Delphi murders: Richard Allen's confessions, denials in spotlight during trial's second week

Before his arrest, the man charged with killing two middle school girls in Indiana repeatedly told police during a lengthy and at times testy interview that he had nothing to do with their deaths.

Before his arrest, the man charged with killing two middle school girls in Indiana repeatedly told police during a lengthy and at times testy interview that he had nothing to do with their deaths.

But after Richard Allen was charged and awaiting trial at a maximum security prison, he repeatedly confessed to the 2017 killings of Liberty German, 14, and Abigail Williams, 13, near a well-known trail outside the small town of Delphi.

Allen’s contradictory statements were in the spotlight during the second week of his trial in a Carroll County courtroom. Allen, 52, was charged with two counts of murder in 2022 and has pleaded not guilty.

Prosecutors have said Allen used "power and fear" when he forced the girls down a hill at Monon High Bridge Trail on Feb. 13, 2017, and slit their throats.

Allen's lawyers have said he appeared to have experienced serious mental health issues and they've described the killing as a possible ritual sacrifice carried out by followers of a Norse pagan religion popular among some white nationalists.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/delphi-murders-richard-allen-confession-trial-week-2-rcna178455

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