52-year-old Richard Allen is charged with the murders of 13-year-old Abby Williams and 14-year-old Libby German. Abby and Libby disappeared during a hike on Feb. 13, 2017, near the Monon High Bridge Trail in Delphi. Their bodies were discovered in the woods near that trail a day later.

Due to a labeling mix-up, a tip that defendant Richard Allen was seen on the Monon High Bridge on the day of the murders of Abigail Williams, 13, and Liberty "Libby" German, 14, in 2017, was not reviewed after September 2022.

Richard Allen, the man currently standing trial for the deaths of Delphi teenagers Abigail Williams and Liberty German, was interviewed by investigators within one week of the murders and originally labeled "cleared.

And that’s when Shank said she found a lead sheet in a file folder box labeled “Richard Allen Whiteman.” It was marked “cleared,” Shank said, but it was from a tip Allen sent in from Feb. 16, 2017, saying he was on the Monon High Bridge the day the girls went missing.

The Delphi murder trial's sixth day featured testimony linking Richard Allen to the crime scene from a retired DCS worker.

Richard Allen is accused of kidnapping and murdering Abigail Williams and Liberty German near a hiking trail in Delphi in 2017. Day 6 began at 9 a.m. with the State calling their first witness, Kathy Shank. She was a volunteer receptionist when people came in with tips.