Delphi murders trial: What to know ahead of the Richard Allen case

Richard Allen, 52, is charged in the 2017 deaths of teens Liberty German and Abigail Williams, who were found dead in 2017 near the Delphi Historic Trail in Indiana.

Seven years ago, the bodies of two teenage girls were discovered near a hiking trail outside the small Indiana town of Delphi. 

The case remained unsolved for years, and authorities have offered few details publicly about why Richard Allen, a onetime pharmacy employee charged in the murders of Liberty German, 14, and Abigail Williams, 13 — known as Libby and Abby — is believed to have killed them.

Lawyers for Allen, 52, have said he is innocent and claimed the killings were part of a ritual sacrifice. Allen’s trial got underway in a Carroll County courtroom this week.

Here’s what you need to know about the case.

Libby's older sister testified she dropped the eighth graders off at a well-known trail outside Delphi on the afternoon of Feb. 13, 2017 — a makeup snow day the close friends had off.

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