7 years after Delphi double murder, jury starts deliberating

A jury began deliberations Thursday in the trial of Richard Allen, who is accused of killing two teenage girls and leaving their bodies near a hiking path in Delphi, Indiana, in 2017. Allen is facing two murder and two felony murder charges and has pleaded not guilty.

A jury began deliberations Thursday in the trial of Richard Allen, who is accused of killing two teenage girls and leaving their bodies near a hiking path in Delphi, Indiana, in 2017. Allen is facing two murder and two felony murder charges and has pleaded not guilty. Allen County Superior Court Judge Frances Gull gave the jury their final instructions Thursday morning ahead of closing arguments, urging them to “consider the facts,” in the deaths of Liberty “Libby” German, 14, and Abigail “Abby” Williams, 13, according to CNN affiliate WTHR. Carroll County Prosecutor Nick McLeland delivered closing arguments, walking the jury through the evidence and testimony presented during the trial, WTHR reported. McLeland showed jurors graphic photos of the girls’ dead bodies, a video of the suspect taken from Libby’s smartphone that he said captured the final moments of the girls’ lives, and a recording of Allen purportedly confessing to his wife during a phone call. Attorney Brad Rozzi delivered closing arguments for the defense and said a broken timeline, false confessions and a lack of DNA or weapons evidence should lead to acquittal. “The defense trusts what you’ve heard over the past several weeks is more important than what you’re hearing today,” Rozzi told the jury Thursday.