This is a true crime in real time update from True Crime Today and the Hidden Killers podcast.

I'm Tony Bruske, and today we take you to the courtroom where Richard Allen sits,

facing four counts of murder in connection with the tragic deaths of Abby Williams and Libby German,

whose lives were cut short near the Monon High Bridge in February 2017.

As jurors watched the video of Allen's police interview for the first time, we're left to wonder,

could this be the moment where a police investigation spirals into a desperate attempt to pin the

crime on a suspect rather than seeking the actual killer. On the surface, Alan appears calm and

cooperative at the start of the hour-long interrogation. But as the questioning intensifies,

something shifts in the room. The seasoned investigators, Steve Mullen and Tony Liggett,

are probing for details, unearthing the events of that fateful day,

details that are already murky at best. Why did it take more than five years to bring Allen

to justice, and more disturbingly, what might have been happening behind the scenes,

says the police struggle to find definitive evidence to solve a crime that haunted their

small town? With every question, the investigators struggled to find definitive evidence to solve a crime that haunted their small town.

With every question, the investigators seemed to tighten the noose around Alan,

who just moments ago was a mere witness claiming to want to help.

But as the interview progresses, he starts to feel the weight of their suspicions.

Sounds like I'm going to be somebody's fall guy, he says, hinting at an unsettling realization

that the police may not be interested in clearing his name, but rather in crafting a narrative

that supports their own investigation.

The psychological complexities of this case raise critical questions.

What motivates law enforcement to pursue a

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