LIBBY GERMAN & ABBY WILLIAMS: Indiana vs. Richard Allen for 2017 murder of two Delphi girls *TRIAL IN PROGRESS*

On February 14, 2017, the bodies of Abigail Williams and Liberty German were discovered near the Monon High Bridge Trail, which is part of the Delphi Historic Trails in Delphi, Indiana, United States, after the young girls had disappeared from the same trail the previous day. The murders have received significant media coverage because a photo and audio recording of an individual believed to be the girls' murderer was found on German's smartphone. Despite the audio and video recordings of the suspect that have been circulated and the more than 26,000 tips that police have received, no arrest in the case has been made.[1][2][3]

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Police have not publicly stated nor released details of how the girls were murdered.[6] As early as February 15, 2017, Indiana State Police began circulating a still image of an individual reportedly seen on the Monon High Bridge Trail near where the two friends were slain; the grainy photograph appearing to capture a Caucasian male, with hands in pockets, walking on the rail bridge, head down, toward the girls.[4] A few days later, the person in the photograph was named the prime suspect in the double-homicide.[5]

On February 22, law enforcement released an audio recording where the voice of the assailant,[7] though in some degree muffled, is heard to say, "Down the hill." It was at this news conference that officials credited the source of the audio and imagery to German's smartphone, and, further, regarded her as a hero for having had the uncanny foresight and fortitude to record the exchange in secret. Police indicated that additional evidence from the phone had been secured, but that they did not release it so as not to "compromise any future trial." By this time, the reward offered in the case was set at $41,000.[5]


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If it’s the witness I’m thinking of, she actually said it on the stand this week. She had never said it before this week. At least that’s the way I understood it.
Yes she had according to her testimony. LE left it out, which I can believe now we know what else has happened too.
 
The bullet witness was on the stand first thing. Here is her testimony and it sounds like she knows her stuff.

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Community members and members of the media wait outside the locked doors of the Carroll County Courthouse in Delphi before the start of Day 7 of the Delphi Murders trial. (WISH Photo)

Community members and members of the media wait outside the locked doors of the Carroll County Courthouse in Delphi before the start of Day 7 of the Delphi Murders trial. (WISH Photo)
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by: Ashley Fowler and Jason Ronimous
Posted: Oct 25, 2024 / 08:57 AM EST / Updated: Oct 25, 2024 / 11:19 AM EST
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Friday is the seventh day of testimonies in the trial of Delphi Murders suspect Richard Allen at the Carroll County Courthouse in Delphi.
Allen, 52, is charged with murder and murder while committing or attempting to commit kidnapping in the deaths of 13-year-old Abigail “Abby” Williams and 14-year-old Liberty “Libby” German. The girls’ bodies were found near the Monon High Bridge near Delphi on Feb. 14, 2017, a day after they went missing.
Allen was first investigated in 2017 and again in October 2022. After a second police interview, he was taken into custody.
The trial began Oct. 18 and was expected to continue through mid-November. Sixteen Allen County residents sit as the jury on the case.
Day 7 of the Delphi Murders trial was set to begin at 9 a.m. Friday.
Tune into News 8 and follow our live blog throughout the day for the latest developments.
NOTE: The times listed in the blog headers are the times which the entries were added. Specific times for courtroom events will be listed in the entries if available. These notes are compiled from photographs of written notes provided by reporters in courtroom and emailed to the News 8 newsdesk.
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For a brief summary of Day 6 in the Delphi Murders trial (Thursday), scroll to the bottom of the page.
To view all of our previous trial coverage, click here.


Additional Thursday coverage from News 8

TESTIMONY OF MELISSA OBERGT​

Court was back in session at 9:01 a.m. Judge Gull shares that the jury had access to their phones last night, under supervision.

At 9:05 a.m. the state called Melissa Obergt. Obergt works for a clinical asset health management company. She tells the jury she is an operations data analyst for that company.

Previously Obergt worked for the Indiana State Police as a forensic firearm examiner. She resigned that position in 2013.

She told the jury she looked at cartridges, did function exams on firearms and did tool mark examinations. She tells the jury she has testified 112 times.

Obergt showed the jury on slides how her job works and explained what firearm and tool mark examinations are. She says a tool is “something that is a harder object that comes into contact with a softer object that leaves the softer object with a mark.”

“A tool mark is features imparted on an object by the contact and force extended from a tool,” she told the jury. She says there are two kinds: impressed and striated.

Obergt tells the jury that a cartridge is a single unit of ammunition, designed to go into a firearm. She says there is a casing, primer, powder, and bullet. The bullet is the projectile.

Obergt shows the jury a full cartridge and explains the parts of a firearm. Slide, slide stop, sight, hammer, magazine release, grip, magazine well, magazine, trigger, trigger guard, and frame.

Obergt explains the inside of a firearm and how the various components work. She tells the jury that the tools in the firearm are harder than the cartridge/bullet that they come into contact with. She explains the cycling of a cartridge and explains what a bullet looks like after it’s been cycled.

She demonstrates cycling of a pistol with an actual firearm. She inserts the magazine and 40 cal. Smith and Wesson dummy cartridge, she looks down the barrel to make sure it is empty and unloaded. She inserts the magazine and cartridge and cycles the round.

Obergt testifies as to different classifications of tool marks. She described to the jury how some marks are made before manufacture, some during manufacture and some after manufacture. She tells the jury that an examiner uses several factors to determine if a tool mark is made in any of those circumstances.

Obergt tells the jury describes the testing of a firearm and how an analysis is performed. She tells the jury the main thing that allows an examiner to make a conclusion is test firing a firearm and comparing with two microscopes. She says she then makes one of three conclusions: identification, inconclusive or exclusion.

At 10:10 a.m., the prosecution shows the jury the actual cartridge from the crime scene and photos of it from Obergt’s examination.

Obergt says the cartridge was tested for DNA first and she noticed there was no biological substance on it, that it was in good condition and was a Winchester brand 40 cal. cartridge.

She tells the jury that there are miscellaneous marks on the head and sides of the cartridge and she saw 3 possible ejector marks. One in one direction and 2 in another. She compared this with a Glock 22, which was also a 40 cal. firearm and compared the ejector marks.

Court in recess.

Court back in session at 10:50 a.m.

Obergt shows the jury a powerpoint presentation that came to the conclusion that the gun collected from Allen’s home in 2022 had indeed cycled the cartridge that was found near the bodies of Libby and Abby.

Obergt tested another cartridge with the gun found in Allen’s home to see if the tool marks would match.

She showed the jury five images of the test cartridge compared to the cartridge at the scene. She told the jury that several marks were in agreement.

Obergt testified that the cartridge at the scene had NOT been fired, but that the test cartridge HAD been fired. She told the jury there was research to back up doing it that way.

Court in recess at 12 p.m.
 
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And??? Like I said, sometimes you just don't realize you might have saw something important on an ordinary day until later and start putting the pieces together in your head. Been there. She also DID tell them. It's not like she's didn't.
That's your opinion. I'm expressing mine.
 
This link contains the PCA from two years ago. You can see from either the link or the copied extract below that it was reported as muddy and bloody then and the time was close to 4.00 pm.



Read the probable cause affidavit here:
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Investigatorsspokewith , whostatedthatshewastravelingEaston300NorthonFebruary! 13",2022 andobservedamalesubjectwalkingwest,- ontheNorthsideof300North, awayfromthe ManonHighBridge. advisedthatthemalesubjectwaswearingabluecoloredjacketandbluejeans andwasmuddyandbloody. Shefurtherstateti, thatitappearedhehadgottenintoafight. Investigators ,wereable todeterminefromwatchingthe.videofromtheHoosierHarvestorethat ' was travelingon C?!300North atapproximately3:57_p.nr.
 

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