Delphi suspect Richard Allen wants ballistic evidence tossed – The defense attorneys representing accused Delphi murderer Richard Allen have filed court documents seeking to prevent the state from presenting key evidence to the jury in the high-profile case.
Attorneys Brad A. Rozzi and Andrew J. Baldwin on Tuesday filed a “Motion in Limine Regarding Ballistics,” which is typically a pretrial request asking Special Judge Fran C. Gull to exclude certain evidence — in this case, evidence relating to the examination of firearms and ammunition — from the trial by ruling that it is inadmissible.
Richard M. Allen (Indiana State Police)Delphi suspect Richard Allen wants ballistic evidence tossed
Allen is facing two counts of murder in the twin 2017 slayings of Abigail “Abby” Williams, 13, and her friend Liberty “Libby” German, 14, whose bodies were discovered in a wooded area just off of the Delphi Historic Trails system.
Abby and Libby vanished while walking the Monon High Bridge Trail near Delphi, Indiana, on Feb. 13, 2017. The trail traverses an abandoned stretch of what was once the Monon Railroad and crosses an old trestle over a small river or creek. The girls were found dead the next day in an area near the trestle and their deaths were determined to be homicides.
The motion filed by Allen’s attorneys is currently sealed but a probable cause affidavit previously filed by prosecutors highlights a key piece of ballistic evidence likely to be at the crux of the case against the accused murderer.
Liberty ‘Libby’ German and Abigail ‘Abby’ Williams (FBI).
While authorities have not released the cause of death for the two young victims, the affidavit states authorities recovered “a .40 caliber unspent round” from the scene of the murder that was located “between Victim 1 and Victim 2’s bodies” which was said to have “extraction marks on it.” An unspent round means the bullet was never fired but may have been loaded and extracted from a firearm chamber.
