Richard Allen, 50, arrested in connection to the 2017 murders of two teen girls
10/31/2022
Indiana – Authorities have arrested a man in the unsolved slayings of two teenage girls who were killed while hiking five years ago near their small community in northern Indiana hometown, police said Monday.
Carter said “today is not a day to celebrate,” as he talked about the case. “I’m proud to report to you that today, actually last Friday, was the day. An arrest has been made.”
The Carroll County prosecutor said Allen was arrested Friday and has been charged with two counts of murder. He has already been arraigned on the charges.
He pleaded not guilty. The probable cause paperwork was been sealed by the courts, so no details of the investigation are being released.
The girls’ bodies were found in a rugged area near a hiking trail on Feb. 14, 2017, one day after they vanished while walking on that trail near the Monon High Bridge. That bridge is just outside their hometown of Delphi, about 60 miles northwest of Indianapolis.
The case has drawn local, state and national attention with the release of evidence, sketches and no shortage of theories.
Within days of the killings, investigators released two grainy photos of a suspect walking on the abandoned railroad bridge the girls had visited, and an audio recording of a man believed to be the suspect saying “down the hill.”
Authorities have since released two sketches of the suspected killer, including one in April 2019 based on video from German’s cellphone that’s believed to be more accurate than a sketch released in July 2017.
Police also released video in April 2019 which shows the man suspected of killing the teens walking on the abandoned railroad bridge the girls had visited.
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