Opening statements in the long-awaited Delphi murder trial began Friday, with prosecutors laying out their case against Richard Allen, the man accused of killing Abigail Williams and Liberty German in 2017.
Allen, 52, faces charges of murder in a case that has gripped the community for over seven years.Prosecutors told the jury that this trial centers around three key pieces of evidence: the brutal killing of two young girls, a video taken by Abby Williams before her disappearance showing a man known as "the bridge guy," and an unspent bullet casing found at the scene. Investigators claim the casing matches a gun owned by Allen.
They also suggested that while Allen may have been on the Monon High Bridge trail the day the girls went missing, evidence shows he had already left by the time Abby and Libby arrived.One early twist in the trial came when Judge Frances Gull ruled that the defense could not present the two very different police sketches of the suspect that were released in 2017 and 2019.
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