The jury reached a verdict in high-profile Delphi, Indiana. double murder case On the fourth day of the talks.

The verdict will be read on Monday afternoon.

Delphi resident Richard Allen is charged with the murders of his best friends, Abby Williams, 13, and Libby German, 14, who were killed on a local hiking trail on February 13, 2017.

The girls’ throats were slit and they were thrown into a wooded area near the trail. Their bodies were found the next day.

While searching for a criminal, police released a clip of the unknown suspect’s voice (a recording she calls “down hill”) found on Libby’s phone. Police also released a grainy image of the suspect on the trail: a man He became known as the “bridge man”.

Allen arrested for murder in 2022He admitted to police that he was on leave that day, but denied involvement in the crime.

Allen’s many confessions His mental health while in prison and at the time became the main focus of the hearing.

The defense argues that Allen was in a psychotic state when he made numerous confessions to corrections officers, his wife and a psychologist.

The prosecution’s key evidence is the police analysis of Allen’s gun; This analysis determined that the unspent .40 caliber bullet discovered by the girls’ bodies had been fired from Allen’s Sig Sauer Model P226. However, the defense denies the accuracy of this test, calling it an “apples to oranges” comparison because the technician compared the unfired, repeated initial bullet to a bullet fired from Allen’s gun.

According to a forensic scientist’s testimony, no DNA was found at the scene that would link Allen or anyone else to the crime scene.

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