Richard Allen

(Newser) - It took police five years to make an arrest in the double murder of young teens Abigail Williams and Liberty German in Indiana. It may not have happened at all if not for a volunteer clerk in Delphi named Kathy Shank. Upon the sentencing of Richard Allen on Friday, authorities...

(Newser) - The man who was hunted for years in the 2017 killing of two girls on an Indiana hiking trail has been sentenced to 130 years in prison. Richard Allen, 52, was convicted in November of murdering 13-year-old Abigail Williams and 14-year-old Liberty German. Allen, who like his victims lived in...

(Newser) - On Thursday, the prosecution rested its case in the Indiana murder trial for Richard Allen, accused of killing Delphi teens Abby Williams and Libby German in 2017. But not before a very important piece of evidence was introduced: seven phone calls made from prison to his wife and mother in...

(Newser) - An unspent bullet found near the bodies of two teenage girls is a key piece of evidence against the man accused of their murders, according to newly released court documents. A partly redacted probable cause affidavit released Tuesday states that an ejected .40-caliber shell has tool marks matching a pistol...