(Trends Wide) — Richard Allen, the man accused of the 2017 murders of two teenagers in Delphi, Indianaconfessed to the crime during a phone call with his wife while in custody, according to a recently declassified court document.
Allen was arrested in October and faces murder charges in the slayings of 13-year-old Abigail Williams and 14-year-old Liberty German, whose bodies were found a day after they hiked Delphi’s historic trails. Allen pleaded not guilty.
His arrest occurred after 5 and a half years of search for a suspect throughout the country.
Details of the alleged phone call were included in a large number of documents unsealed Wednesday by Frances C. Gull, the special judge who was assigned to oversee the case.
Following an extensive search, Richard Allen was charged with the murders of 13-year-old Abigail Williams and 14-year-old Liberty German.
On April 3, Allen called his wife, Kathy Allen, a document says. “In that phone call, Richard M. Allen admits multiple times that he killed Abby and Libby,” according to the document.
“Investigators had the phone call transcribed and the transcript confirms that Richard M. Allen admits to committing the murders of Abigail Williams and Liberty German. He admits several times in the call to committing the crimes he is accused of. His wife, Kathy Allen, end the call abruptly,” the document reads.
Allen’s lawyers previously said their client “has nothing to hide” and that they planned to make “a vigorous legal and factual challenge” to the prosecution’s assertions.
The investigation began after the teens went on a field trip on a day off from school on February 13, 2017, and failed to show up at a pre-arranged time with Libby’s father, police said.
Their bodies were found the next day in a wooded area near the trail, about half a mile from the Monon High Bridge, where they had been left.
Liberty German y Abigail Williams.
Abby posted a photo on Snapchat of the girls crossing the railway bridge shortly before they were killed, police said. Indiana State Police investigators released a grainy, pixelated image of a man in a blue jacket and jeans on the bridge, along with a recording of a man’s voice. Investigators said they believed he was the suspect in the double homicide.
A probable cause affidavit issued by a judge in November revealed evidence leading investigators to believe Allen forced the girls down a hill and to the location where they were killed, including an unused .40-caliber bullet that was linked to Allen, according to the affidavit.
— Trends Wide’s Emma Tucker, Raja Razek, Drew Iden and Barbara MacDonald contributed to this report.
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(Trends Wide) — Richard Allen, the man accused of the 2017 murders of two teenagers in Delphi, Indianaconfessed to the crime during a phone call with his wife while in custody, according to a recently declassified court document.
Allen was arrested in October and faces murder charges in the slayings of 13-year-old Abigail Williams and 14-year-old Liberty German, whose bodies were found a day after they hiked Delphi’s historic trails. Allen pleaded not guilty.
His arrest occurred after 5 and a half years of search for a suspect throughout the country.
Details of the alleged phone call were included in a large number of documents unsealed Wednesday by Frances C. Gull, the special judge who was assigned to oversee the case.
Following an extensive search, Richard Allen was charged with the murders of 13-year-old Abigail Williams and 14-year-old Liberty German.
On April 3, Allen called his wife, Kathy Allen, a document says. “In that phone call, Richard M. Allen admits multiple times that he killed Abby and Libby,” according to the document.
“Investigators had the phone call transcribed and the transcript confirms that Richard M. Allen admits to committing the murders of Abigail Williams and Liberty German. He admits several times in the call to committing the crimes he is accused of. His wife, Kathy Allen, end the call abruptly,” the document reads.
Allen’s lawyers previously said their client “has nothing to hide” and that they planned to make “a vigorous legal and factual challenge” to the prosecution’s assertions.
The investigation began after the teens went on a field trip on a day off from school on February 13, 2017, and failed to show up at a pre-arranged time with Libby’s father, police said.
Their bodies were found the next day in a wooded area near the trail, about half a mile from the Monon High Bridge, where they had been left.
Liberty German y Abigail Williams.
Abby posted a photo on Snapchat of the girls crossing the railway bridge shortly before they were killed, police said. Indiana State Police investigators released a grainy, pixelated image of a man in a blue jacket and jeans on the bridge, along with a recording of a man’s voice. Investigators said they believed he was the suspect in the double homicide.
A probable cause affidavit issued by a judge in November revealed evidence leading investigators to believe Allen forced the girls down a hill and to the location where they were killed, including an unused .40-caliber bullet that was linked to Allen, according to the affidavit.
— Trends Wide’s Emma Tucker, Raja Razek, Drew Iden and Barbara MacDonald contributed to this report.
