Indiana Man Convicted of Killing Two Teens in 2017

In Indiana, a former CVS employee named Richard Allen was found guilty of murdering two teenage girls back in 2017. The trial lasted four weeks, with the jury hearing from many witnesses over 17 days. They finally reached a decision on Monday. Allen, who is 52, was accused of killing Abigail Williams, 13, and Liberty German, 14, on February 13, 2017. The girls were found dead near a trail in Delphi, a small town north of Indianapolis. Prosecutors said Allen forced the girls off a bridge and cut their throats. A Snapchat video captured a man walking on the bridge, which authorities later dubbed "the bridge guy. " This man was believed to be Allen. The defense argued that witnesses' descriptions didn't match Allen and that his confessions were false. Allen had been in solitary confinement before his trial. A key piece of evidence was an unspent bullet found near the girls' bodies, which prosecutors said came from Allen's gun. The defense disagreed, calling it "a magic bullet. " Allen wasn't a suspect until a file clerk found a mislabeled document in 2022. This led to his arrest in October 2022, just weeks before the trial. Allen's wife was tearful after the verdict, saying, "This isn't over at all. "