Appeal Filed in Delphi Murder Case

Source: PHOTO: WISH-TV

DELPHI, Ind. (WISH) – A video from one of the two teen girls killed in February 2017 near the Monon High Bridge was released Wednesday as defense attorneys filed a formal appeal in the Delphi Murders case.

Richard Allen, at age 52, was found guilty in November of two counts of murder and two counts for felony murder for the deaths of 13-year-old Abigail “Abby” Williams and 14-year-old Liberty “Libby” German. The girls’ bodies were found near the bridge near Delphi on Feb. 14, 2017, a day after they went missing.

German captured the 43-second video at 2:13 p.m. Feb. 14, 2017, while on the former railroad bridge in Carroll County. The video was played during Allen’s weekslong trial in October and November before a jury of Allen County residents, but the recording had not previously been released for public view before Wednesday.

Indiana State Police, while searching for a suspect in April 2019, had played a portion of what became known as the “bridge guy” video. A voice in the video ordered, “guys, down the hill,” investigators said.

An autopsy found the girls’ throats had been slit.

A special judge for the case, Allen County’s Fran Gull, sentenced Allen in December to 130 years in prison for the murders.

Allen’s attorneys filed an appeal with the Indiana Court of Appeals on Tuesday, and the appeal was posted online Wednesday. The attorneys say they are awaiting a notice of completion from the Carroll County Clerk’s Office, and the trial court retains jurisdiction until that time. The notice of completion should be filed within the next 30 days.