The jury selection process is underway in the Delphi double murder trial in Indiana. The case dates back to 2017 when two teenage girls, Abby Williams and Libby German, were killed while they hiked on a trail. NBC News' Maura Barrett reports on the latest legal developments.
Seven years ago, the bodies of two teenage girls were discovered near a hiking trail outside the small Indiana town of Delphi. The case remained unsolved for years, and authorities have offered few details publicly about why Richard Allen, a onetime pharmacy employee charged in the murders of Liberty German and Abigail Williams, is believed to have killed them. Lawyers for Allen, 52, have said he is innocent and claimed the killings were part of a ritual sacrifice.
” For years, authorities did not identify any suspects and sought help from the public in locating one. At one point at a news conference in 2019, Indiana State Police Superintendent Doug Carter said the killer most likely had close connections to the community and had probably been interviewed by police. “Directly to the killer — who may be in this room — we believe you are hiding in plain sight,” he said.
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