Delphi murders: Convicted killer in hiking trail slayings cites new evidence in bid to overturn conviction

Delphi murders suspect Richard Allen, the Indiana man found guilty of murdering two teen girls on a hiking trail in 2017, is asking a Carroll County court to overturn his conviction.

"Ron Logan’s confession exculpates Mr. Allen and would probably produce a different result at a retrial." Audrey Conklin is a digital reporter for Fox News Digital and FOX Business. Email tips to audrey.conklin@fox.com or on Twitter at @audpants.

Allen's attorneys recently filed a motion asking a Carroll County Circuit Court judge to either vacate his murder convictions or schedule a hearing to discuss four specific issues that they say could prove Allen innocent in the murders of 14-year-old Liberty German and 13-year-old Abigail Williams.

"It's natural for a convicted murderer to want his murder conviction overturned," Áine Cain, co-host of the "Murder Sheet" podcast, which has been covering the Delphi murders for five years, told Fox News Digital. "It's the job of the defense attorneys and his ability to try to help them accomplish that. … And his appellate team will probably be looking at things more from a legal perspective or his rights violated at any point — was the trial run properly, things like that."