DELPHI, IN — A man accused of killing two teenage girls in Delphi, Indiana is alleged to confessing the crimes in a phone call with his wife, according to newly unsealed court documents.
>>Delphi murders: Unspent bullet at scene ties Richard Allen to girls’ deaths, court docs allege
Richard Allen is charged with the murder in the deaths of Libby German and Abby Williams back in February 2017. They were enjoying a day off from school when they were killed on a Delphi hiking trail.
The judge released more than 100 documents to the public on Wednesday.
It includes a motion to subpoena third-party records.
That motion includes a description of a call Allen made to his wife on April 3.
It was during that call that Allen is alleged to have admitted several times that he killed the two teenage girls, investigators say. His wife is reported to abruptly ending the call, the Associated Press reports.
>>Man charged with murder in 2017 killings of two Delphi, Indiana teen girls
Allen was arrested in October 2022.
He has pleaded not guilty to the two murders.
His trial has been scheduled for January 2024.
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