Chilling pic shows Delphi murder suspect Richard Allen posing with wife in front of police sketch
DELPHI, INDIANA: A disturbing picture shows Richard Allen, the man reportedly arrested in connection with the Delphi murders, posing with his wife as they sat in front of a police sketch of the killer. The chilling photo shows Allen, 50, and his wife Kathy, smiling, as a police drawing of the man suspected of the 2017 murders is pinned to the wall over their shoulders. It is unclear who took the photo and when.
The sketch that can be seen in the photo was not released until April 2019, which was over two years after the murders of Abigail 'Abby' Williams, 13, and her friend Liberty 'Libby' German, 14. No details of the charges made against Allen have been revealed, but he was arrested on Friday, October 28, and booked into jail. Until now, Williams and German's murders had been considered unsolved since their bodies were found in 2017, reported Daily Mail.
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This picture comes at a time when another chilling photograph has surfaced. The picture shows Allen's daughter Brittany Zapanta, 28, posing in the same spot where the victims were last seen alive. The photo shows Zapanta, 28, on the Manon high bridge in the woods outside Delphi, Indiana.
Williams and German had gone missing after they were dropped off near the Monon High Bridge in Delphi to walk on their own. Before their disappearance, German posted a photo on Snapchat of Abby walking along a railroad bridge. This marked the last time either of them were seen alive. The next day, their bloodied bodies were found in a wooded area approximately half a mile north from where they were dropped off, cops said.
During the investigation, police found an audio clip taken by German that afternoon in which a man can be heard saying "down the hill." Over the years, multiple suspects were pursued by police, including a man who was arrested for participating in the January 6 attack on the Capitol.
How the girls died remains unknown to the public, and how the bodies were discovered also remains a mystery. However, details of a search warrant eventually revealed that their bodies were found covered in blood. It was also revealed that the killer had taken a souvenir from the spot of the murders.
The warrant in question was obtained by the 'Murder Sheet' podcast and released to Indianapolis FOX59. It did not specify what the souvenir was but it did say that "the rest of [the girls'] clothing was recovered." This indicated the killer may have taken something the girls had been wearing.
The killer is also said to have "staged" the girls' bodies in a specific way after murdering them, but it is unclear exactly how. Investigators reportedly believe photos or videos of the disturbing set-up may have been taken by the killer to "memorialize" the crime scene.