Hi, crime junkies. I'm your host, Ashley Flowers. And I'm Britt. And every dutiful crime junkie should know that in Indiana, the trial against Richard Allen has been unfolding for the murders of Abby Williams and Liberty German, which many people know is the Delphi murders. It has dominated the headlines for weeks. And as of the time of this

recording, the defense has just rested and closing arguments are about to begin, which means that

this eight-year-long fight might be coming to an end. Maybe already has by the time you're listening

to this episode. And for the sake of Abby and Libby's families who have had to sit day in and day out in that courtroom hearing every

last awful detail about their girls' last few moments, displaying a level of courage few of us

could possibly comprehend. Verdict aside, whatever the outcome, I hope that they find some peace, some justice that

they so desperately deserve. But there has been something that every day when I see the trial

recaps pop up, like I keep finding myself thinking about. And it's this other case, this other set

of young Midwestern or girls who were abducted, found

murdered in the woods. And actually, for a minute, back in 2017, lots of people even thought

it could be connected to the Delphi case, which, I mean, now it seems pretty clear it's not.

But then it leaves you asking, like, well, where does that leave this other one?

This other case that happened almost five years before Delphi.

And yet, in that one, there still is no trial, no arrests, no suspects, or at least no suspects officially anyway.

This is the story of Lyric Cook Morrissey and Elizabeth Collins.

Hey crime junkies, it's Britt, and I'm jumping in here because post-recording this episode,

some news happened. As I'm sure you all know, a verdict has since been reached in the

Delphi case, and Richard Allen has been found guilty on all counts. Though there's some mixed

feelings about this one, the jury felt like there was enough presented to convict him. So that's

where we're at today. But like Ashley said, verdict aside, all we had hoped for was some type of closure for the families by the end of all of this.

Of course, this conviction won't give them Abby and Libby back, but hopefully they've found at least some of the answers they've been searching for.

Answers that, unfortunately, not every family gets in seven years, or 10 years, or even a lifetime. But that doesn't mean we should

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