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

I'm Tony Bruske, and welcome to the Hidden Killers podcast.

Today, we dive headfirst into the chilling developments unfolding in the courtroom of the Richard Allen trial,

the man accused of the horrific 2017 murders of Abby Williams and Libby German.

If you thought this case couldn't get more shocking, today's testimony and evidence just rewrote

the script. It's hard to forget the Monon High Bridge, the last known location of the girls,

now etched into the nation's memory. But what we've learned inside the courtroom today was unlike anything we've seen or heard before.

Graphic crime scene photos, emotional testimony, and a jury visibly rattled.

The defense is pushing back hard, trying to limit what jurors see and hear, raising questions about how evidence is presented, and whether

it tells the full story. But beyond the legal battles, there's the unsettling reality. Two young

girls, their lives brutally taken and a community still searching for answers. What kind of mind can

commit such an act? What unseen forces were at play,

psychologically or otherwise, that led us here today. Hold on tight. This is one story where

every twist leaves you questioning everything you thought you knew. The courtroom was silent as

Indiana State Police Sergeant Jason Page took the stand to describe the crime scene.

On February 14, 2017, he had arrived at the area, later dubbed Ground Zero,

where the lifeless bodies of 13-year-old Abby Williams and 14-year-old Libby German were found.

The testimony gripped the room as prosecutors

began presenting 43 crime scene photos, each more unsettling than the last. The images were not

for the faint-hearted, gasps echoed from the gallery as a mistakenly projected close-up of Libby's

bloodied face filled the courtroom screen,

visibly unsettling jurors and family members alike.

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