Indiana Man Confessed to Murders of Teenage Girls in Phone Call With His Wife, Documents Say

Indiana Man Confessed to Murders of Teenage Girls in Phone Call With His Wife, Documents Say
Officers escort Richard Matthew Allen out of the Carroll County courthouse following a hearing in Delphi, Ind., on Nov. 22, 2022. Darron Cummings/AP Photo
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INDIANAPOLIS—An Indiana man charged with killing two teenage girls confessed multiple times to the murders in a phone call to his wife while in prison, according to court documents released Wednesday.

Richard Matthew Allen allegedly told his wife, Kathy Allen, in an April 3 phone call that he killed Abigail Williams, 13, and Liberty German, 14. The two teenagers’ bodies were found Feb. 14, 2017, just outside of their hometown of Delphi, Indiana—about 60 miles (97 kilometers) northwest of Indianapolis, in Carroll County.