Delphi murders judge bans Richard Allen’s defense from bringing up Odinist cult theory at trial
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Defense attorneys for Delphi murders suspect Richard Allen are banned from bringing up the Odinism cult theory or the names of nearly a dozen other suspects in court when the alleged killer stands trial for the murders of teenage best friends Abby Williams and Libby German next month.
Special Judge Frances Gull issued the ruling Wednesday morning, stating that “the burden is on the defense to show a nexus” between the other suspects, Odinism, and the murders. He found that the defense “failed to produce admissible evidence demonstrating a nexus,” however.
Allen, 51, is accused of brutally murdering Libby and Abby on February 13, 2017. That day, the teens had set off on a walk along the Monon High Bridge trail in Delphi, Indiana, with 14-year-old Libby posting a final Snapchat photo of her 13-year-old best friend on the old railroad track.
The next day, their bodies were discovered in a wooded area close to the trail, and both of their throats has been slit. An arrest wasn’t made until 2022.
In court documents released last year, Allen maintained his innocence of the 2017 killings and instead claimed that the murders were carried out by a pagan cult hijacked by white nationalists.
Content retrieved from: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/richard-allen-delphi-trial-odinism-cult-theory-b2606997.html.
