Richard Allen is charged with two counts of murder and two counts of murder while committing or attempting to commit kidnapping in the killings of a 13 and 14-year-old.
A man charged in the Indiana killings of two teenage girls during a winter hike in 2017 is going on trial in a case that has long haunted their hometown, Delphi, and spurred endless online speculation.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.
Investigators subsequently searched Allen's home and seized a .40-caliber pistol. Testing determined an unspent bullet found between the teen's bodies 'had been cycled through' Allen's gun.According to the affidavit, Allen said he had never been to the place where the bullet was found, that he did not know the owner of the property and 'had no explanation as to why a round cycled through his firearm would be at that location.
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