DELPHI. Ind. ( NewsNation ) — Jurors on Friday deliberated for a second day the fate of an Indiana man charged with murder in the 2017 killings of two teenage girls who vanished during an afternoon hike near their small Indiana hometown.
Richard Allen , 52, faces two counts of murder and two additional counts of murder while committing or attempting to commit kidnapping in the killings of Abigail Williams , 13, and Liberty German , 14. He could be sentenced to up to 130 years in prison if convicted of all the charges.
The seven women and five men began deliberations Thursday afternoon after hearing closing arguments in the weekslong murder trial. Deliberations ended after about two hours and will resume Friday morning.
Delphi killings: Timeline of events in Richard Allen case
Carroll County Prosecutor Nicholas McLeland told jurors that Allen is the man seen in a grainy cellphone video recorded by one of the girls, known as Abby and Libby, as they crossed an abandoned railroad bridge just before they vanished on Feb. 13, 2017…