Guilty verdict for Delphi murders suspect Richard Allen was unsatisfying for one victim's family
Richard Allen was found guilty of murdering teenagers Liberty German and Abigail Williams eight years ago near a hiking trail in Delphi, Indiana, north of Indianapolis.
Becky and Mike Patty had waited years for a verdict.
The Nov. 11 conclusion to the roughly four-week trial of Richard Allen, who was charged in the horrific murders of their granddaughter, Liberty German, and her best friend, Abigail Williams, felt like the biggest moment in their lives — something they’d worked hard to get to, the couple said in an interview with “Dateline.”
After four days of deliberations, the Pattys got what they’d hoped for: Allen, 52, was found guilty of murdering Liberty, 14, and Abigail, 13, near a walking trail in Delphi, north of Indianapolis, eight years ago.
But the absence of Abby and Libby — as the girls were known — still looms large.
“Do you say there’s winners?” Becky Patty said. “We got our verdict, but that didn’t bring the girls back. It doesn’t give us closure. It gives us a little bit of peace to know that he can never hurt another person again. And that’s where he should be.”
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