The case against 52-year-old Richard Allen has long haunted the girls’ hometown of Delphi and spurred endless online speculation.
Richard Allen, 52, is charged with two counts of murder and two counts of murder while committing or attempting to commit kidnapping in the killings of 13-year-old Abigail Williams and 14-year-old Liberty German.
Richard Allen, 51, was arrested in October 2022 and charged with two counts of murder in the 2017 slayings of 13-year-old Abigail Williams and 14-year-old Liberty German.
Monday, attorneys Andrew Baldwin and Brad Rozzi filed a new motion to get Judge Fran Gull removed from Richard Allen's case.
Richard Allen, the man accused of the 2017 murders of Abby Williams and Libby German, is asking the Indiana Supreme Court to have his original lawyers reinstated and the special judge removed.
The hearing will be held Jan. 18 with added security by Indiana State Police, however Richard Allen isn't expected to be in attendance.
According to court documents, Mitchell Westerman is a friend and former co-worker of attorney Andrew Baldwin.
Richard Allen is charged with murder in the killings of Liberty German, 14, and Abigail Williams, 13, whose bodies were found after they went on a hike.
Richard Allen, 50, of Delphi, is charged with two counts of murder in the slayings of Libby German, 14, and Abby Williams, 13, on Feb. 13, 2017.
In an interview with Fox News that aired Tuesday, German's grandma, Becky Patty, said police have DNA in the case.