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The Guardian - US
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Eric Berger

Indiana prosecutors claim man confessed to killing two teens on hiking trail in 2017

two people speak at podium with image of two girls behind them, labeled 'libby' and 'abby'
The grandparents of Libby German, Becky Patty, left, and her husband, Mike Patty, at a 2017 news conference. Photograph: J Kyle Keener/AP

Prosecutors in the trial of Richard Allen, who is accused of killing two teenage girls in Indiana, continued this week to build their case with testimony from a prison psychologist and law enforcement officials who lent credence to the allegation that Allen confessed to the murders while in prison in 2023.

Allen’s alleged admissions came after investigators struggled for years to find the person who killed Liberty “Libby” German, 14, and Abigail “Abby” Williams, 13, in 2017 on a hiking trail outside the small town of Delphi.

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