DELPHI, Ind. — It's been more than seven years since the bodies of Abby Williams and Libby German were found near the Monon High Bridge in Delphi. Richard Allen, the man accused of killing the two teenagers, is on trial at the Carroll County Courthouse.
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Sixteen Allen County residents were selected to serve on the jury. Twelve of those people will begin the trial as jurors and four will serve as alternates.
The jury is made up of eight women and four men. The four alternate jurors are two men and two women.
You can click here to see the developments in the case leading up to the trial. As the trial moves forward, we will be posting summaries of every day's events on this page.
Former Delphi police chief Steve Mullin takes the stand as the state's fourth witness.
Mullins said he still had hope when the first round of searching ended on Feb. 13, 2017.
"I still believed at that time they would returns home," he said.
The next witness was Jake Johns, who helped with the search for the missing girls. He wasn't the one that found them, but he did locate Libby's tie-dyed shirt.
The third witness of the day was Pat Brown, the man who located Abby and Libby's bodies on Feb. 14.
During his testimony, Brown told the jury, “First I thought they were mannequins.” He then began crying as he told jurors he realized, “We found ‘em.”
Special Judge Frances Gull read the jury their instructions, and both the prosecution and defense made their opening statements to the jury.
Carroll County Prosecutor Nick McLeland said the state's case centers on the man on the Monon High bridge, an unspent bullet found at the scene, and the murders of Abby and Libby.
"The last face the girls saw before their throats were slit was Richard Allen's face," McLeland said.
Defense attorney Andrew Baldwin said the state's case was built on a faulty timeline and evidence that didn't match up. He highlighted witness statements and forensic evidence that cast doubt on the state's case.
"Please wait," Baldwin said in closing. "Richard Allen is truly innocent."
The state's first witness was Becky Patty, Libby German's grandmother. Becky said the last thing she said to Libby was to wear a jacket, which Libby responded, "Grandma, I'll be OK." Becky wiped away tears as she recounted this.
Libby's sister, Kelsi Siebert, took the stand next. She was the one who drove the girls to the trail. She said Libby "was more my best friend than my sister."
Libby and Kelsi's dad, Derrick German, took the stand next. He told the jury he made the girls banana pancakes the day they disappeared. He was out searching for the girls when he learned they had been found.
"I saw the coroner go by and saw 12 cop cars go by," Derrick remembered. "So I went to find Kelsi."