Evidence in the Delphi, Indiana, double murder case was unsealed by a county court, revealing key new details. But many questions still remain around the murders of Abby Williams, 13, and Libby German, 14.
But many questions still remain around the murders of Abby Williams, 13, and Libby German, 14.Abby and Libby, best friends in the eighth grade, were on a hiking trail in rural Delphi when they were killed in February 2017.
Allen "has been consistent" in police interviews over the years, former FBI agent and ABC News contributor Brad Garrett said. "He put himself at the scene, on the bridge.""In a small town, in a place where there's a small amount of traffic on this abandoned railroad bridge ... your suspect pool is fairly small," Garrett said, so police likely concentrated their investigation on Delphi and the surrounding communities.
Richard Allen, 50, was charged with the murders of Abby Williams, 13, and Libby German, 14, in Delphi, Ind., in February 2017.MORE: Delphi murders: Suspect's gun matched bullet found by girls, according to newly released document Garrett said he hopes investigators went to all of the local gun stores to see their records of sales of .40-caliber-type weapons. Garrett said he's solved homicide cases that way, because typically a perpetrator buys a gun legally near his or her home, he said.
Investigators also cite a witness who saw Allen walking with "clothes that were muddy and bloody," according to the probable cause affidavit.
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