Cops bust Richard Allen in double murder of two Indiana teens

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After five agonizing years, cops have announced the arrest of a man suspected of murdering two young Indiana teens outside their tiny hometown.

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Cops say they arrested Richard Matthew Allen, 50, on Friday on two murder counts in the 2017 slayings of Liberty “Libby” German, 14, and Abigail Williams, 13, in tiny Delphi.

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“Peace came over me — and I didn’t expect that to happen,” Indiana State Police Superintendent Doug Carter told reporters, adding he hopes the victims’ families “have found some peace in this complicated world.”

The double murder captured worldwide attention largely because courageous Libby may have helped solve the crimes from beyond the grave.

On Feb 14, 2017, the two girls went hiking on a popular trail outside town. Their bodies were discovered the following day in a rugged part of the trail.

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Police have still not released how the two girls were murdered or any of the other details pertaining to the shocking case. The murders were immediately ruled a double homicide but detectives have also never said what evidence they have in their possession.

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But terrifying footage that was taken from Libby’s mobile showed a man walking on the bridge near where the girls had last been spotted.

The two Grade 8 students recorded some of their hike on Snapchat. Investigators released the footage from the phone early in the probe.

Later, an audio recording was released of the man believed to be the girls’ killer ordering them “down the hill.” The evidence was surreptitiously recorded by Libby who cops have called a “hero.”

The murders caught local law enforcement off guard and the probe has been fraught with difficulties and left tiny Delphi (population 3,000) in the northern part of the state, living in terror.

As it has turned out, Richard Matthew Allen, the accused killer is from the area.

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“It’s concerning that he’s a local guy,” Carroll County Prosecutor Nicholas McLeland said during a news conference on Monday.

He pleaded not guilty at his initial hearing, authorities said.

But an Indiana judge found probable cause to arrest and hold Allen without bond, cops said, but the evidence against him remains sealed.

Officials said on Monday that Friday’s arrest of Allen has not “closed the door on the investigation” suggesting that Allen may have had accomplices in the heinous murders.

As a result of the probe being “far from complete,” police are still asking the public to provide any information they might have.

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