Closing arguments were heard Thursday in the murder of two teenage girls from Indiana, with a judge giving the jury instructions so deliberations can begin.

Jurors started deliberating the fate of Richard Allen at 1:25 p.m., after prosecutors and the defense offered final arguments about whether he killed Delphi eighth-graders Abby Williams and Libby German in the woods near the Monon High Bridge on Feb.

Abby Williams and Libby German were found murdered in 2017 near Monon High Bridge in Delphi, Indiana. After years of uncertainty, suspect Richard Allen is finally on trial – but questions remain about key pieces of evidence that jurors will never hear.

Closing arguments in the ongoing Richard Allen trial in Delphi are expected to begin Thursday morning. After 17 days of evidence being presented, the jury will hear one last time from both the prosecution and defense starting at 9 a.

McLeland had opened the trial by saying it was Allen, armed with a gun, who forced the youths off the Monon High Bridge and into a secluded area. He said Allen had planned to rape them before he cut their throats on Feb. 13, 2017. The teens were found dead ...

A jury has begun deliberating the fate of an Indiana man charged in the 2017 killings of two teenage girls who vanished during an afternoon hike near their small hometown

Following weeks of testimony, the trial of a man accused of killing two teenage girls while they were out for a hike in 2017 in a small town in Indiana is now in the hands of a jury. The case against 52-year-old Richard Allen went to the jury around 1:30 p.