On Day 6, Richard Allen took center stage as the state tried to tie him to the murders. Jurors heard from six witnesses and learned how police pinpointed Allen as a suspect more than five years after the murders.
The jury learned that Allen voluntarily called a tip line and was interviewed by a DNR officer three days after Abby and Libby's bodies were found. DNR officer Dan Dulin told the jury nothing in Allen's interview stuck out. Dulin testified Allen said he'd been on the trail that day from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. and saw three girls walking there.
Allen's file was marked cleared until five years later when a file clerk came across it again and remembered a tip about a man on the trail that day.
Former Delphi Police Chief Steve Mullin explained how investigators found video of what they say is Allen's car near the trails on the day of the murders. The defense got Mullin to admit Allen told police he drove to the trail a different way that day than the route Mullin claimed Allen did.
The jury also saw video Libby took on the bridge of Abby with "bridge guy" behind her that afternoon.
Carroll County Sheriff Tony Liggett testified to what he heard after watching and listening to that video hundreds of times. Liggett said that on the video, you can hear Abby say, "Is he right there? Don't leave me up here." Then Libby talks about the path, and one of them whispers, "That be a gun." Then Libby says, "No path here. Go down this way."
Right after that, Liggett said you hear the man from the video say, "Guys?" One of the girls replies, "Hi." And then, the man says, "Down the hill."
The jury also heard from lead investigator Indiana State Police Lt. Jerry Holeman, who helped serve a search warrant in October 2022 on Allen's house two hours after police interviewed Allen, letting him know he was a suspect.
Holeman said twice during the search of his home, Allen said, "It doesn't matter. It's over."
The jury also saw photos of more than 25 knives and box cutters they took from Allen's home, along with several phones and pagers. They also saw the gun police believe Allen had that day.
The jury also saw a photo of a wooden keepsake box, where police say they found a bullet that's the same kind as the one found at the crime scene. The defense argued nothing connected to Abby or Libby was ever found at Allen's home.
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