Jury deliberations resumed Saturday 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,. Jurors will deliberate from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
"The defense trusts what you've heard over the past several weeks is more important than what you're hearing today," Rozzi told the jury Thursday. The case attracted public attention in part because of a photo and audio recording of the suspect taken from Libby's smartphone. The image shows a man walking on the bridge with his hands in his pockets, and the audio includes a man's muffled voice saying, "Guys, down the hill.
After Allen was arrested on October 26, 2022, he was charged with two counts of murder while committing or attempting to commit a kidnapping five days later. Prosecutors later amended the charges to include two additional counts of murder.
The defense has sought to paint a portrait of Allen as a mentally ill man whose fragile mental state was exacerbated by months spent in solitary confinement - including during the time period when he confessed to the crimes. He was twice put on suicide watch while in prison, exhibited bizarre behavior such as eating his own feces and banging his head, and was at one time diagnosed with "a brief psychotic disorder," according to testimony from Wala.
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