Jury selection underway in the trial of a man accused of killing 2 teen girls in 2017

Associated Press

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Eight women and six men have been selected to a 16-person jury in the trial of a man charged in the Indiana killings of two teenage girls during a winter hike in 2017. The case against 52-year-old Richard Allen has long haunted the girls’ hometown of Delphi and spurred endless online speculation. Jury selection started Monday and is expected to resume Tuesday. Allen is charged with murder and murder while committing or attempting to commit kidnapping in the deaths of 13-year-old Abigail Williams and 14-year-old Liberty German. Allen was arrested in October 2022, nearly six years after Abby and Libby were killed. The jury will consist of 12 members and four alternates. The trial is expected to last a month.