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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Mike Bedigan

Delphi murders: Defense insists suspect in murder of two girls only confessed due to ‘mental health crisis’ as trial starts

Indiana State Police

Defense lawyers for a man accused of murdering two teenage girls in Delphi, Indiana argued that he was an innocent man caught up in a flawed investigation and that his multiple confessions should be discounted as his trial in the high profile case got under way.

Richard Allen, 52, is charged over the killings of best friends Abigail “Abby” Williams, 13, and Liberty “Libby” German, 14, whose bodies were found near the historic Monon High Bridge in Delphi, Indiana, in February 2017.

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