Police to announce arrest in Delphi murders Monday, suspect identified - 10/31 10am Eastern (Links)

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DELPHI, Ind. (WLS) -- Indiana State Police are expected to release more details Monday morning about an arrest in the 2017 murder of two girls in Delphi

Police are expected to name the suspect during a news conference in Delphi at 9 a.m. Central Time.

Residents told ABC7 they've interacted with the suspect multiple times and said the individual reportedly worked at a local pharmacy.

Sources tell ABC's Indianapolis affiliate a person has been arrested in connection with the murders.

"The state police never really discussed details on what was found at the scene, but the belief all along is that there was at least some sort of genetic material," Brad Garrett, ABC News contributor and former FBI agent. "Clearly they have something that links him to the crime."

The case has been shrouded in mystery since February 2017 when 13-year-old Abby Williams and 14-year-old Libby German seemingly disappeared after going for a hike. Their bodies were found the next day.

"How did this come to light almost five years after this crime was committed?" Garret said. "Something broke in recent days, at least to the point that it gave them enough probable cause and evidence to arrest this new person."

The girls' killer was able to avoid capture, even with thousands of tips coming in to police and despite one of the teens, Libby, taking this grainy video the day of their disappearance showing a man walking towards the girls.

Authorities have said he may be the killer. Libby also captured a chilling recording, thought to be the man's voice.


Libby's family reacted to the update expected later Monday. Her sister Kelsi tweeted, "just know how grateful I am for all of you."

Just know how grateful I am for all of you. No comments for now, any questions please refer to the Carroll county prosecutors office. There is tentatively a press conference Monday at 10am. We will say more then. Today is the day%uD83D%uDC9C
%u2014 Kelsi German (@libertyg_sister) October 28, 2022
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Uh oh, Todd Click, a former Rushville police officer who was part of the investigation in Delphi who was set to be a witness for the defense? He's in a little trouble with his current job with DCS, over potential forged signatures and lies about doing home visits.
Funny how suddenly TPTB care that a DCS worker does that, considering how many of them get away with it all the damn time.

Todd Click was of the opinion that it was more than one person involved with the Delphi murders, but I'm sure that's mere coincidence.


 
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Defense lawyers may be planning to call Kegan Kline to testify.

While I've long believed that Kegan Kline and/or his father, Tony Kline, have something* to do with this mess, I don't know how great a witness Kegan would be since he lies as easy as breathing.

*personal theory of mine is that the Klines knew what was going to go down and had a deal with whoever did the killing, that it would be recorded or at least some still pictures taken.
Killer/s would then hand off a camera, phone or flash drive to the Klines for them to sell.
Again, only a theory.
 
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Was it ever confirmed whether or not one of Kline's victims in his csam solicitation charges was Libby or any child in Delphi? I know he was definitely talking to her on his "Anthony Shots" account but I've never heard where the other victims were located or what the context of their communication was.

I'd imagine if one we know was local, others were too, and he was preying where he lived rather than trawling for randos nationwide. It's often the case that groomers will use one victim to recruit further victims.

My pet theory has always been that the whole thing was basically a hit on her. Kline fucked up somehow and Libby or another girl known to Libby managed to identify him.
 
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Prosecutors don't want the jury to see the two police sketches of "bridge guy."
Not the first one that was all over the place nor the totally different sketch that replaced it (neither of which look like Richard Allen.)


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"During questioning, Andrew Baldwin, a defense attorney for Allen, said a hair was found in one of the girls' hands "but it wasn't Richard Allen's." That was new information never before revealed in public hearings or filings."
Um well. That could be interesting.

 
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Dr. Butt said:
Why did the thread for an article about two murdered children become one dude's personal schizo diary about the viking cult that's gangstalking him?
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Probably about the time I had too much time on my hands and noticed this case. Sorry 'bout that.

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I just noticed that the question was "why" not "when" which is the sort of dumb mistake I make when I've been drinking and playing video games and decide to check the Farms before going to bed. Probably should stop doing that, but I doubt it will happen anytime soon.

Anyway
Murder Sheet podcast has a couple episodes up about the jury selection stuff. Pretty interesting.
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Dr. Butt said:
Why did the thread for an article about two murdered children become one dude's personal schizo diary about the viking cult that's gangstalking him?
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It's not his personal theory. I don't believe there's a viking cult gang stalking kids in Indiana, either, but this is far from Tater's personal theory.

If you don't know a lot about this case, it's easy to parachute in and be like "fucking nonsense" but there's some seriously weird stuff going on here and I, for one, am appreciative of Tater keeping up a thread. If you disagree with his theories, post your own. Otherwise just live happily knowing they've "for sure" got the guy who did this and it's all wrapped up nice n neat..

It's not just conspiracy theorists reading here. Even if I don't think Odinist did this, Tater has been faithfully posting articles and info and a lot I hadn't heard. So yeah. Thanks, Tater.
 
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Defense opening statement, they're saying that the girls were taken to Brad Webber's house nearby then later taken to the place where the bodies were found.
They say Libby's phone connecting and reconnecting from a cell tower indicate it was out of the area. Defense says the bullet found at the scene doesn't match Richard Allen's gun, and that it wasn't properly documented as evidence. They believe Richard Allen's confessions to family were false and that two people were involved (neither being R.A. obv.)

Prosecution opening statement, the girls were having fun outside on a nice day then they got killed. Richard Allen was at the bridge that day, the bullet at the crime scene matches his gun. He made confessions. It was totally him, and only him.

State's first witness, Becky Patty, Libby's grandma
State's second witness, Kelsi (German) Seibert, Libby's sister
State's third witness Derrick German, Libby's dad

Witnesses mostly just talked about how close the girls were, and how awful finding out what happened was.


 
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Day one of the Delphi Murder Trial; opening statements.

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Richard Allen was armed with a gun when he came across teenage friends Abigail "Abby" Williams and Liberty "Libby" German near a hiking trail in Delphi, Indiana, in February 2017, then used "power and the fear" to force them "down the hill" before slitting their throats, prosecutors said in their opening statement Friday in his double murder trial.

When the girls' bodies were found the next day after they were reported missing, Libby, 14, was naked and covered in blood, while Abby, 13, was clothed in Libby's sweatshirt and jeans, with other clothing dumped in a creek, Carroll County Prosecutor Nick McLeland told jurors. He choked up while describing the scene to the jury of seven women and five men.

The "last face the girls saw" was Allen's, McLeland said.

He said that Allen would later admit to police to walking along the trail that day, and that an unspent bullet found at the scene and confessions he allegedly gave, including to his wife, would prove he is guilty in the teens' deaths. The prosecution also plans to call witnesses who said they saw Allen at the trail.

Defense lawyer Andrew Baldwin later proclaimed Allen's innocence, instead painting to jurors during his opening statement of a muddled investigation that was "messed up from the beginning" and included evidence being lost and a "turf war" between state investigators and the FBI.

He also said that a strand of hair found on Abby's fingers — evidence that was not made public in the case — is not from Allen or the girls and that testing should be done to see if it matches one of the girls' relatives.

Ultimately, Baldwin said, the defense plans to challenge the state's timeline to show that Allen was not on the trail at the same time as the girls and that there is other evidence indicating they may have been abducted in another vehicle and then brought back to where their bodies were found.

"There is reasonable doubt in this case," Baldwin said.

After jurors were selected this week from Allen County, more than 100 miles northeast of Delphi, the trial got underway Friday in the small community where the girls lived, bringing renewed attention to the winding case.

Allen, 52, dressed in a long-sleeve button-down shirt and khakis, shook his head at times during McLeland's opening statement.

Abby and Libby, whom McLeland described as always together and more like sisters, were found a day after their families said they went missing while out walking and snapping photos near an abandoned rail bridge.

Lawyers for Allen have maintained his innocence. A gag order was issued by Judge Frances Gull in December 2022, preventing almost everyone involved in the case from publicly commenting.

But the trial is expected to expose fresh details.

If found guilty on two counts of murder and two counts of felony murder in the teens' deaths, Allen could face up to 130 years in prison. The married father and local pharmacy technician was not arrested until late 2022, more than five years after the killings.

"For five years, he lived in this community," McLeland told jurors. "He worked in this community. He hid in plain sight."

Police had said they initially interviewed Allen in 2017 as part of the case, and they said he acknowledged being on the trail on the day the teens went missing.

A bullet found near their bodies was linked to a pistol belonging to him, according to a probable cause affidavit.

One key piece of evidence — video retrieved from Libby's cellphone that was found underneath Abby's body — showed the apparent suspect. A male voice could also be heard saying, "Guys, down the hill," and one of the girls saying, "Gun."

The clip garnered interest on social media and among internet sleuths when police first released it as they sought help in identifying the person in the video.

Prosecutors have also said that Allen confessed dozens of times after his arrest to various people, including to his wife and staff at the prison where he was being held, that he committed the murders.

As the trial opened this week, the defense lawyers withdrew a request for jurors to be able to visit the crime scene, which prosecutors had opposed.

His lawyers also won't get to tell the jury one alternate theory for the killings. Gull last month denied their bid to claim that Abby and Libby were murdered as part of a ritualistic sacrifice by those linked to Odinism, a Norse pagan religion that has spread among white nationalist groups.

Defense lawyers, however, may still get to argue during the trial why certain evidence is admissible.
 
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The Judean People's Front said:
Tater has been faithfully posting articles and info and a lot I hadn't heard.
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A lot of the articles and infor are retarded conspiracy speculation that doesn't help lock up the freaks that did do this.

ETA; I know that he didn't invent the Odinist theory, but it is his personal choice to believe it and continute promoting that narrative.
 
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mlanguishi said:
Really.. I'm watching the Sarah Boone one now. That's another wild one.
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Her narrative testimony is going to be insufferable. Then we'll have the constant hostile witness arguments on cross.
I did find it interesting the defense didn't cross the ex-husband due to what they'll ask him as their witness.
 
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Dr. Butt said:
A lot of the articles and infor are retarded conspiracy speculation that doesn't help lock up the freaks that did do this.

ETA; I know that he didn't invent the Odinist theory, but it is his personal choice to believe it and continute promoting that narrative.
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I am just a lil' nobody on a gossip website, I have no responsibility to help catch criminals, I just talk a lot.

I looked into the Odinist thing as closely as I did because I ran into too many reddit types that, when they hear Odin, are all "Noooo there's only Jesus!!!" and ignore what is actually going on, which is that bad guys are doing bad guy things.
Within the conspiracy speculation there could be a grain of truth, so it should be glanced at imo.
 
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