INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The third day of testimonies in the trial of Delphi Murders suspect Richard Allen concluded Monday 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.

For a brief summary of Day 2 in the Delphi Murders trial (Saturday), scroll to the bottom of the page.

5:48 p.m.: Court ends for day

3:30 p.m.: Court resumes

Indiana State Police Trooper Brian Olehy takes the stand. He was called Feb. 14, 2017, to the crime scene, which he described as wooded and steep. The temperature was from 55 to 57 degrees.

His duties were to document the evidence of the crime scene.

More photos showed what evidence Olehy documented, which included photos of the girls’ wounds, a pool of blood, and other parts of the primary crime scene called Ground Zero.

He also documented the collected wet clothing. He said the wet items were moved to a “dry room” at the state police post in Putnamville to protect them from mold and mildew that might lead to deterioration.

He also documented the phone found at the scene.

He also talked about collecting the bodies and blood from the scene on Feb. 14.

On Feb. 15, he attended the autopsy to document evidence.

3:08 p.m.: Court takes afternoon break

12:45 p.m.: Court returns for afternoon session

Defense attorney Brad Rozzi resumed questioning of Indiana State Police Sgt. Jason Page.

Page said it was not his job to determine the girls’ times of deaths when asked an opinion about when that may have happened.

“Do you know if a rape test kit was given?” Rozzi said.

“I would assume. I wasn’t there,” Page said.

Rozzi next asked about the sticks placed over the bodies. Page said he’s seen other death investigations where bodies had sticks placed over them. Page said, in Delphi, a human appeared to have placed the sticks over the girls’ bodies.

Rozzi also asked about the depth of Deer Creek, the size of the footprints found, the blood around the area where the bodies were found, and about information on the hair found in Abby’s hand. Page responded, “You’re asking questions out of my knowledge.”

Page also revealed that he was not aware of any DNA from Allen found at the scene.

Page later explained his job — he was the 14th law enforcement officer to arrive at the crime scene — was to preserve the area through photography.

Prosecutors next called Indiana State Police Sgt. Duane Datzman, a crime scene technician, to the stand. He’s now retired, but was the CSI at the Delphi Murders crime scene. He has at least 20 years as a CSI, visiting hundreds of crime scenes.

Datzman talked about more than a dozen photos of the crime scene. He talked about where blood was found on and near the girls’ bodies. He also noted blood was found on leaves on the ground. He also talked about photos of the gun cartridge found near one of the girls’ bodies. He said he did not disturb the cartridge.

Datzman also said the sticks on the bodies “were of no evidentiary value” and did not have blood on them. The sticks were were collected about three weeks later and placed in evidence storage at the state police post in Lafayette. The sticks were not tested for DNA.

12:27 p.m.: Jury views crime scene photos; ISP Sgt. Jason Page testifies

The state’s second witness was Indiana State Police Sgt. Jason Page, a law enforcement officer for 24 years and crime scene investigator for 16 years. Page secured and photographed the scene in Delphi.

Page described the area behind the tape as about the size of a softball field, but focused on the area where Abby Williams and Libby German were found, or “Ground Zero.”

Of the 45 state exhibits shown to the jury during Page’s testimony, 42 were crime scene photos, which included several images of Abby and Libby’s bodies, as well as other evidence from the scene.

Family members of both the girls and Richard Allen were emotional. Much of the courtroom struggled watching, according to News 8’s Kyla Russell. Libby’s mother cried, Libby’s younger sister looking away from the exhibits most of the time. Libby’s grandparents, Mike and Becky Patty, held hands as the photos were shown.

Upon seeing a close up image of the girls, Richard Allen’s mother began to cry, Russell reports.

Following crime scene photos and brief comments on the crime scene photos from Page, the court dismissed for lunch.

Noon: Dep. Darron Giancola testimony (first deputy to see the girls’ bodies)

The state’s first witness Monday was Dep. Darron Giancola, who has served as a deputy and detective for the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office since 2011.

According to News 8’s Kyla Russell, he told the jury that he was off on Feb. 13, 2027, but came to work anyway after seeing on social media that Libby German and Abby Williams were missing. Giancola assisted in the physical searches, and pointed out on a courtroom map where he started his search.

Giancola began looking for the girls at midnight, and couldn’t see much in the woods even with using a flashlight. He noted to the jury that he saw a “disturbance” near the end of the high bridge where bare ground could be seen. He said he pointed it out to a nearby firefighter, but eventually ended his search at 2 a.m. Feb. 14.

State prosecutor Nick McLelland asked Giancola is “at the point you ended the search at 2 a.m., where you investigating a murder?”

Giancola said, “No,” adding that he didn’t believe anything bad had happened to the girls at that point.

He was later sent to an address to ask questions about the girls, and received a call from a person named Liggett to go to Morning Light Cemetery. “We were told somebody had found something, possibly bodies, near the creek,” Giancola told the jury.

Giancola said after arriving at the creek, he was shown Libby German’s tie-dye shirt and shoes found in the creek. Someone then informed him the girls’ bodies were behind him. He said he could not see the bodies when walking to the creek, but saw something “white.” He later said that those “were the bodies of Abby Williams and Libby German.”

Giancola said he recognized them based on pictures and described the states of the girls bodies. He did not perform life-saving measures: “It was apparent they were deceased.”

He then called officers to close off the area and make sure no one came around. Giancola stayed at the Deer Creek scene the remainder of Feb. 14 and said he did not leave until sunrise on Feb. 15.

Defense attorney Andrew Baldwin began to cross examine Giancola, asking questions about Giancola’s search timeline, the area where the girls were found, and to better explain what their bodies looked like. Giancola was also asked what gun he was carrying at the scene, which was a Glock 17, 9mm. The gun type was mentioned by the defense to establish groundwork for future arguments.

After brief questioning by McLelland and the jury, Giancola was dismissed.

9 a.m.: Day 3 of the trial set to begin

Richard Allen entered the courtroom, his stepdad, mom, sister, and wife in the gallery. All members of Libby German and Abby Williams’ families were in attendance, as well.

8 a.m.: Courtroom doors open

The courthouse doors opened for the third day of the Delphi Murders trial.

7:44 a.m.: Outside the courtroom

According to News 8’s Kyla Russell, people have been camped outside the Carroll County courthouse in Delphi overnight to get a spot in the courtroom.

Russell says the jury is expected to hear lengthy testimony from the first law enforcement officers on the scene after Libby German and Abby Williams’ bodies were located.

Brief summary of Day 2 in the Delphi Murders trial

Saturday’s court proceedings at the Carroll County courthouse in Delphi with testimony from three witnesses: Steve Mullin, Delphi’s police chief in February 2017; Jake Johns, the search party member who found Libby’s tie-dyed T-shirt; and Pat Brown, the man who found the girls’ bodies. To read their testimonies, click here.

Day 1 of the Delphi Murders trial included emotional testimonies from Libby German’s grandmother, Becky Patty; sister, Kelsi Seibert; and father, Derrick German. Abby’s mother, Anna Williams, and Carroll County Sheriff’s Deputy Mitchell Catron ended Friday’s witness statements. To read their statements, click here.