Indiana Killer Sentenced to 130 Years for the Delphi Murders

Mar. 15, 2025

Abigail Williams, Richard Allen and Liberty German.Photo: Indiana State Police

Richard Allen, convicted ofkilling two teenage girlsin the woods near Delphi, Ind., in 2017, was sentenced to 130 years in prison on Friday, Dec. 20.

Allen received the maximum sentence possible from Judge Frances Gull of Allen Superior Court in Fort Wayne, Ind.,according to the New York Times.

“I’ve spent 27 years as a judge, and you rank right up there with the most heinous crimes in the state of Indiana," Gull told Allen, per the Times.

German and Williams were dropped off for a day of hiking near the Monon High Bridge in Delphi on Feb. 13, 2017. The next day, the two were found dead, with their throats slit, near the banks of a creek. An unspent 40 caliber bullet was found between them.

Video taken on one of the girls' phones showed a shadowy man following them on the bridge. Audio also captured a man saying “down the hill” to the two teens.

The case went unsolved for five years, and the man on the bridge was known only as “Bridge Guy,” untilAllen’s arrest in 2022, after authorities matched a gun in his possession with the bullet found on the scene.

At trial, a state trooper testified that after having listened to 700 of Allen’s prison calls, he could attest that the voice of “Bridge Guy” belonged to Allen,CNN reports.Meanwhile, those calls included what prosecutors called a confession from Allen to his wife.

Allen’s defense team plans to appeal the verdict, the Times reported.

source: people.com