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Delphi Killings - Timeline of events in Richard Allen Case · Murder Files Unsealed

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to your deep dive. Today. We're diving deep into
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  a case that's really shaken the nation. Yeah, the murders
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  of Libby German and Abby Williams in Delphi, Indiana. Right,
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  and you know you've given us a ton of articles research. Yeah,
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  it seems like you're you're really captivated by this case too.
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  Speaker 2: So absolutely got a lot to unpack we do. This
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  case is I think one of the things that's so
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  interesting about it is just the sheer amount of information
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  out there. Yeah, some of it's good, some of its speculation, right,
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  and I think it's really a matter of you know,
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  teasing apart fact from fiction to really kind of understand
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  all the difference.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, helping you cut through all that noise to get
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  to those exactly there's big aha moments, and this case
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  has a lot of them. Yeah, it really does.
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  Speaker 2: So we'll be looking at, you know, the timeline, the
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  different people involved, and then those twists and turns that
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  keep everyone guessing.
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  Speaker 1: So let's rewind Okay. February thirteenth, twenty seventeen. Yeah, Delphi, Indiana,
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  small gown, seemingly ordinary day. Two friends, Libby German fourteen
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  and Abby Williams thirteen, decide they're going to spend their
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  afternoon enjoying the unseasonably warm weather with a walk. Yeah,
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  a Delphi historic trail, beautiful area, just two friends, capturing
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  the day, making memories.
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  Speaker 2: And then it all goes wrong. It does, It goes
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  really wrong. And I think the thing that's so striking
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  about this case is how it affected the community.
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  Speaker 1: Oh absolutely, the fear, the uncertainty.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, this wasn't just a crime. It was a
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  blow to everybody in this town.
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  Speaker 1: It really was. And I think as we go through this,
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  we have to keep in mind the human cost we
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  do of this tragedy.
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  Speaker 2: I agree.
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  Speaker 1: But what makes this case even more haunting is that
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  Libby was collecting evidence. She was without even knowing it.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. And you know they always say that the you know,
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  the victim in a case like this is the best
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  witness because they're there, they're experiencing it. And I think that,
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  you know, the fact that she had the presence of
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  mind to take that picture, and then the audio that
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  was captured.
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  Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, yeah, chilling, chilling, And you know, it's
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  something that sticks with you even if you only kind
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  of know the very basic details of this case.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's just the intersection of everyday life and then
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  this horrible thing, right, you know, and and it's those
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  little pieces of evidence that becomes so important.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, later on they do. Yeah, it's like you said,
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  those early days and weeks. You know, the pressure must
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  have been immense to get some answers. Absolutely for Libyan
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  Abbey's family is and for this community.
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  Speaker 2: That's just right. And you have you know, you had
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  all hands on deck right away. You had local police,
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  the FBI came in, you had volunteers combing through the woods. Yeah,
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  everybody was looking for any little thing. And then despite
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  this huge initial push, it just kind of, yeah, fizzles
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  out a little.
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  Speaker 1: It's like that silence yea is almost definite.
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  Speaker 2: It is that lack of knowing that's so hard for.
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  Speaker 1: People, exactly, and in this case, that's silence. It went
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  on for years, it did.
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  Speaker 2: And you know, we saw those sketches released, one in
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  twenty seventeen and then another one in twenty nineteen, each
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  one kind of a potential face to that voice, but
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  nothing really panned out, no, no solid leads.
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  Speaker 1: And then there's that whole online aspect, the Anthony Shots
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  social media account. Yeah, remember when I first heard about that. Yeah,
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  I got chills.
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  Speaker 2: It's a creepy little side note to all of this.
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  It is, you know, the account was on Instagram and
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  kick turned out to be run by this guy, Keegan Klein, Okay,
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  and he was you know, the scary part is he
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  was communicating with underage girls online, including Libby German. Oh wow. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: So so was he ever charged in connection.
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  Speaker 2: With So that's the thing. Okay, he was never directly
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  tied to the murders themselves, but his online activity it
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  was bad news.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: He ended up being charged with thirty felonies. Thirty felonies
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  related to child exploitation and pornography.
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  Speaker 1: Wow, okay, So what was the outcome of that case?
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  Speaker 2: So he pled guilty and he's currently serving a forty
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  year sentence.
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  Speaker 1: Wow okay.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's a whole other story. But it's a good
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  reminder that this stuff online. Oh absolutely, it's real.
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  Speaker 1: It is.
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  Speaker 3: And you know, those lines can get so blurry, idea
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  between what's real and what's not, what's safe, what's dangerous exactly.
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  But ultimately, Klein's case was kind of a side story
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  to the main investigation, right.
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  Speaker 2: It doesn't directly lead us to the answer of who
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  was on that bridge, right and what happened to those girls?
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  Speaker 1: Exactly? Yeah, And that brings us too to.
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  Speaker 2: Twenty twenty two, Richard Allen, five years after the murders.
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  Speaker 1: This case that's gone cold, and then suddenly Richard Allen,
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  a man living and.
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  Speaker 2: Working right there in Delphi, in.
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  Speaker 1: Delphi, is arrested for the murders of Libby and Abby.
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  Speaker 2: You couldn't make this stuff up.
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  Speaker 1: It's like nobody had even heard this name before. It
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  wasn't like Klein, where at least there was that right
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  digital footprint, a connection. Yeah, who was this guy and
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  what led them to him?
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  Speaker 2: So on the surface, Richard Allen was your average everyday guy,
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  lived in Delphi, worked at the local CVS. Okay, just
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  blended right in right, no obvious ties to the victims.
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  Speaker 1: Wow, So it really did come out of left.
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  Speaker 2: Field, completely out of left field. I mean, nobody saw
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  this coming, right, and it just goes to show you and.
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  Speaker 1: It makes you think was he there the whole time?
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  Speaker 2: That's a thing that's so unsettling, right, you know, Yeah,
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  because it means if he was involved, he was hiding
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  in plain sight exactly, And that's a scary thought for
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  that community for sure.
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  Speaker 1: And to make matters worse, it gets worse. It comes
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  out that Alan had actually interacted with the victims' families,
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  I know, after the murders. He had even printed photos
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  for their funerals at the CVS where he worked. Do
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  you imagine, Oh my god, the chills chilling. Yeah, it's
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  just knowing what we know now, it's like.
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  Speaker 2: A whole other layer, is the creepiness.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. So to go from years of nothing to this arrest,
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  it feels like they must have found something big, right.
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  Speaker 2: Oh yeah, there had to be a major break in
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  the case, and it seems like it was a few
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  things coming together. Okay, cel Phone Detta put Alan near
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  the bridge at the time of the murders. But the
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  big one, the thing that really shook things up, was
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  an unspent bullet.
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  Speaker 1: An unspent bullet.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, they found it near the bodies.
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  Speaker 1: Wow. That sounds like something you'd see in a movie.
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  Speaker 2: Wow.
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  Speaker 1: How did they even connect that back to Allan after
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  all this time.
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  Speaker 2: That's where the forensics come in. Okay, they were able
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  to match that bullet to a gun that Alan owned.
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  Speaker 1: Wow.
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  Speaker 2: And what's interesting is that the bullet was actually found
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  back in twenty seventeen. Oh wow, but it seems like
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  the technology or maybe the expertise to make that match
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  just wasn't there yet. It really shows you how these
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  advancements in forensics can totally change a cold case.
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  Speaker 1: So they have their suspect right right, seemingly average guy,
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  maybe living a double life. Yeah, a weapon that ties
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  him to the scene. You would think, you think that's it, right,
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  open and shut.
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  Speaker 2: But this case, yes, it's just got so many twists
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  and turns. Right. So, there were reports that Allan confessed
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  to the murders.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I remember hearing about that.
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  Speaker 2: Multiple times to the police, even to his family. Wow.
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  But now his lawyers are saying those confessions were coerced.
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  Oh wow, you're saying he wasn't in a good state
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  of mind, that he was easily manipulated.
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  Speaker 1: It's amazing how these legal strategies can really change how
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  we see a case. Oh absolutely, So what else is
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  the defense focusing on? What's their strategy here?
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  Speaker 2: Well, this is where it gets weird. Okay, remember that
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  whole Odnist cult theory that was going around.
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  Speaker 1: Oh yeah, that was everywhere.
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  Speaker 2: So the defense actually tried to use that really Yeah,
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  they were saying that Allen was innocent and that this
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  supposed cult was actually responsible for Libyan Abbey's murders.
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  Speaker 1: It's like they were trying to create this whole other
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  story exactly.
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  Speaker 2: They were talking about ritualistic killings and saying that investigators
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  had or ignored evidence.
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  Speaker 1: It's like they're trying to plant that seed of doubt exactly.
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  Speaker 2: And it's something we see a lot in these high
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  profile cases, right, right, try to introduce something sensational that
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  might stick with the jury.
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  Speaker 1: Right.
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  Speaker 2: But in this case, the judge wasn't having it.
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  Speaker 1: Okay.
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  Speaker 2: The court recently said no to the whole odinism defense Wow,
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  said there's not enough evidence.
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  Speaker 1: So that must have been a big setback for the defense.
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  Speaker 2: Huge. They basically had to go back to score one.
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  Speaker 1: Wow. So where do things stand now?
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  Speaker 2: So as of this week, jury selection has actually begun Okay,
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  so things are moving forward. Wow. The trial itself should
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  be starting soon, and with the prosecution focused on that
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  physical evidence and the confessions, and the defense likely to
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  challenge all of that, it's going to be fascinated to
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  watch it all play out.
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  Speaker 1: It's hard to believe it's been over seven years since
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  Libby and Abbey were murdered. Seven years of just unimaginable
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  pain for their families and for a community that desperately
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  wants answers. We've gone through a lot in this dive,
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  but I think what really sticks with me is how
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  this case shows us just how fragile life can be,
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  how quickly things can turn tragic, and how important that
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  search for justice really is.
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  Speaker 2: I agree, and it reminds us that sometimes the truth
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  is really hard to find. Yeah, that evidence can be
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  interpreted in different ways, and that in the end, it
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  all comes down to people, their choices and the consequences
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  of those choices.
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  Speaker 1: It leaves you with this uneasy feeling, wanting answers, but
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  also almost afraid of what they might be exactly. We
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  might never really know what happened that day on the bridge,
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  but hopefully this trial will bring some closure and some
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  justice to Libyan Abbey's families into this community that we'll
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  never forget them.