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Delphi Murders: Judge Fights Back After Lawyers Push For Her Removal from Accused Child Killer Richard Allen’s Trial
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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 …

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October 31, 2023

Delphi Murders: Accused Child Killer Richard Allen Gets New Murder Trial Date

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 …

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October 19, 2023

Delphi Murders: Accused Child Killer’s Lawyers Withdraw from Case Minutes Before Hearing

A scheduled hearing for accused Indiana child killer Richard Allen was abruptly canceled Wednesday when the judge announced Allen’s attorneys had withdrawn from the case. As CrimeOnline previously reported, the hearing was scheduled address leaked graphic crime scene photos and the defense’s claims Delphi murder victims, Abigail Williams, 13, and Liberty German, 14, were murdered …

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October 17, 2023

Delphi Murders: Judge Allows Cameras in Courtroom for Hearing This Week

An Indiana judge will allow news cameras to record a hearing Thursday in the murder case against Richard Allen, who is charged with killing teenagers Abigail Williams and Libby German in Delphi in 2017. Allen’s attorneys had asked Judge Fran Gull last month to allow cameras to record all future proceedings in the case, while …

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October 16, 2023

Delphi Murders: Investigators Looking into Possible Crime Scene Evidence Leak

A hearing has been scheduled to address the alleged leak of confidential Delphi crime scene evidence by accused child killer Richard Allen’s defense team, which could possibly jeopardize his trial, scheduled for next year. Last Thursday, Special Judge Fran Gull ordered a hearing on October 19 “to discuss the upcoming hearing on October 31, 2023, …

September 18, 2023

Delphi Murders: Accused Child Killer’s Lawyers Say Abby and Libby Were ‘Ritualistically sacrificed’ by Pagan White Nationalists

New court filings allege that Liberty German and Abigail Williams, the two teenagers murdered in Delphi, Indiana in 2017, may have been “ritualistically sacrificed” by followers of Odinism, a pagan Norse religion and white nationalist group. Richard Allen, 50, who stands accused of killing the girls while they were hiking at the Monon High Bridge …

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September 14, 2023

Accused Delphi Child Killer Richard Allen Wants Cameras in Court for Upcoming Trial

Accused Delphi killer Richard Allen wants cameras in the courtroom, according to a motion filed Wednesday at the Carroll County Circuit Court in Indiana. The Journal & Courier reports that Allen’s defense lawyers filed a motion Wednesday in Delphi, seeking “news cameras and public broadcastings” inside the court for the pretrial hearings and the trial. …

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June 29, 2023

Convicted Child Molester Says Accused Delphi Killer Richard Allen is Being Abused & ‘Teased’

Accused Delphi killer Richard Allen has endured abuse from both guards and fellow inmates while in pretrial detention at Westville Correctional Facility in Indiana, according to a letter written by another inmate. Judge Frances Gull unsealed approximately 120 documents on Wednesday, which included details on an inmate serving time for child molestation, who claims that …

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June 15, 2023

Delphi Murders: Suspect Confessed ‘5 or 6 Times’ to Killing Teen Girls in 2017

Indiana authorities said on Thursday that a suspect confessed multiple times to killing two 14-year-old girls in 2017. Caroll County Prosecutor Nick McLeland said Richard Allen admitted “five or six times” to killing friends Abby Williams and Libby German, 14, in Delphi. McLeland said Allen made those confessions to multiple people, according to WXIN. Allen’s …

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April 14, 2023

Judge Approves Move for Accused Delphi Killer

A judge ruled Friday that the man accused in the Delphi murders of two teen girls can be moved out of a maximum security prison in northern Indiana. Judge Fran Gull’s order authorizes the Department of Corrections to move Richard Allen to “accommodate his medical and physical needs pursuant to medical directives by the Department …