A five-and-a-half of-yr national look for a suspect in the killings of Indiana teens ended with the arrest of a local guy, authorities said Monday.
How investigators came to arrest 50-yr-antique Richard M. Allen, of Delphi, will stay a thriller for now, as a court docket has sealed charging files and the research stays open, but government says Allen is charged with two counts of homicide in the 2017 slayings of Abigail Williams, thirteen, and Liberty German, 14.
The pair went for a hike along Delphi historical Trails in February of that year but in no way showed up at a previously organized time to satisfy Libby’s dad, police stated. Their bodies were located the following day in a wooded location close to the trail, about a half of a mile from the Monon High Bridge in which they’d been dropped off, in line with police. A grainy video of a man on foot and a garbled voice recording was most of the scant clues the government publicized over time.
Friends noticed police looking at Allen’s domestic and a 1/2 weeks ago, they say. Police arrested Allen on Wednesday, according to a news launch, and officially charged him Friday earlier than transporting him to White County prison. Allen is being held without bail.
“these days isn’t always an afternoon to celebrate, however the arrest … is sure a chief step in leading to a conclusion of this long-time period and complex investigation,” Indiana kingdom Police Superintendent Doug Carter instructed journalists.
Requested about the own family’s reaction to information of Allen’s arrest, Carter said, “It changed into a completely sad, yet a completely humbling experience.”
Allen pleaded now not guilty at an preliminary hearing, Carroll County Prosecutor Nick McLeland said. He’s scheduled to go back to court docket for a pretrial listening to on January 13. His trial is slated to start the morning of March 20, the prosecutor said.
