{"id":116349,"date":"2024-10-20T14:23:53","date_gmt":"2024-10-20T07:23:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=116349"},"modified":"2024-10-20T14:23:53","modified_gmt":"2024-10-20T07:23:53","slug":"family-friend-of-slayed-indian-teens-recalled-moment-he-stumbled-upon-bodies-during-murder-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=116349","title":{"rendered":"Family friend of slayed Indian teens recalled moment he stumbled upon bodies during murder trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A longtime family friend of two teens murdered in Indiana tearfully recalled the horrific moment he found their lifeless bodies nearly eight years ago \u2014 during heart-wrenching testimony on the second day of Richard Allen\u2019s murder trial. <\/p>\n<p>Patrick Brown told jurors Saturday that he joined a search party on Feb. 14, 2017, to help find Liberty German, 14, and Abigail Williams, 13, a day after they went missing, according to local reports. <\/p>\n<p>After learning German\u2019s shirt was found along Deer Creek, he went to search the north side of the stream when he tragically stumbled upon the girls\u2019 corpses. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Liberty German, 14, and Abigail Williams, 13, were killed while biking on trails near Delphi, Indiana in February 2017. <span class=\"credit\">Indiana State Police<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAt first, I thought they were mannequins,\u201d said an emotional Brown, who asked for a moment to collect himself, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jconline.com\/story\/news\/crime\/2024\/10\/19\/richard-allen-delphi-murders-trial-carroll-county-indiana-frances-gull-libby-abby\/73597659007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according to the Journal &amp; Courier<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI turned around and I yelled out we had found them.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Brown recalled turning away from the bodies and never getting within 5 feet of them, when he called the police chief to report the grim discovery, the outlet reported. <\/p>\n<p>Allen, 52, is on trial and charged with two murder counts and two counts of murder while kidnapping in the Feb. 13, 2017, slayings. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Allen is charged with two counts of murder and two counts of murder while kidnapping. <span class=\"credit\">Alex Martin\/Journal and Courier \/ USA TODAY NETWORK \/ USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Prosecutors told jurors on Friday that Allen was armed with a gun when he came across the victims near a hiking trail in Delphi before forcing them off the path and slitting their throats, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/10\/18\/us-news\/delphi-murders-suspect-richard-allen-forced-teens-off-trail-before-killing-them-and-theres-video-evidence-prosecutors-say\/\">AP reported. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>The two teens, who had been dropped off at the trail earlier that day, were reported missing by their families when they didn\u2019t meet for a planned pickup in the afternoon and several calls went unanswered \u2014 igniting a community-wide search.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>A prosecutor told jurors Friday that Richard Allen, 52, forced his victims off a hiking trail before cutting their throats. <span class=\"credit\">Alex Martin\/Journal and Courier \/ USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>German\u2019s corpse was found naked and covered in blood, while Williams was clothed in German\u2019s sweatshirt and jeans, with other clothing dumped in the creek, prosecutors said, according to AP.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe last thing the girls saw was Richard Allen\u2019s face,\u201d Carroll County prosecutor Nicholas McLeland told jurors in his opening statement.<\/p>\n<p>And they heard his \u201cchilling words: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.in.gov\/isp\/files\/Delphi_Audio_Edited_2019x3.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u2018Girls, down the hill,<\/a>\u2019\u201d while Allen was wielding a gun, McLeland said, adding that the girls complied out of fear.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Grandparents of victim \u201cLibby\u201d German, Becky Patty, left, and her husband Mike Patty, speak during a news conference. <span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The case went unsolved for years, until Allen, a pharmacy technician, was <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/10\/31\/richard-allen-arrested-over-2017-murder-of-two-delphi-teen-girls\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">arrested by Indiana police<\/a> in October 2022 \u2014 more than five years after the tragic deaths.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>McLeland said an unused .40-caliber casing from <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/11\/29\/unsealed-document-reveals-new-details-in-delphi-murders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a gun that belonged to Allen<\/a> was discovered at the \u201cgruesome\u201d scene between the girls\u2019 bodies, and his grainy image and voice were captured by German on her phone.<\/p>\n<p>A short video released in 2019 that also came from German\u2019s phone showed a suspect walking on Monon High Bridge that prosecutors say was Allen.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Indian State police arrested Allen in October 2022 \u2014 five years after the murders. <span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The trial in Delphi, Indiana, which has a population of approximately 3,000 people, had many individuals lined up in the morning chill to secure a seat in the courtroom. <span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Allen\u2019s defense attorney argued there is reasonable doubt in the case and challenged the state\u2019s timeline alleging that his client wasn\u2019t on the trail at the same time as the girls, according to AP. <\/p>\n<p>The trial will resume on 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