Delphi suspect Richard Allen involved in ‘domestic incident’ 2 years before teens’ murders
Before Libby German and Abby Williams were murdered in Delphi, Indiana, local sheriff’s deputies responded to the home of accused killer Richard Allen over a “domestic” incident.
Officers with the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office were sent at around 3:30 a.m. June 18, 2015, to the home of Richard and Kathy Allen, according to records obtained by the station Fox 59.
Sheriff Tobe Leazenby said Allen, a dad of one and a CVS technician, was allegedly drunk, and his wife took him to a hospital for a medical evaluation.
According to the sheriff, responding deputies’ role during the incident was to “keep the peace,” and no arrests or charges followed.
Until his arrest last week on two counts of first-degree murder, Allen, 50, had no prior criminal record.
He has been charged with two counts of murder related to the deaths of Libby, 14, and her friend Abby, 13, on Feb. 13, 2017, while the girls were taking a walk along the Monon High Bridge Train in Delphi.
Allen — who is being held with no bond — has pleaded not guilty to the charges and will go on trial in 2023.
The girls’ bodies were discovered the following day half a mile from the trail. Their causes of death have never never been made public and prosecutors have deliberately withheld details of the case from the public to aid their investigation.
A grainy video recovered from Libby German’s phone showed a man in a blue jacket walking along the railroad bridge. In the audio accompanying the footage that was released by cops, a man’s voice is heard saying “down the hill”. Only nine seconds of the 43-second video was released by cops.
Evidence against Allen has also been temporarily sealed to avoid jeopardizing the case, according to the police.
The Post reported Wednesday that plainclothes officers conducted a day-long search of Allen’s property about 10 days before his arrest, which came as a shock to those who know him.
Neighbors said the officers spent about 12 hours scouring the property and paying especially close attention to a fire pit located next to a shed in the yard.
