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Richard Allen Gets 130 Years for Delphi Murders of Abby Williams and Libby German, 65 Years Each Count to Run Consecutively

Dec 20, 2024, 03:30 PM

Richard Allen, a 52-year-old man from Delphi, Indiana, was sentenced to 130 years in prison for the 2017 murders of 13-year-old Abby Williams and 14-year-old Libby German. The sentencing took place on Friday, following a trial where Allen was convicted on two counts of murder, receiving 65 years for each count to be served consecutively. The girls were killed on February 13, 2017, while hiking on the Monon High Bridge Trail, their bodies discovered the next day with their throats cut. Key evidence included an unspent bullet found between the girls' bodies, which was linked to Allen's Sig Sauer handgun, and a video recorded by Libby showing a man, believed to be Allen, directing the girls to go 'down the hill.' Allen, who worked at a local CVS, had confessed to the killings multiple times while in prison, though his defense argued these confessions were unreliable due to his mental health condition exacerbated by solitary confinement.