A jury convicted an Indiana man accused of killing two teenagers jogging just outside Delphi.

Richard Allen, 52, was found guilty on all charges in the Feb. 13, 2017, deaths of 13-year-old Abigail “Abby” Williams and 14-year-old Liberty “Libby” German. He was sentenced to prison on December 20.

Prosecutors said Allen acted alone when he kidnapped the girls from the abandoned railroad pier known as the Monon High Bridge. One key piece of evidence in the case was a cellphone video taken by Libby that showed a man approaching the girls on the bridge and ordering them “down the hill.” The next day, searchers found their bodies a quarter mile away on private land.

The case garnered national attention for years but went cold until October 2022, when authorities announced they had arrested Allen, a pharmacy technician who lived and worked in Delphi.

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Since Allen’s arrest, there have been many changes in the case as evidence was leaked, Allen’s public defenders withdrew and later reinstated, and defense filings alleged that Odinists were responsible for the girls’ murders. Special Judge Fran Gull ruled that Allen’s defense could not present any evidence at trial showing that the murders were committed by a third party.

Judge Gull banned cameras from the courtroom during Allen’s trial. Reporters were also banned from bringing electronic devices into the courthouse, leaving journalists alone with pens and paper.

At the end of the day’s hearing, Judge Gull allowed members of the courthouse media to view the exhibits introduced that day for 15 minutes.