Delphi

Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The double murder trial of Richard Allen — accused of killing two teenage girls in Delphi, Indiana, in 2017 — has been delayed several months, less than a week before jury selection was to begin. In a pretrial motions hearing Tuesday morning, defense attorneys for Allen withdrew their motion […]

Indiana State Police (DELPHIA, Ind.) — Delphi, Indiana, double murder suspect Richard Allen allegedly confessed to the killings several times in a jail phone call with his wife in April, according to newly unsealed court documents. Allen, a Delphi resident, was arrested in October 2022 and charged with two counts of murder for the deaths of […]

mphotoi/Getty Images (DELPHI, Ind.) — Prosecutors are alleging that Delphi, Indiana, double murder suspect Richard Allen, while in custody, confessed five or six times to the killings. Defense attorneys didn’t dispute the allegation in a Thursday hearing, but argued the confessions were unreliable because of Allen’s deteriorating mental and physical health. Judge Fran Gull is […]

Photos of Abby Williams, left, and Libby German, right, at police headquarters in Delphi, Indiana. – Lindsey Jacobson/ABC News, FILE (DELPHI, Ind.) — The Delphi, Indiana, double murder trial will stay local in Carroll County, but with a jury brought in from another county, Allen County Judge Fran Gull said Friday. “It’s painfully clear that […]

Photos of Abby Williams, left, and Libby German, right, at police headquarters in Delphi, Indiana. – Lindsey Jacobson/ABC News, FILE (DELPHI, Ind.) — Delphi, Indiana, double murder suspect Richard Allen is set to return to court on Friday morning. Allen County Judge Fran Gull is expected to review the gag order and consider the defense’s […]