13-year-old Abby Williams and 14-year-old Libby German disappeared in 27-year-old Abby Williams and 14-year-old Libby German disappeared in 2017 near their hometown of Delphi, Indiana.

Their bodies were found the following day near a hiking trail.

The accused killer Richard Allen has pleaded not guilty.

Ian Lee has the story.

For a fourth day, an Indiana jury will work to decide the fate of Richard Allen.

The 52-year-old is accused of murdering 13-year-old Abby Williams and 14-year-old Libby German

during an afternoon hike in February of 2017.

A solid suspect eluded authorities for years despite multiple sketches and this

grainy video recorded on one of the girls' phones. John Topkins is an Indianapolis

defense lawyer who has followed the case since the beginning. It's a huge task for this jury

in deliberations because there are, for instance, over 300 state exhibits.

Among those exhibits, confessions that the prosecution says Allen repeatedly made.

Their main message was that Mr. Allen confessed and included facts that would only have been known to someone at the scene in some of those

confessions. The defense challenged that argument by claiming the prison psychologist, who

Alan confessed to, was a true crime fan herself. She was talking to Mr. Allen about things that

she heard on podcasts, and also Mr. Allen was provided copies of

the discovery, which had some of those facts as well. Lawyers for Allen pointed out that no fingerprints,

DNA, or forensic evidence links Allen to the murder scene. And that for more than five years

after the teens were killed, he continued working at a nearby pharmacy.

During closing arguments last Thursday, attorney Bradley Rosie told the jury he had every chance to run, but did not because he didn't do it.

The highlight from the prosecution's argument, I think, was trying to tie in the video and the identity of Mr. Allen and convince the jurors that the

person that they see as the bridge guy is actually Mr. Allen, and they did that through similar

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