The trial of the man accused of killing two girls in Delphi, Indiana, continued for its second day Saturday with testimony from a former local police chief and two people who were searching for Abby Williams and Libby German in 2017.
Saturday’s testimony delved deeper into initial reports that the two teens were missing and the immediate response to try to find them.
Richard Allen, the pharmacy technician accused of killing the girls, is charged with murder.
In 2017, the girls went hiking and never came back. Their bodies were found the next day.
Allen was arrested and charged in 2022.
Two members of the girls’ search team testified.
Jake Johns remembers someone seeing footprints down the hill to the river bank. A description that fits the prosecutor’s theory that the person who killed forced them down the hill to the creek’s edge.
Later, the same witness saw what ultimately was German’s tie-dye shirt floating in the water.
Pat Brown, another witness, told the jury he was the one who found the girls’ bodies. He remembers shouting “We found them!” » and added “I thought they were models.” His voice cracked during his testimony.
During Friday’s opening statementsthe jury heard the girls’ cause of death: someone had slit their throats.
Prosecutors said German was found without clothes the day after she and Williams disappeared. Williams wore her friend’s clothes.
Allen maintained he was innocent.
The trial will resume on Monday. The judge told jurors they could expect the proceedings to be quite lengthy.
The jury will likely hear from law enforcement when they arrive on scene and begin their investigation.
