DELPHI GOES TO TRIAL

You know, during the 1980’s when people began to be aware of all the Satanic activities going on in our country and tried to do something about it…the public was reassured that there was “nothing to see here folks” calling it “Satanic Panic”  and accusing those reporting the truth or being “Conspiracy Theorists” and “fear Mongers”.  And the public accepted that and felt at ease.  Laughing at the truthers they went back to enjoying their football, Halloween, and marijuana.

I can almost see why it was hard for them to believe back in the 80’s, when life in America was still somewhat normal and prosperous.  Being the most highly educated of all the generations, feeling like they were so advanced, sophisticated and worldly the allegations just seemed to bizarre to be real.

Now, in today’s world, where demonic activity is ever increasing, where those who have been ritually abused by family members, movie moguls, football players, millionaires, actors, cults, politicians, preachers, doctors, lawyers and Indian chiefs are coming out of the woodwork by everyday, why should anyone still be surprised??  In America in 2024, our nation is falling apart, our education system has gone to the dogs of hell, our young people are suicidal, our Churches are worshiping the devil, and PAGANISM of every kind is on the rise.  We have documentation that proves that our government agencies have been using demonic entities and ritual abuse on unwitting and/or unwilling people for years, our politicians are not only raping, torturing and murdering innocent children.  WHAT IN THE WORLD MAKES IT SO HARD FOR PEOPLE TO BELIEVE when the EVIDENCE IS EVERYWHERE.  THIS STUFF GOES ON EVERYDAY, IN EVERY CITY!

I am warning all parents, if you love your children, KEEP THEM CLOSE.  It is a sad thing that our world has become so corrupt it is DANGEROUS!  No longer can we afford to let our children play in our neighborhoods, ridge their bikes, hike through the woods or even go to the neighborhood park.  In fact they can be snatched right off their own front lawn!!!

If you are not praying over your children EVERYDAY… YOU NEED TO START.  Witches have testified that the ONLY children they cannot coax, or lure into their traps are those children who have praying parents, whose children are under the blood of JESUS CHRIST.

Today we are going to revisit the case of the DELPHI Murders for an update.  I hope you are convinced by the end of this post, that these MONSTERS do exist.  I have no doubt in my mind that these girls and many others have been RITUALLY TORTURED AND MURDERED FOR POLITICAL GAIN and OR FOR SPIRITUAL POWER.  And there are many more who are tortured and killed for the sick sexual lusts of perverts who are driven by the demons that possess them.

A child goes missing every 40 seconds in the U.S., over 2,100 per day. In excess of 800,000 children are reported missing each year; another 500,000 go missing without ever being reported.” – Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)Source

And that is only the ones whose parents care enough to report them.  There are so many whose parents don’t even care,  In fact, many parents sell their children to these monsters.  There are those children whose parents are so strung out on drugs.. they don’t even know they are missing.  There are children who have no parents at all.  Some were lost in natural disasters, some lost to illness/disease, some murdered or snatched away by traffickers.

Recovery

In 2023, NCMEC assisted law enforcement, families and child welfare with 28,886 cases of missing children.

In the last 40 years, we’ve received more than 5 million calls with more than 426,000 missing children recovered.

Protection

In 2023, NCMEC CyberTipline received 36.2 million reports of suspected child sexual exploitation online.

Reports of online enticement increased by more than 300% between 2021 and 2022

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Here are my existing posts related to this topic.  Today’s story follows after:

Crazy Delphi gets Crazier all the TIME!

UPDATE ADDED 12/13/23 This is a vey important case for many reasons.  One of those reasons is that there is so obviously a conspiracy to cover up the truth.  It is hard to tell who all is lying, They all seem shady.  There are factors about which we have no information. That is the reason … Click Here to Read More

DELPHI DETAILS

UPDATE ADDED 12/4/23; 12/5/23 at the end of the post; COMMENTS ADDED 12/6/23 My purpose in researching this crime and creating this post is to bring the truth to light.  Whether you realize it or not, what happened in DELPHI affects YOUR LIFE.  This ; not a one person crime, not even a small group … Click Here to Read More

DELPHI RITUAL

UPDATED 11/17/23 All runes at the crime scene have been identified within this post.  I can only go by what has been revealed.  There may have been more at the actual scene.  THIS was definitely a Norse Styled Ritual.  AND it took some intense planning and execution.  They probably worked through the late night after the … Click Here to Read More

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An Indiana jury has heard a week’s worth of testimony in the long-awaited trial for Delphi, Indiana, murders suspect Richard Allen.

Allen is charged with murdering 14-year-old Liberty German and 13-year-old Abigail Williams while they were walking on a hiking trail in Delphi on Feb. 13, 2017. Their bodies were found the next day, but Allen was not arrested until October 2022.

When investigators executed a search warrant at Allen’s home in Delphi on Oct. 13, 2022, they recovered a blue Carhartt jacket, a SIG Sauer P226 .40-caliber semiautomatic handgun and a .40-caliber S&W cartridge in a “wooden keepsake box” from a dresser between two closets in Allen’s bedroom, according to authorities.

The handgun was consistent with a .40-caliber unspent bullet police located at the site of the murders in 2017, police said at the time.

DELPHI MURDERS TRIAL: SUSPECT RICHARD ALLEN’S ATTORNEYS MAKE STUNNING REVELATION ABOUT HAIR AT CRIME SCENE

Libby German and Abby Williams

Delphi police recovered Libby’s cellphone beneath her body on Feb. 14, 2017. The phone had a 43-second video showing Abigail walking on the Monon High Bridge in Delphi toward Libby while a man wearing a dark jacket and jeans walks behind her. (FOX Nation)

Seven years after the girls’ deaths, their families and the Delphi community are learning what unfolded that afternoon in February 2017 when the girls went missing and how prosecutors believe Allen killed them.

“It’s a very tough defense case, but they’re doing a good job,” Neama Rahmani, former federal prosecutor and president of West Coast Trial Lawyers, told Fox News Digital of Allen’s defense.

“But ultimately … play the cards that you’re dealt. This is not a good defense case, and I would be surprised if the prosecution loses it because there’s no clear motive. You don’t necessarily need a clear motive when you have all this other evidence.”

Here are the most significant takeaways from the trial so far:

Richard Allen outside an Indiana courthouse

Officers escort Richard Allen out of the Carroll County courthouse after a hearing on Nov. 22, 2022, in Delphi, Ind. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

1. Hearing from family

For the first time since a judge issued a gag order in the case in 2022, Abby’s and Libby’s family members testified before the public on Oct. 18, the first day of the trial.

Becky Patty, Libby’s grandmother, was the first to speak before the court, describing her granddaughter as adventurous, intelligent and calm. She added that Libby “loved crime shows” and “wanted to make a difference,” as FOX 59 Indianapolis first reported.

Patty recalled the moment on Feb. 14, 2017, when searchers located Libby’s and Abby’s bodies in the woods after they had been missing for a day.

Members of the media collect footage of the Carroll County Circuit Court. Photo taken Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024, at the Carroll County Courthouse in Delphi, Ind.

Abby Williams’ mother, Anna Williams, stands outside the Carroll County Courthouse in February 2021. (Alex Martin/Journal and Courier/USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

“A friend comes running up to me, ‘We found them, we found them,’” Patty said. “I remember turning around to my sister who was sitting there crying. And all she could say was, ‘I’m sorry. I’m sorry.’”

Then I saw the coroner’s van driving by. That’s when I realized they weren’t alive.

— Becky Patty

Other family members who testified on Oct. 18 included Libby’s sister, Kelsi German Siebert; German’s father, Derrick German; and Abby’s mother, Anna Williams.

2. Crime scene description

During opening statements on Oct. 18 and in more testimony on Oct. 21, jurors heard gruesome details about the crime scene that had not been publicly known before the trial began.

Supt. Doug Carter of the Indiana State Police reacts as he speaks during a press conference on an update on the Delphi murders investigation, Monday, April 22, 2019 at the Canal Center in Delphi.

Indiana State Police Superintendent Doug Carter reacts as he speaks during a press conference about the Delphi murders investigation, April 22, 2019, at the Canal Center in Delphi. (Nikos Frazier / Journal & Courier via Imagn Content Services, LLC)

Carroll County Prosecutor Nick McLeland told jurors in his opening statements that when searchers found the two girls deceased in a wooded area near the Monon High Bridge, Libby was naked and covered in blood. Both girls’ throats had been cut several timesaccording to FOX 59.

Other articles of clothing were mismatched or thrown into the nearby Deer Creek, McLeland said. Abby was wearing her own undershirt but Libby’s sweatshirt. She was also wearing jeans and shoes, but her socks were missing. One of Libby’s shoes and Libby’s cellphone were located beneath Abby’s body.

PROSECUTORS IN DELPHI MURDERS CASE CALL PAGAN CULT RITUAL NARRATIVE ‘COLORFUL, DRAMATIC’ AND ‘UNPROFESSIONAL’

Additionally, someone had placed twigs and leaves over the girls’ bodies, which were placed between 3 and 5 feet apart, but not enough to cover them completely. Their limbs were slightly bent, according to FOX 59.

Snow covers the water of Deer creek as the Monon High Bridge towers above, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022 in Delphi.

Snow covers the water of Deer Creek as the Monon High Bridge towers above, Feb. 9, 2022, in Delphi, Ind. (Nikos Frazier/Journal & Courier/USA TODAY NETWORK)

Jurors were shown about 40 photos of the crime scene on Oct. 21, the third day of the trial.

GIRLS KILLED IN DELPHI MURDERS WERE SACRIFICED IN PAGAN CULT RITUAL, DEFENSE CLAIMS

McLeland also alleged that Allen, who has apparently confessed to the murder various times in jail, according to court documents, has shared details that only the killer would know.

3. ‘Bridge Guy’ video

At the center of the Delphi murders case is a video that Libby happened to snap on her phone at some point before she and Abby were killed.

Drawings and a photo of the Delphi murders suspect

Sketches and video footage shows the Delphi murders suspect over the years. (Indiana State Police)

For the first time since the girls were reported missing, jurors got to watch 43 seconds of the crucial video in court on Oct. 22. The video shows Libby and Abby walking with an unknown man wearing a hat and blue utility jacket who has become known over the last five years as “Bridge Guy.”

“Guys, down the hill,” the man can be heard saying to the girls in the video.

One of the girls, who experts believe to be Libby, can be heard responding, “There’s no path down here. We’ve got to go down here.”

The video then shows the girls walking down toward Deer Creek. Searchers located their bodies on the other side of the same creek the next morning, as FOX 59 reported.

Indiana State Police digital forensic expert Brian Bunner said he extracted the same video from Libby’s phone for analysis four separate times between 2017 and 2019.

4. ‘Bridge Guy’ witness

A witness who testified on Oct. 23 placed Allen not far from the scene of the crime on the late afternoon of Feb. 13, 2017.

Supt. Doug Carter of the Indiana State Police, right, speaks during a press conference on an update on the Delphi murders investigation, Monday, April 22, 2019 at the Canal Center in Delphi.

Indiana State Police Superintendent Doug Carter speaks during a press conference about the Delphi murders investigation, April 22, 2019, at the Canal Center in Delphi. (Nikos Frazier/Journal & Courier/USA TODAY NETWORK)

Sarah Carbaugh said she saw the same man shown in Libby’s video, known as “Bridge Guy,” walking down County Road 300 North around 4 p.m. on the day the girls went missing. He had his hands in his pockets and his head was down. They did not make eye contact, Carbaugh said.

She also told jurors that Allen had mud and blood on his clothing, looking like he had fallen in a muddy creekFOX 59 reported.

Carbaugh did not call her tip into police for three weeks, telling the courtroom that she delayed sharing the information because she was “overthinking” a traumatic situation.

Members of the media collect footage of the Carroll County Circuit Court. Photo taken Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024, at the Carroll County Courthouse in Delphi, Ind.

Members of the media collect footage of the Carroll County Circuit Court. (Alex Martin/Journal and Courier/USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

Allen’s defense attorney, Andrew Baldwin, pushed back against Carbaugh’s testimony, saying she had described Allen’s clothing as muddy, not bloody, in her deposition with investigators in 2017. Carbaugh doubled down, saying she remembered saying Allen was bloody at the time.

I understand you’re doing your job,” she told Baldwin, according to FOX 59. “I saw a man on the side of the road with mud and blood, and that’s that.”

Carbaugh also testified that her videotaped interview was lost due to a technical error. The state has previously admitted that some interviews were lost due to errors with their system, FOX 59 reported.

Rahmani believes Carbaugh’s testimony is crucial for prosecutors.

Now we have an eyewitness that puts Allen on the trail.”

— Neama Rahmani

The defense is arguing that Allen was on the trail, that he had left earlier, and his cellphone will show that he was gone by the time. But it’s still important evidence that puts him there,” Rahmani said. “Obviously, Allen himself admitted to being on the trail, so the timing really matters. But I would say as far as what’s new, an eyewitness is certainly … something that had not been discussed prior to trial.”

5. Allen’s interview with police in 2017

Just days after the murders, on Feb. 18, 2017, Allen reached out to police with information, at which point he agreed to meet Indiana Department of Natural Resources Capt. Dan Dulin in a store parking lot, after Allen refused to have Dulin over at his home or meet him at the local police station, according to FOX 59.

Allen apparently wanted to “self-report” that he had been on the Monon High Bridge the day the girls went missing and saw three young girls as he was walking the trail, Dulin said. Allen noted at the time that he was not paying much attention to his surroundings because he was checking a stock ticker on his phone.

Richard Allen mugshot

Richard Allen was arrested in October 2022 for the 2017 murders of 14-year-old Liberty German and 13-year-old Abigail Williams. (Indiana State Police)

Dulin also testified that Allen had changed the timeline of when he had been on the trail, initially saying he had been there from 1 to 3 p.m. but later changing his timeline to 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.

The sergeant said he did not think much of the interview, which only lasted about 10 minutes, later on until Allen was arrested in 2022.

Dulin filed his notes from the 2017 interview in a Microsoft Word document that was saved into his agency’s system. Due to a clerical error, however, the interview was stashed away under the wrong name, Richard Allen Whiteman – “Whiteman” being the name of the street Allen lived on – and labeled as “cleared,” according to Kathy Shank, a retired DCS worker who volunteered to help with administrative duties for Carroll County, according to FOX 59.

Allen was not officially named a suspect in the 2017 murders until October 2022.

Rahmani believes this clerical error may give Allen’s defense “something to work with.”

I’m a former prosecutor. I respect law enforcement. But most of the time, the best defense is a good offense,” Rahmani explained. “And it’s to go after the police and say it was a rush to judgment and a shoddy investigation. … When you have an admission that one of the suspect’s interviews was misplaced … it just gives the defense something to work with.”

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Nearly three months after Delphi murders suspect Richard Allen allegedly confessed to killing the two girls at the center of the double-homicide case in recorded jailhouse calls, his defense team is claiming the girls’ deaths were part of a ritualistic sacrifice performed by members of a pagan cult (those two things are not mutually exclusive.)

Authorities arrested Allen, a 50-year-old father and CVS employee, in October 2022 in the Feb. 14, 2017, killings of Liberty “Libby” German, 14, and Abigail Williams, 13, who disappeared from a popular trail in Delphi, Indiana, Feb. 13, 2017, before they turned up dead in the woods the next day.

“Overwhelming evidence in this case supports the following Members of a pagan Norse religion, called Odinism, hijacked by white nationalists, ritualistically sacrificed Abigail Williams and Liberty German,” Allen’s attorneys, Andrew Baldwin and Bradley Rozzi, said in a 136-page memorandum.

It was filed Monday in support of a Franks hearing, or a court proceeding in which a judge must determine whether a law enforcement officer lied in an effort to obtain a search warrant.

Delphi, Indiana murders Libby German and Abby Williams

On Feb. 14, 2017, Libby German, 14, and Abby Williams, 13, were killed while biking on trails near Delphi, about 60 miles northwest of Indianapolis(Indiana State Police)

The lengthy memo details a new narrative to the public in the Delphi murders case. Up until Monday, the public only knew of allegations against Allen and other potential suspects that had been previously tied to the case before they were ruled out.

Allen “has admitted that he committed the offenses that he is charged with no less than five times while talking to his wife and his mother on the public jail phones available at the Indiana Department of Corrections,” prosecutors said in a June filing.

“[T]he Defense is not inventing, fabricating, or exaggerating these facts no matter how crazy those facts may appear.”

— Andrew Baldwin and Bradley Rozzi

The defense said the evidence backing the details in their memo “was found scattered over no less than 10 hard drives and several flash drives provided by the prosecution, meaning that the Defense is not making wild accusations, but rather primarily relaying facts and information that is backed up by the prosecutor’s own discovery, even discovery that the prosecution just provided to the Defense as late as September 8, 2023.”

Officers transport murder suspect Richard Allen

Officers transport murder suspect Richard Allen during a hearing regarding sealed documents Nov. 22, 2022, at Carroll County Courthouse in Delphi, Ind.   (Alex Martin/Journal and Courier/USA Today Network)

Áine Cain and attorney Kevin Greenlee, who co-host “The Murder Sheet” podcast and have been closely covering the Delphi murders case, said Monday’s filing is an effort by Allen’s defense team to prove his innocence in the case and get the original search warrant filed against Allen thrown out.

They’re saying, ‘No, he’s completely innocent, and it was actually a cult of Odinists who committed the crimes.’We’re also seeing some strategic moves being made by them to try to get certain evidence suppressed so that they can have a better chance in the trial.”

Cult accusations

Allen’s attorneys go on to name five Indiana men who they say should be considered suspects in the Delphi murders.

Baldwin and Rozzi tied one of the men to the murders due to his social media posts, which they say appear to replicate details of the crime scene that have not been revealed to the public. They also say his son “dated” Abby. The defense claims one of the men admitted to his sister that he murdered the two girls, and that another man drunkenly admitted to killing the girls. They included the other two men in the group of possible suspects due to their ties to the other three.

Grainy cell phone video footage and a sketch of a prime suspect in the murder of local Delphi girls

Grainy cellphone video footage and a sketch of a prime suspect in the murder of Delphi girls Abigail Williams and Liberty German on the office wall of Tobe Leazenby, sheriff of Carroll County. (Robert Scheer/IndyStar/USA Today Network)

The defense also claims that all five men are part of the Odinist cult that allegedly plotted to kill Libby and Abby.

The Court will learn in the body of this memorandum that Holder was connected to the crimes, the crime scene and to other men who had confessed to the crime. The evidence of those connections will be provided in the body of the memorandum, including copies of the images found on Holder’s Facebook page at the time of the investigation which link Holder to the crime scene,” the memo states.

The memo refers to one of the men, Brad Holder, who has taken to social media to defend himself, saying he would “sue” Allen’s attorneys for their allegations against him if he had the “money” to do so.

Baldwin and Rozzi also claim that Allen, who is not a cult member, has been threatened and intimidated by the Odinist followers in jail.

Richard Allen photos taken 1 year apart

Richard Allen’s attorneys included two photos of the murder suspect taken a year apart to show a difference in appearance and possibly weight since his arrest.  (FOX 59 Indianapolis)

“Not coincidentally, members (Odinists) of this same pagan cult are employed as corrections officers for the Indiana Department of Corrections at Westville Correctional Facility. It is inside of the cold, concrete walls of the maximum-security unit of this dilapidated ‘reformatory’ that Richard Allen is being threatened, intimidated, and mentally abused,” Allen’s attorneys wrote.

Crime scene details

The reason they have denied the signs of RITUAL SACRIFICE is because TOO MANY POWERFUL people are involved.   JUST LIKE EPSTEIN AND HIS FRIENDS. AND JOHN PODESTA AND HIS FRIENDS.

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Monday’s court filing includes extensive details about the “ghoulish” crime scene that were previously unknown to the public. Allen’s attorneys are arguing that the crime scene included disturbing signs of a “ritualistic sacrifice.”

Investigators found Abby and Libby’s bodies in a wooded area not far from the Monon High Bridge Trail Feb. 14, 2017, a day after they were reported missing from their hike. Police located a .40-caliber unspent bullet at the crime scene.

Attorneys say Libby “was found at the base of a tree with four tree branches of varying sizes intentionally placed in a very specific and arranged pattern on her naked body.” The 14-year-old was “positioned flat on her back, with her left arm stretched above her head touching the base of the large tree” and her right arm positioned along the side of her body. Both of her hands were “covered in blood,” and there were “blood spots” all over her body, the memo states.

The filing continues to detail the placement of various tree branches surrounding Libby’s body and one tree branch partially covering her neck.

“[I]t appeared likely that Libby had been killed at a nearby tree and then dragged to her final resting place where she was then positioned before having the tree limbs placed on her in a very specific pattern,” the memo states.

“The murderers treated Abby very differently.”

— Andrew Baldwin and Bradley Rozzi

Abby was not found at the base of a tree. Abby was fully clothed. In fact, Abby was dressed in Libby’s sweatshirt and jeans. No blood appeared on Abby’s clothing, meaning that she was likely murdered while naked and then dressed by the murderers after she expired and after the blood had stopped spilling from her neck. Abby’s hands were clean. No blood. Abby’s feet were clean. No blood. Other than blood found around Abby’s neck area where the murderers had inflicted the fatal wound, very little (if any) blood was found anywhere else on Abby’s body or clothing,” the memo says.

Indiana State Police Superintendent Doug Carter speaks during a press conference after they arrested Richard Allen due to the 2017 murder of the two eighth-graders in Delphi. Indiana State Police Superintendent Doug Carter announced at a press conference that they had arrested the Delphi, Indiana, man Richard Allen for the murders of the eight-graders, Abby Williams, 13, and Libby German, 14, in 2017.

Authorities have said that, based on their investigation, they “believe a firearm was involved in the abduction and murder of Abigail Williams and Liberty German because an unspent .40-caliber round was found between the bodies of Abigail Williams and Liberty German.”  (Jeremy Hogan/SOPA Images/LightRocket )

Abby’s arms and legs were also positioned differently around her body than Libby’s were, the attorneys wrote.

Authorities have stated that, based on their investigation, they “believe a firearm was involved in the abduction and murder of Abigail Williams and Liberty German because an unspent .40-caliber round was found between the bodies of Abigail Williams and Liberty German.”

Investigators also “believe a knife was used in the murder of Abigail Williams and Liberty German.”

A medical examiner determined the girls died by homicide and had wounds caused by a “sharp object,” court documents state.

“We, as the public, you know, cannot view any crime scene photos and don’t really have any firsthand view of that,” Cain said. “But I’ll be curious if this is a situation … like a Rorschach test, where the defense is saying, ‘We’re seeing runes,’ and whatnot …. and the prosecution’s saying, ‘No, that’s not what we’re seeing.’ So, it’ll be a kind of battle between the two narratives of how do you interpret the crime scene and ultimately the one that is more compelling will win out with the jury.”

Fodder for internet sleuths

Police recovered Libby’s cellphone beneath her body Feb. 14, 2017. The phone had a 43-second video showing Abigail walking on the Monon High Bridge toward Libby while a man wearing a dark jacket and jeans walks behind her. The man can be heard ordering the girls “down the hill,” according to an affidavit.

Libby captured the video at 2:13 p.m., less than 25 minutes after she and Abigail’s family members dropped them off at the trail.

Drawings and a photo of the Delphi murders suspect

Police recovered Libby’s cellphone beneath her body on Feb. 14, 2017. The phone had a 43-second video showing Abigail walking on the Monon High Bridge toward Libby while a man wearing a dark jacket and jeans walks behind her. The man can be heard ordering the girls “down the hill,” according to an affidavit. (Indiana State Police)

Investigators executed a search warrant at Allen’s home in Delphi Oct. 13, 2022, and they recovered a blue Carhartt jacket, a SIG Sauer P226 .40-caliber semiautomatic handgun and a .40-caliber S&W cartridge in a “wooden keepsake box” from a dresser between two closets in Allen’s bedroom.

The handgun recovered at Allen’s home was consistent with the .40-caliber unspent bullet police located at the site of the murders in 2017.

Monday’s filing has diverted attention away from Allen’s connection to the murders and toward a new theory and a new group of potential suspects.

If the Odinist allegations are true, “and the judge finds that [law enforcement] did mislead the judge about what these witnesses said in order to get a warrant, then it would be possible that she could choose to throw out that warrant,” Greenlee explained. “And if she throws out that warrant, that means then they lose … the gun ties Allen — to the bullet found at the crime scene. That’s really the heart of their case.”

Richard Allen mugshot

Richard Allen, 50, was arrested in October 2022 for the 2017 murders of 14-year-old Liberty German and 13-year-old Abigail Williams. (Indiana State Police)

The defense team’s latest claims have also opened up a new layer of discussion among internet sleuths, people who have been trying to solve the case from their computers since the murders happened more than six years ago. 

“I think people prefer the more interesting story,” Cain said. “There’s a lot of people, I think, who were pretty disappointed that when someone was arrested, it was somebody that none of us had ever heard of before at all. There was no solve-the-mystery-yourself angle to it.”

 

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While the memo from Allen’s defense team “is colorful, dramatic and highly unprofessional, it is not completely true,” McLeland wrote. “[T]he State believes the allegations outlined by the Defense are not supported by evidence that they have collected.”

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5 details about Lyric Cook-Morrissey and Elizabeth Collins’ double murders

A still from Taken Together: Who killed Lyric and Elizabeth? (Image via Max)
A still from Taken Together: Who killed Lyric and Elizabeth? (Image via Max)

The latest true-crime docuseries from Max, Taken Together: Who Killed Lyric and Elizabeth?, covers the infamous double murder of Lyric Cook-Morrissey and her cousin Elizabeth Collins. The case, which dates back to 2012, shook the quaint town of Evansdale, Iowa, when the two young girls were abducted. Months later, their dead bodies were found in Seven Bridges Wildlife Area, almost 25 miles away from where they were last seen playing.

Taken Together: Who Killed Lyric and Elizabeth? sheds light on this case over three episodes, which feature interviews and examine the circumstances surrounding the kidnapping and murder. The synopsis for the same reads:

“Explores the 2012 abduction of cousins Lyric Cook-Morrissey and Elizabeth Collins in Evansdale, Iowa, featuring exclusive access, interviews, and new information surrounding the haunting case over seven years.”

Lyric Cook-Morrissey and Elizabeth Collins’ killer has still not been found, and the investigation remains open.

5 facts about Lyric Cook-Morrissey and Elizabeth Collins’ murders

1) Both Lyric Cook-Morrissey and Elizabeth Collins were extremely young when this incident took place

Lyric Cook-Morrissey  10 yrs and Elizabeth Collins  8 yrs

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Cousins Lyric Cook-Morrissey and Elizabeth Collins were only 10 years old and 8 years old, respectively, when they were kidnapped. The duo spent a lot of time together and often played outside. On July 13, 2012, however, they went out riding their bikes but never returned.

When the authorities were alerted, they could only locate their bikes on the trail of Meyers Lake. Elizabeth’s purse and phone were also there.


2) It was months before there was any development in the case

Elizabeth and Lyric's bodies were found months later (Image via Pexels)
Elizabeth and Lyric’s bodies were found months later (Image via Pexels)

Despite Lyric Cook-Morrissey and Elizabeth Collins’ families reaching out to the authorities immediately, they could not find a trace of the two kids. It was months later in December that two local hunters, Kevin Dramstad and Amanda Miller, found the bodies of the girls.


3) Authorities have reportedly deliberately not revealed the cause of death of the two young girls

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Available now on Patreon… A Tragedy of Depleted Gravity: The Evansdale Murders On July 13, 2012, 10-year-old Lyric Cook and her 8-year-old cousin, Elizabeth Collins, set off for an afternoon bike ride in the small town of Evansdale, IA. They were never seen again. #truecrime

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While it has been ascertained that Lyric and Elizabeth were murdered, authorities have allegedly kept the cause of death a secret from the public. This is because they believe that this information not being public means that only the killer knows what happened.

This is a method of aiding in their investigation.


4) Michael Klunder became a plausible suspect in the case

Authorities tried to link several suspects to the case (Image via Pexels)
Authorities tried to link several suspects to the case (Image via Pexels)

Michael Klunder, a convicted s*x offender with multiple convictions became a suspect in the case, owing to his rap sheet and involvement in similar crimes. In fact, just a year after Lyric and Elizabeth went missing, Klunder kidnapped two young girls and murdered one of them.

Authorities later dropped the suspicion after finding out that his phone did not ping anywhere near the area on the day Lyric and Elizabeth disappeared.


5) The search for Lyric Cook-Morrissey and Elizabeth Collins’ murderer continues even today

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12th Anniversary of Lyric & Elizabeth’s abductions and murders from Evansdale, Iowa. The girls (8 &10) were riding their bikes on July 13,2012. December 5,2012 their bodies were discovered by hunters at Seven Bridges Park (very remote) near Readlyn,Iowa. We are still waiting for answers as to whom abducted & murdered these girls! Who took them away from family & friends?? If you know anything please contact ourmissinggirls@dps.state.ia.us. Please share! If you’re able to please support the Elizabeth Collins Foundation ! Thank you Jelly Roll & Bunnie XO for the support!

@racegirl59mom  / @iowa  / @longneckerraceteam / @NCMEC

@elizabethcollinsfou / @drewcollins  /@IowaStateFair

The authorities still don’t have a lead in the case. It has been over 12 years since the abduction, and authorities are still struggling to find evidence in the case.

Read more: Where are Lyric Cook-Morrissey’s parents now?


Taken Together: Who Killed Lyric and Elizabeth? covers this case in further detail. It is currently streaming on Max.

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