Delphi murders suspect emotionless as he’s found guilty of killing two teen girls

Delphi murders suspect Richard Allen displayed no emotion as he was found guilty on all four counts in the killings of two teenage girls.

Allen, 52, sat emotionless as he heard his verdict on Monday afternoon after a jury deliberated for 19 hours over several days, reported WTHR.

Jurors took less than two minutes to enter the Carroll County Courthouse and read the verdict.

Allen appeared to mouth, ‘Are you OK?’ to his wife Kathy, who was in the courtroom, according to the Daily Mail.

He had been charged with two counts of two counts of murder and two counts of felony murder in the 2017 deaths of Liberty ‘Libby’ German, 14, and Abigail Williams, 13, in Delphi, Indiana.

Libby’s grandmother, Becky Patty, cried and hugged family members while leaving the court.

And Libby’s sister, Kelsi, posted on Instagram: ‘Nearly 8 years, today was the day.’ 

Outside the Indiana courthouse, cheers ran out from a crowd on the sidewalk.

The two teen girls had been posting photos on Snapchat and went missing. Their bodies were discovered almost a mile away from a hiking trail in Delphi and their throats were slit.

The two teen girls’ bodies were discovered close to a trail in Delphi with their throats slit.

It was a cold case until Allen was arrested in October 2022.

The high-profile trial unfolded over three weeks. The 12-person jury listened to 17 days of testimony and started deliberating on Thursday afternoon.

Carroll County Prosecutor Nick McLeland in closing arguments referenced a video in Libby’s cell phone that showed a man walking on Monon High Bridge Trail.

‘I believe the evidence is firmly convincing that Richard Allen is “Bridge Guy,” and he killed Abby and Libby,’ he told jurors.

LeLand shared gruesome pictures of the girls’ bodies and played an audio clip of Allen allegedly telling his wife in a phone call from prison: ‘I did it. I killed Abby and Libby.’

The defense argued that Allen’s confession was not reliable because he had a mental health crisis while being stressed and pressured behind bars, and that there was a lack of DNA or weapons evidence.

Defense attorney Brad Rozzi said on Thursday: ‘The defense trusts what you’ve heard over the past several weeks is more important than what you’re hearing today.’

Allen faces up to 130 years in prison, and his sentencing has been scheduled for December 20.

Allen’s attorneys departed the courthouse without making any public comments.

But Kathy told WTHR while departing the courthouse: ‘This isn’t over at all.’

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