Appeal hearing begins for Indiana man sentenced to 130 years for murders of teen girls; lawyers say psychotic episode led to confession


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Richard Allen was sentenced to 130 years in 2024 for murdering 14-year-old Libby German and 13-year-old Abby Williams in February 2017.

INDIANAPOLIS — On Monday, opening arguments begin in an appeal attempting to overturn the verdict against an Indiana man sentenced to 130 years for murdering two teenage girls in 2017. 

Richard Allen's attorneys will argue that jurors in the Delphi murders trial only heard half the story, and that Allen's conviction should be overturned.

Allen was sentenced to 130 years in 2024 for murdering 14-year-old Libby German and 13-year-old Abby Wil...

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