DELPHI, Ind. — Evidence in the Delphi, Indiana, double murder case was unsealed by a county court on Tuesday, revealing key new details, including that suspect Richard Allen's gun was linked to the crime scene.
Here's what we've learned and what remains unclear:Abby and Libby, best friends in the eighth grade, were on a hiking trail in rural Delphi when they were killed in February 2017.
This year, Allen"again admitted" to police"that he was on the trail but denied knowing Victim 1 or Victim 2 and denied any involvement in their murders," according to the probable cause affidavit. During a search of Allen's home on Oct. 13, 2022, officers found knives and guns, including a"Sig Sauer, Model P226, .40-caliber pistol," the probable cause affidavit said.
Garrett said he doesn't understand why it took police so many years to match an unspent round from the crime scene to a gun owned by a man who lives in Delphi. "I've always been concerned about how these two youngsters died. The police have put a .40-caliber weapon into the case," Garrett said."You have this unspent shell casing near the victims' bodies, but you also have things that are really troubling to me: [The girls] are in one place and their clothes are in another. ...
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