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Guys. Bye. Got my out. It's one of the most haunting recordings in American True Crime, a grainy image of a man walking along a dilapidated railroad bridge toward the camera, seemingly unaware he's being filmed.

He's wearing jeans and a blue jacket layered over something darker, with his hands buried deep in his pockets.

His head tilts slightly forward as he steps across the uneven railroad ties.

The shadow falls on his face, making him even harder to identify.

The clip lasts just a few seconds.

And right at the end, just as the camera pans toward the ground, four words are spoken, barely audible over the crunch of gravel and the blowing wind.

An unidentified voice gives a calm but commanding order. Guys, down the hill.

That short recording became the centerpiece of a double murder case that would shake the

small town of Delphi, Indiana. Two middle school best friends set out for an afternoon hike

along the winding Monon High Bridge trails and never

came home. Their bodies were found the next day, and the only clue to who might have done this

to them was that recording captured on the phone of one of the girls. A chilling fragment of

evidence marking the final moments of their lives in the beginning of a mystery

that would haunt their families, their town, and the nation. For more than five years,

he was known only as bridge guy. Then in 2022, police gave him a name, Richard Allen,

a 50-year-old CVS employee who had admitted to being on the trail

that day. But as the investigation unfolded, the case divided nearly everyone who followed it.

Some were sure police had their man. Others were just as sure Richard Allen was innocent,

and they pointed the finger elsewhere. As the case wound its way through the legal system, the twist and turns only

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