Investigators said they believed the man was a suspect in the double homicide.Ī probable cause affidavit released by a judge in November revealed evidence that led investigators to believe Allen forced the girls down a hill and to the location where they were killed, including a. Indiana State Police investigators released a grainy, pixelated image of a man in a blue jacket and jeans on the bridge, along with a recording of a man’s voice. Their bodies were found the next day in a wooded area near the trail, about a half mile from the Monon High Bridge where they’d been dropped off.Ībby posted a photo to Snapchat of the girls crossing the railroad bridge shortly before they were killed, police said. The investigation began after then teens went for a hike during a day off from school on February 13, 2017, and didn’t show up at a previously arranged time to meet Libby’s dad, police said. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy) Michael Conroy/AP/FILEĪ newly unsealed affidavit details the clues that led investigators to the suspect in Delphi teen girl killings The Indiana State Police announced an arrest in the murders of the two teenage girls killed during a 2017 hiking trip in northern Indiana. His wife, Kathy Allen, ends the phone call abruptly,” the document went on to say.Īllen’s attorneys previously said their client “has nothing to hide,” and they planned to make “a vigorous legal and factual challenge” to the prosecution’s claims.Ī makeshift memorial to Liberty German, and Abigail Williams near where they were last seen and where the bodies were discovered stands along the Monon Trail leading to the Monon High Bridge Trail in Delphi, Ind., Monday, Oct. He admits several times within the phone call that he committed the offenses as charged. Allen admits that he committed the murders of Abigail Williams and Liberty German.
“Investigators had the phone call transcribed and the transcription confirms that Richard M. Allen admits several times that he killed Abby and Libby,” according to the document. On April 3, Allen called his wife, Kathy Allen, one document states.
Gull, the special judge who has been assigned to oversee the case. Indiana State Policeĭetails of the alleged phone call were included in a large number of documents unsealed Wednesday by Judge Frances C. After an exhaustive search, Richard Allen was charged with the murders of of Abigail Williams,13, and Liberty German,14.
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