward to claim that Allen had not only confessed but also revealed the murder weapon. open image in gallery Flowers are placed at the Monon High Bridge where the girls were found dead They said that “possible Odinism signatures” were left behind by the killers at the crime scene, with the victims’ bodies staged by trees with branches and sticks laid across their bodies in the shape of pagan symbols. She found that the defense had “failed to produce admissible evidence demonstrating a nexus.” Allen’s attorneys quit the case Allen’s trial began on October 14, after a slew of delays after Allen’s attorneys dramatically quit the case in October 2023 amid a scandal over the leak of graphic crime scene photos.