Just now, Purple88 said:

I can't imagine being the parent of one of those sweet girls and after all this time being told they were "ritualistically sacrificed".  That would be even more difficult to know how they suffered at the end IMO.

That's exactly what I said to my wife this week. 

 

From an article in the Lafayette Journal & Courier:


"Odinism is the pagan religion referenced above, and its followers are called Odinites," the memorandum states. "Odinists are enamored of Viking/Nordic culture.

"Evidence supports that at the crime scene, these murdering Odinites left behind obvious signatures, symbols in the form of runes (Germanic letters)," according to the memorandum. "These runes were (1) formed with sticks, (2) fashioned with tree branches and (3) painted using the blood of Liberty German."

Clues to the Odinism killing included sticks placed over Abby and Libby's bodies at the crime scene to form Germanic letters associated with Odinism; a letter painted on a tree with Libby's blood; and faux antlers created with sticks branches placed above Abby's head, according to the memorandum.

Additionally, some of the branches had been precut with a power saw, suggesting they were prepared before the killings, according to the memorandum.

"This stick configuration is a spot-on resemblance for the rune (letter) called 'Hagal'," a footnote in the memorandum states . "This rune is used to depict the word ‘Hail.' Therefore, the combination of the Hagal rune found on Abby and the Ansuz rune found on the tree when combined would proclaim 'Hail Odin.' ”

"Delphi investigation seemingly, and quickly, abandoned the obvious correlation between the crime scene and Odinism, despite an obscene amount of evidence linking Odinism to the crime scene," the memorandum states.

"(T)he Odinite angle was abandoned by March 2017, only a few weeks after the girls were murdered," the memorandum stated. "The reason for this abandonment: a Purdue professor had reached a conclusion concerning Odinism and the crime scene."

No one can recall who the Purdue professor was who told them the Odinism was not involved, according to the memorandum.

Wow!  This is really a complicated trial.  

The ritualistic Odinism is a new one on me.  But very, very little of the crime scene details were ever given likely because they are too brutal to do so.  So now all these years later they are coming out. So it's like brand new information for the public.

The part of the narrative above that caught my eye was this:

"(T)he Odinite angle was abandoned by March 2017, only a few weeks after the girls were murdered," the memorandum stated. "The reason for this abandonment: a Purdue professor had reached a conclusion concerning Odinism and the crime scene."

I like to watch "Cold Crime" cases and how they are solved and it's usually when they go back to the beginning and comb through every detail to find a new tangent to follow.  But this doesn't seem like a new tangent as it was right in front of their faces.  

Not sure what to believe.  But Allen's gun matched the shell casing at the scene of the crime.  If that stands, it will be hard to get around that.  If that is thrown out, they he has a chance to be acquitted, I think.

Going to be interesting to see how it plays out.

Jury selection started today.

Nearly seven years after the girls were murdered, their alleged killer is being brought to justice. 

On 10/14/2024 at 5:18 PM, Jumper_Dad said:

Jury selection started today.

Nearly seven years after the girls were murdered, their alleged killer is being brought to justice. 

I hope they have got the right person, and can get a conviction. 

Found Guilty!

Faces 130 years in prison.

He was just sentenced to the maximum of 130 years in Prison!

Looks like Richard Allen's defense has filed motions to vacate the conviction and said they plan to appeal.

One of the most compelling parts of their motion is an alleged confession to the murders of Abby Williams & Libby German by Ron Logan, who owned the property where the girls’ bodies were found, and who had previously been a prime suspect in the FBI's investigation to the double-murder. Logan's confession was allegedly made to a fellow inmate Ricci Davis at the New Castle Correctional Facility while Logan was there serving a sentence on a parole violation prior to his death from COVID-19 in 2022.

Davis signed a statement in June 2017 about Logan's confession, in which he outlined details that were allegedly given by Logan. They included a detailed step-by-step timeline along with the detail that Logan had told him he used a box cutter to slit the girls' throats. According to findings from the FBI's investigation, not made public at the time, there were numerous pings from Logan's cell phone that lined up with the details given in Davis' statement about the confession and placed him near the Monon High Bridge Trail at the time of the girls' murder as well as near the location where their bodies were found. It also had not been made public that the girls' causes of death had been the result of having their throats cut, or that the coroner's findings had listed the likely murder weapon as a box cutter. Davis' statment also said that Logan allegedly confessed to moving Libby's body, which was an investigation detail that did not emerge until a crime scene reconstructionist testified during Allen’s trial that Libby was dragged to where she was ultimately found.

Those are quite a few specific details that are extremely uncanny if they tunrn out to be nothing but circumstancial.

Former Delphi murders suspect made detailed confession to killings, attorneys say | Fox59

Why Richard Allen’s attorneys say conviction should be vacated in Delphi murders case | Fox59

Hmmm, very interesting development in this case.

Thoughts on the new video released yesterday?

16 hours ago, BrosefStalin said:

Thoughts on the new video released yesterday?

Haven't seen anything about it, what is one it?

On 3/13/2025 at 10:44 AM, BrosefStalin said:

Thoughts on the new video released yesterday?

On 3/14/2025 at 3:24 AM, Jumper_Dad said:

Haven't seen anything about it, what is one it?

Assuming you're talking about this one @BrosefStalin?

https://rickallenjustice.com/transparency

It's the full 43-second video recorded by Libby German on her phone that was recovered by the police. The authorities and prosection used a shory cut of the man walking on the bridge and a recording of what is assumed to be the "bridge guy's" voice in the video saying saying, "Guys...down the hill," as part of their search for a murder suspect and during Rick Allen's trial for murder.

The full video, released by supporters for Rick Allen, shows more footage including a quick look at Abby Williams, shown walking behind Libby German, between Libby and the "bridge guy." You can also hear a short exchange betwen Abby, who allegedly whispers, "Is he?" at about the 7-second mark of the video, and then she says something that is rendered inaudible by the sound of Libby's breathing and sniffling. Then Libby says, "See, this is the path...that we're on. Umm, there's no path going there, so we have to go down here."

At the 38-second mark of the video you hear the infamous man's voice saying, "Guys...down the hill," before the video ends at after 43 seconds.