Jury deliberations to resume Friday in Delphi double murder trial

Jury deliberations continue Friday in the highly publicized double murder trial of Richard Allen – who is accused of killing two teenage girls and leaving their bodies near a hiking path in the small town of Delphi, Indiana, more than seven years ago.

Jury deliberations continue Friday in the highly publicized double murder trial of Richard Allen – who is accused of killing two teenage girls and leaving their bodies near a hiking path in the small town of Delphi, Indiana, more than seven years ago. Allen has pleaded not guilty to two murder and two felony murder charges in connection with the 2017 deaths of Liberty “Libby” German, 14, and Abigail “Abby” Williams, 13. Allen could be sentenced to up to 130 years in prison if convicted of all the charges, the Associated Press reported. The 12-person jury began deliberations Thursday and will return Friday morning. They will deliberate from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday until they reach a verdict, according to CNN affiliate WTHR. Last month, 16 Allen County residents were selected to serve on the jury, including four people serving as alternates, per WTHR. Allen County Superior Court Judge Frances Gull gave the jury their final instructions Thursday morning and urged them to “consider the facts” before Carroll County Prosecutor Nick McLeland delivered closing arguments, walking the jury through the evidence and testimony presented during the trial, WTHR reported. “I believe the evidence is firmly convincing that Richard Allen is Bridge Guy and he killed Abby and Libby,” McLeland told the jury. McLeland showed jurors graphic photos of the girls’ 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.