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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Arleigh Rodgers and Rick Callahan

EXPLAINER: Why are court records sealed in 2 girls' deaths?

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An Indiana judge could rule Tuesday whether sealed court documents with evidence that led to a man’s arrest in the 2017 slayings of two teenage girls will be publicly released.

Richard Matthew Allen, 50, of Delphi, Indiana, was charged last month with two counts of murder in the killings of Liberty German, 14, and Abigail Williams, 13, but the court documents were sealed at the request of the local prosecutor.

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