Indiana AG: Richard Allen’s trial was fair, Delphi murders conviction should stand

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Indiana’s attorney general and two deputy attorneys general on Wednesday filed a formal response to the appeal of convicted murderer Richard Allen, calling for his conviction to be upheld.

The state’s filing says that Allen’s trial was fair, as evidence was properly submitted and his confessions were voluntary.

Allen, 53, on Nov. 11, 2024, was found guilty of two counts of murder and two counts for felony murder for the deaths of 13-year-old Abigail “Abby” Williams and 14-year-old Liberty “Libby” German. The girls’ bodies were found near the Monon High Bridge near Delphi on Feb. 14, 2017, one day after they went missing.

Allen was sentenced Dec. 20, 2024, to 130 years in prison.

His attorneys did not file an appeal until December 2025, which focused on three main points:

• The search of Allen’s home was unconstitutional and the resulting evidence inadmissible because law enforcement omitted or altered key facts when applying for a warrant.
• The statements Allen made while “gravely disabled” during solitary confinement were involuntary, the product of unconstitutional detention, and inadmissible.
• The trial court denied Allen his right to a fair trial, prev...