A Chance Sighting: The Trail of a Cold Case

For years, the mystery of two teenagers' deaths in Indiana remained unsolved. Then, a volunteer stumbled upon an old tip that seemed to fit the puzzle pieces together. The tip, from a man named Richard Allen, mentioned he saw three girls on the trail around the time the teens went missing. No one had noticed it before, but when Kathy Shank, a volunteer receptionist, saw it, she realized it lined up with the timeline of the disappearance. This clue led to a closer look at Allen, who lived in the same small town the whole time. During the trial, more details came to light. The girls were killed by neck wounds, and a mysterious man in a video was thought to be the culprit. Prosecutors found an unspent bullet at the crime scene, which they linked to Allen's gun. The defense, however, questioned this evidence and suggested other motives, including a ritualistic killing connected to a pagan belief. The case continues to reveal new information, but the reasons behind the crime remain elusive.