GUILTY ALL COUNTS: RICHARD ALLEN STONE-FACED AS DELPHI JURY SAYS HE MURDERED ABBY & LIBBY, LEFT BODIES IN WOODS
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
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🗓️ 12 November 2024
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
The jury took two minutes from entering the courtroom to announce the verdict: Richard Allen, guilty on all charges.
Allen was convicted of felony murder for Abby Williams and Libby German, as well as for knowingly and intentionally killing both girls. Judge Gull maintained order in the courtroom, where there were no outbursts, but outside on the streets of Delphi, shouts of "Guilty on all charges" echoed.
As Kathy Allen, Richard Allen's wife, left the courthouse, she was heard saying, "This isn't over at all."
The jury, composed of seven women and five men, heard 17 days of testimony, including dozens of witnesses, disturbing jailhouse videos of Richard Allen, and photos of Abby and Libby as they were found at the crime scene.
They deliberated for 19 hours over parts of four days to reach a unanimous verdict. Richard Allen was found guilty of four counts: two counts of felony murder and two counts of knowingly and intentionally killing Abby Williams and Libby German.
Joining Nancy Grace today:
- Philip Dubé – Court-Appointed Counsel, Los Angeles County Public Defenders: Criminal & Constitutional Law; Forensics & Mental Health Advocacy
- Dr. Bethany Marshall – Psychoanalyst, Author – “Deal Breaker,” featured in hit show: “Paris in Love” on Peacock;, Instagram & TikTok: drbethanymarshall, X: @DrBethanyLivSheryl McCollum – Forensics Expert & Cold Case Investigative Research Institute Founder; Host of Podcast: “Zone 7;” X: @149Zone7
- Bill Daly – Former FBI Investigator and Forensic Photography, Security Expert
- Joe Scott Morgan – Professor of Forensics: Jacksonville State University, Author, “Blood Beneath My Feet,” and Host: “Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan;”X: @JoScottForensic
- Susan Hendricks – Journalist, Author: “Down the Hill: My Descent into the Double Murder in Delphi’;” IG: @susan_hendricks X @SusanHendicks
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| 0:00.0 | Crime Stories with Nancy Grace. |
| 0:06.1 | Guilty. Guilty. Guilty on all counts. Murdered defendant Richard Allen stone-faced as that |
| 0:15.2 | Delphi jury hands down a verdict saying he murdered Abby and Libby leaving their bodies in the woods. |
| 0:24.9 | I'm Nancy Grace. This is crime stories. Thank you for being with us. |
| 0:28.7 | Guilty. Guilty on all counts. And the Delphi double murder trial, Richard Allen, has just |
| 0:35.7 | been found guilty. Four days of deliberations, guilty on all counts. |
| 0:41.3 | Finally, for Abby and Libby, justice is served. |
| 0:46.3 | Two charges of felony murder and two charges of malice murders. |
| 0:51.3 | Shouts of jubilation or shout two charges of malice murders. |
| 1:00.6 | Shouts of jubilation or shouts of extreme relief. |
| 1:06.0 | As a court watcher comes out of the courthouse and before they could get to the bottom of the steps, yelled out guilty. |
| 1:08.8 | The crowd erupted. |
| 1:13.4 | For those of you just joining us, Richard Allen has been found guilty on all four counts in the murders of Abby and Libby. It's over, or is it? Alan's |
| 1:23.5 | wife comes out and clearly states, it's not over yet. Joining me an all-star panel to make sense of |
| 1:31.7 | what we know right now, straight out to investigative reporter Susan Hendricks, who's been on |
| 1:36.5 | the case in the very beginning and is the author of Down the Hill, My Descented to the Double |
| 1:41.2 | Murder in Delphi. What happened in that courtroom when the verdict was read? |
| 1:46.3 | Judge Frank Gall gave them instructions. |
| 1:48.5 | Everyone in the courtroom when the verdict was read that no one can make any emotion. |
| 1:53.4 | She says she knows that both sides worked very hard on this, the prosecution and the defense. |
| 1:58.0 | And then reading it very quickly, guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty. |
| 2:01.7 | Then ask Nick McCullen, the prosecutor, do you want the jury pulled here? He said no. Then you go to |
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