Opening statements are set to begin for the trial of Richard Allen, the man charged in the 2017 murder of two teenage girls, Abby Williams and Libby German, who were killed while they hiked on a trail in Delphi, Indiana. NBC’s Maggie Vespa reports for TODAY.
Richard Allen was armed with a gun when he came across teenage friends Abigail 'Abby' Williams and Liberty 'Libby' German near a hiking trail in Delphi, Indiana, in February 2017, then used 'power and the fear' to force them 'down the hill' before slitting their throats, prosecutors said in an opening statement Friday in his double murder trial.
Allen, 52, dressed in a long-sleeve button-down shirt and khakis, shook his head at times during McLeland's opening statement. Abby and Libby, whom McLeland described as always together and more like sisters, were found a day after their families said they went missing while out walking and snapping photos near an abandoned rail bridge. Lawyers for Allen have maintained his innocence.
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