The trial is expected to last a month.
A man charged in the Indiana killings of two teenage girls during a winter hike in 2017 is going on trial Richard Allen , 52, is charged with two counts of murder and two counts of murder while committing or attempting to commit kidnapping in the killings of 13-year-old Abigail Williams and 14-year-old Liberty German. If convicted, he could face up to 130 years in prison. Prosecutors are not seeking the death penalty.
A relative had dropped the eighth graders off at a hiking trail just outside Delphi on Feb. 13, 2017, but they failed to show up at the agreed pickup location later that day. They were reported missing that evening and their bodies were found the following day in a rugged, wooded area near the trail.
Allen had been interviewed in 2017. He told the officer that he had been walking on the trail the day the girls went missing and that he saw three "females" at another bridge - the Freedom Bridge - but did not speak to them. He said he did not notice anyone else because he was distracted by a stock ticker on his phone, according to an arrest affidavit.Police interviewed Allen again on Oct.
Allen County Superior Court Judge Fran Gull, who is overseeing the case, issued a gag order at prosecutors' request in December 2022, two months after Allen's arrest, barring attorneys, law enforcement officials, court personnel, the coroner and the girls' relatives from commenting on the case, including on social media.
"The incriminating statements are going to be extremely persuasive because that's what the jury wants to hear," Johnston said. "Next to physical evidence, they want to hear that the guy said he did it."
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