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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

Man accused of killing 2 teen girls asks for public defender

Indiana State Police

The man charged with the 2017 Delphi murders has penned a jailhouse letter claiming that his wife has been forced into hiding and that he is now “at the mercy of the court”.

Richard Allen, 50, sent a handwritten letter to “Carroll Circuit Court and those associated” begging the court to appoint him a public defender to represent him as he faces trial for the murders of Libby German and Abby Williams.

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