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Delphi murder trial: The jury will continue deliberations Friday after concluding arguments in the Richard Allen murder case

DELPHI, India – The jury in the Delphi murder trial will resume deliberations on Friday.

Richard Allen is accused of killing Abby Williams and Libby German on a trail in Indiana in 2017.

In court, prosecutors played an enhanced and expanded video that Libby recorded on her cell phone the day she was killed. Jurors heard a phone call Allen had with his wife in which he confessed to the crime.

Defense attorneys told jurors that the investigation was botched.

Richard Allen pleaded not guilty to the murders of his best friends Abby Williams, 13, and Libby German, 14. Their bodies were left in the forest on February 13, 2017 and discovered the next day.

The crime gained national attention when police released a picture of the suspect and a clip of his voice – a recording of him saying “down the hill” – recovered from Libby's phone.

Allen admitted to being on the trail the day of the murders but denied involvement.

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