INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Wednesday is the fifth day of testimonies in the trial of Delphi Murders suspect Richard Allen at the Carroll County Courthouse in Delphi. Allen, 52, is charged with murder and murder while committing or attempting to commit kidnapping in the deaths of 13-year-old Abigail “Abby” Williams and 14-year-old Liberty “Libby” German. The girls’ bodies were found near the Monon High Bridge near Delphi on Feb. 14, 2017, a day after they went missing. Allen was first investigated in 2017 and again in October 2022. After a second police interview, he was taken into custody. The trial began Oct. 18 and was expected to continue through mid-November. Sixteen Allen County residents sit as the jury on the case. Day 5 of the Delphi Murders trial was set to begin at 9 a.m. Wednesday. NOTE: The times listed in the blog headers are the times which the entries were added. Specific times for courtroom events will be listed in the entries if available. For a brief summary of Day 4 in the Delphi Murders trial (Tuesday), scroll to the bottom of the page. To view all of our previous trial coverage, click here. 12:45 p.m.: Court breaks for lunch 11:45 a.m.: The doctor who performed girls’ autopsies testifies Dr. Roland Kohr, a forensic pathologist based out of Terre Haute, was the state’s 20th witness in the trial. Kohr is semi-retired, and served as the Vigo County coroner for many years. He performed autopsies on Libby German and Abby Williams. Kohr explained to the jury the steps of an autopsy, which begins with being contacted by investigators and learning about the case, then later performing examinations of the bodies. The first autopsy was performed on Abby. Kohr noted Abby’s clothing, any physical injuries, and performed a rape kit. He said that Abby had a 1-inch deep, 3-inch long incision wound on her neck. She also had a faint mark under her mouth, which Kohr said could be from duct tape or cloth. Abby showed no signs of blunt force trauma or restraint wounds. He said that though the rape kit showed no “overt injury patterns,” it does not mean that sexual contact didn’t occur. Libby German’s autopsy was performed second. Kohr also noted her clothing, physical injuries, and performed a rape kit. The autopsy report said Libby had anywhere from three to five incision wounds on the right side of her neck, the largest being around 3.5 inches long. She also showed no signs of overt sexual trauma or defensive wounds. Kohr estimated that the girls died approximately 41 hours before the autopsy. Defense attorney Brad Rozzi began his cross examination and discussed Kohr’s deposition from February 2024. Kohr’s deposition included information about the attack and speculations on the girls’ reactions after being attacked. He said in the February deposition that he couldn’t determine if the killer was left or right handed and that a serrated knife may have been used. Kohr then said after his deposition that a box cutter may have been used instead of a serrated knife, but did not inform the defense. News 8’s Kyla Russell said Rozzi showed upset in the courtroom after Kohr admitted his uncertainty about the weapon used and did not file a new report. 11:15 a.m.: First witness testimony The state’s first witness Wednesday morning was 35-year-old Sarah Carbaugh, a lifelong Delphi resident who lived near the trail. She told the jury she visited the trail every day with her dogs. Carbaugh said she did not know Libby German and Abby Williams, but learned they were missing through an Amber Alert sent out on Feb. 13, 2017. She didn’t walk the trail that day, but drove by to see how busy it was. While there, she said she saw a group of people at the Mears entrance, including a girl wearing pink who appeared visibly stressed. She also saw a man covered in “mud” and “blood” walking along a country road. She said she drove past the man, who did not acknowledge her, but says she later recognized him as “Bridge Guy.” She waited three weeks to report who she saw to police, saying she was afraid. Defense attorney Andrew Baldwin began his cross-examination, asking questions about discrepancies in her descriptions of “mud” and “blood” and her June 2017 interview with police that had an hour of it missing. Carbaugh responded that the details “were as simple as it is” and that “outside of this testimony, I want nothing to do with this.” Baldwin asked further questions about Bridge Guy’s hair texture and eyes. “You’re romanticizing this,” Carbaugh said. “You said he had very effeminate eyes,” Baldwin said. “I did not say that,” Carbaugh said. News 8’s Kyla Russell reported that the jury appeared “put off” by Carbaugh’s reactions. After her cross-examination, state prosecutor Stacy Diener asked about discrepancies in how Carbaugh described Bridge Guy’s hood and hat. Carbaugh replied it “feels like a Tinder profile of hats” with how many hats she’s been shown. She continued by discussing her June 2017 interview and the portion that had been missing. She said that the part where she was asked to mark the Bridge Guy photo was a part of the missing interview block. She mentioned, though, that the Bridge Guy’s jacket was dark enough to where she wouldn’t have seen blood on it, and but his jeans were light enough to show the mud on them. The jury finished by asking how close she was to Bridge Guy when she saw him at the Mears entrance, to which she answered he was within three feet of the passenger side. 9:25 a.m. Online court records show that Richard Allen’s defense has filed a motion to admit evidence in the court regarding Odinism and the theory the girls were murdered as a “ritualistic killing.” The defense first presented evidence of Odinism in the Delphi Murders case in September 2023. The team filed a 136-page memorandum, claiming that “members of a pagan Norse religion, called Odinism, hijacked by white nationalists, ritualistically sacrificed Abigail Williams and Liberty German.” The Odinism theory was one of many the state pushed to bar from the jury during the trial, along with references to Kegan Kline, geocaching, and other third-party suspects. Following the state’s motion, the defense retaliated, fighting for those arguments to be allowed in court. The court struck down the Odinism theory in September, the order saying that evidence “must not be based on speculation, conjecture, rumors, or hearsay, rather than admissible evidence.” It wasn’t clear how the court would rule on the motion or if it would be discussed during Wednesday’s session. 9 a.m.: Court is set to begin Brief summary of Day 4 in the Delphi murders trial Tuesday began with cross-examination of ISP Trooper Brian Olehy, who discussed a large exhibit of crime scene evidence, most contained in sealed, brown paper bags. During the exhibit, Olehy said he was not aware of any DNA found that was connected to Richard Allen. According to News 8’s Kyla Russell, a tense back-and-forth between the defense, prosecution, and Olehy followed, prompting objections from the prosecution. He also discussed the unspent bullet found at the scene, a piece of evidence the defense referred to as the “magic bullet.” After lunch, ISP Lt. Brian Bunner, a state forensic examiner, explained the process of cellphone data extraction and discussed the infamous “bridge video” found on Libby German’s phone. Bunner said in only some screenshots taken from the video can a man be seen behind the girls. The man in the video has been given the moniker “Bridge Guy” by many. The defense asked about the GPS data from the video, to which Bunner answered that the coordinates were close to the bridge, but he did not look at the data. Following Bunner, audio-visual forensic expert Jeremey Chapman testified about enhancing audio in the bridge recording to pinpoint where the “Bridge Guy” was heard saying “Down the hill.” Then, three witnesses who said they saw “Bridge Guy” on the High Monon Trail the day Libby German and Abby Williams went missing testified. One witness, Railly Voorheis, said she saw “Bridge Guy” on the trail and told him “hi,” but he didn’t respond. When describing what “Bridge Guy” looked like, she noted he was taller than her. Voorheis told the jury she was 5 feet 7 inches tall. Richard Allen is 5 feet 4 inches tall. The second witness, Breann Welber, said she made a post to Snapchat when she went to the bridge on Feb. 13, 2017. She said Libby had messaged her on Snapchat sometime before going missing. After the grainy photo of “Bridge Guy” was released to the public, Welber said, “First thing I thought was that is the person I saw on the trail.” The third was Betsey Blair, who frequently visited the Monon Trail. She did several loops of the trail on Feb. 13, 2017, and said she saw “Bridge Guy,” and later saw two girls on the trail. She said she immediately recognized “Bridge Guy” as the man she saw on the trail. The last witness to testify Tuesday afternoon was Steve Mullin, former chief of police for Delphi and an investigator for the Carroll County Prosecutor’s Office. He discussed collecting video from sources in the Delphi case and how he determined when and where the videos were taken. To read their full testimonies, click here.