A former drugstore worker in the small Indiana community of Delphi was found guilty of murder on Monday in the killings of two teenage girls who vanished during an afternoon hike.
Jurors convicted 52 year-old Richard Allen of two counts of murder and two additional counts of murder while committing or attempting to commit kidnapping in the 2017 killings of 13 year-old Abigail Williams and 14 year-old Liberty German.
Allen wasn’t arrested for five more years, while the case drew outsized attention from true-crime enthusiasts. His trial followed repeated delays, a leak of evidence, the withdrawal of Allen’s public defenders and their reinstatement by the Indiana Supreme Court.
Reporters inside the courtroom said Allen showed no reaction as the verdict was delivered, but he looked back at his family at one point. Allen is scheduled to be sentenced on December 20. He could face up to 130 years in prison.
Source: AP
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