Delphi

Catherine McQueen/Getty Images (Delphi, Ind.) — Convicted Delphi, Indiana, killer Richard Allen was sentenced on Friday to 130 years in prison for the 2017 murders of two teenage girls as the victims’ families spoke out in court. Allen was given 65 years for each murder, to run consecutively. Allen, wearing an orange jumpsuit, a gray sweatshirt and […]

Catherine McQueen/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — When convicted Delphi, Indiana, killer Richard Allen returns to court for sentencing on Friday, he’s expected to come face-to-face with the victims’ families. Last month, a jury found Allen guilty on all charges in the double homicide: felony murder for the killing of 13-year-old Abigail “Abby” Williams while attempting […]

ABC News (DELPHI, Ind.) — Delphi, Indiana, resident Richard Allen was found guilty on all charges on Monday in the double murders of best friends Abby Williams, 13, and Libby German, 14. The jury’s verdict came on the fourth day of deliberations in the high-profile case that shocked the nation. Allen was stoic in court […]

Lindsey Jacobson/ABC News, FILE (Delphi, IND.) — Delphi, Indiana, murder suspect Richard Allen allegedly confessed to the crime in multiple jail phone calls to his wife, which were played for the jury on Thursday. In one call, Allen told his wife, Kathy, “I did it. I killed Abby and Libby.” “No, you didn’t,” she said. […]

Lindsey Jacobson/ABC News, FILE (DELPHI, Ind) — Prison staffers are revealing the alleged confessions made by Delphi, Indiana, murder suspect Richard Allen while behind bars. Allen is accused of killing Libby German, 14, and Abby Williams 13, on a hiking trail in rural Delphi on Feb. 13, 2017. He’s pleaded not guilty to murder. John Galipeau, the former warden […]

Lindsey Jacobson/ABC News, FILE (DELPHI, Ind) — A pattern on the body of Delphi, Indiana, murder victim Libby German showed her blood was mixed with moisture, an officer testified at Richard Allen’s trial. The officer said he believes that moisture was Libby’s tears — which led family members watching his testimony in the courtroom to […]

Alex Perez/ABC News (Delphi, IND) — No DNA was found at the site of the Delphi, Indiana, double murders to tie the suspect, Richard Allen, or anyone else to the crime scene, a forensic scientist testified Monday during Allen’s trial. Best friends Libby German, 14, and Abby Williams, 13, were walking along a hiking trail […]

Alex Perez/ABC News, Files (DELPHI, Ind.) — Delphi, Indiana, double murder suspect Richard Allen self-reported being at the crime scene in the days after the killings, but the tip sheet “fell in the cracks,” leaving him “hiding in plain sight” in the small town for years, the sheriff told the jury at Allen’s trial. Best friends Libby […]

Alex Perez/ABC News, Files (DELPHI, Ind.) — A 30-second video filmed by 14-year-old victim Libby German just before she was murdered in Delphi, Indiana, was played for the jury on Tuesday during Richard Allen’s trial. Allen is accused of killing Libby and 13-year-old Abby Williams while the best friends walked on a trail in their small […]

Alex Perez/ABC News (NEW YORK) — Gruesome crime scene photographs were revealed in court on Monday during the trial of Richard Allen, who is accused of killing two teenage girls in 2017 on a hiking trail in the small town of Delphi, Indiana. Carroll County sheriff’s deputy Darren Giancola, who was the first law enforcement […]