Five men and seven women deliberated for a few hours on Saturday in the case of an Indiana man accused of killing two teenagers out on a hike in February 2017. But they ended the session shortly before 3 p.m. and won’t be back in the jury room until Monday morning. The jury heard closing arguments …
Defense attorneys at the trial of a man accused of killing two teen girls in Indiana nearly eight years ago played a series of videos for the jury on Saturday intended to show the defendants mental deterioration while he was in custody. The defense had hoped to show the videos on Friday, but Judge Frances …
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An Indiana jury on Saturday heard dramatic and at time emotional testimony from three men involved in the 2017 search for two missing girls, including the man who found their bodies alongside a creek. Jake Johns testified that his boss at a propane delivery company had asked if he and a coworker would join the …
Jurors were seated Tuesday for the trial of Richard Allen, a man accused of the 2017 murders of two teenage girls during a hike in Indiana. Jury selection concluded Monday and Tuesday in Fort Wayne, with twelve jurors and four alternates chosen to hear the case against Allen, who faces charges in the deaths of …
An Indiana judge has ruled to restrict how accused Delphi killer Richard Allen’s defense team can present their case to the jury during his trial. In a 136-page memorandum, Richard Allen’s defense claimed in September 2023 that followers of the pre-Christian Norse religion of Odin killed teens, Abigail “Abby” Williams and Liberty “Libby” German, on …
An Indiana judge has pushed back the trial of a man accused of killing two teen girls in Delphi until October. The trial for Richard Allen, 51, accused of killing Libby German, 14, and Abby Williams, 13, is now set to begin on October 14, WPTA reported. Jury selection in the trial had previously been …
Indiana’s Special Judge Fran Gull discussed two separate issues Monday in connection with the Delphi murder case against Richard Allen, including a push by Allen’s law team to drop murder charges. During the court hearing Monday in Fort Wayne, Allen’s attorney, Andrew Baldwin, argued that murder charges should be dropped against his client, claiming police …
The prosecutor handling the case of accused Delphi killer Richard Allen has moved to hold his attorneys in contempt over an evidence leak that included crime scene photos of the murders of teens Liberty German and Abigail Williams in 2017. Carroll County Prosecutor Nick McLeland cited the “unmeasurable and incurable” harm caused by the egregious …
Accused child killer Richard Allen has been moved to another Indiana jail, following a motion filed to transfer him after mistreatment allegations. Following an order signed by Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita on December 6, Allen was transferred to the Wabash Valley Correctional Facility in Carlisle. Allen is charged with murder in connection with the …
Special Judge Frances Gull and Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita have requested that the state Supreme Court deny a petition to replace Gull and reinstate accused child killer Richard Allen’s defense team, in connection with the high-profile Delphi double murder case. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Gull removed Allen’s original defense team, Andrew Baldwin and Brad …
The new defense team for accused Delphi killer Richard Allen is pushing to delay the murder trial proceedings, following evidence leaks, legal motions, and the withdrawal of his original lawyers. Fox 59 reports that court documents indicate that Allen’s new attorneys stated that meeting the scheduled January 2024 trial start would be impossible given the …
