Carroll County (IN) Prosecutors and defense attorneys for Richard Allen concluded their closing arguments in the murder trial at the Carroll County Courthouse. Allen faces four charges, including two felony murder charges for killing Abigail Williams and Liberty German near the Monon High Bridge Trail in Delphi in February 2017. Prosecution states its caseThe prosecution went first and took 58 minutes to summarize its case. The defense went next and worked for an hour and 18 minutes to convince the jury Allen is not guilty of the murders.Prosecuting attorney Nicholas McLeland began at 9:22 a.m. by saying February 13 is, "a day this community will never forget." The prosecutor continued that was "a day Abigail Williams and Liberty German were killed by Richard Allen." He discussed photos of the girls taken that day, including a SnapChat photo as they rode in the back of Kelsey German's car on the way to the trails. McLeland also talked about how "this type of thing doesn't happen in this small community." He also discussed the search efforts on the afternoon and evening of February 13, before the jury was shown photos of the crime scene.Jurors were shown photos of the girls dead bodies, and they also say the photo of Libby German's cell phone covered in water and dirt. McLeland talked about cartridge found at the crime scene. Much of the prosecution's closing arguments focused on the video captured at 2:13 p.m. on February 13, 2017. It was taken on German's cell phone. McLeland showed screen shots of the video showing "the moment Abigail and Liberty were kidnapped." He also told the jurors "something told Liberty to record this." The jury was shown enhanced video from German's phone. The case of the prosecution included witnesses who say they saw "a creepy guy" on the trails that day. Betsy Blair, another witness for the prosecution, said she saw Bridge Guy standing on the 1st platform around 2:00 p.m. that afternoon. She added the man seemed to be looking for someone. She also said she passed Liberty and Abby on the trail. Each of the witnesses who described the man they saw that day had slightly different memories of what he looked lie, but McLeland stressed all of them insist the man was Bridge Guy. The prosecution argued Bridge Guy kidnapped the girls, and that the girls are dead. McLeland told the jury, "If we can determine who Bridge Guy is, we will know who killed Abigail and Liberty." They talked about the 2016 Ford Focus seen on surveillance video. Prosecutors said it was the only one registered in Carroll County in 2017. McLeland said that car "was Richard Allen's."The timeline laid out by the prosecution jumped ahead to October 13, 2023 when Richard Allen was interviewed by police. They say Allen confirmed to them he was wearing the same clothes seen in the video by Bridge Guy. He confirmed he was on the trail that day. He gave them a different time as to when he was there. When Allen was first interviewed by authorities in 2017, he said he was on the trail around 1:30 p.m. on February 13, 2017. However, in 2023 Allen told police he was there at 12:30 p.m. that afternoon. They told jurors about how Allen got more angry as the interview continued and refused to let the search is phone or his house. McLeland started talking about items found by police when they executed a search warrant for Allen's home. He said they found a jacket that "surprise, surprise" is the same as Bridge Guy. They found a bullet inside a hope box that was the same brand and caliber as the cartridge found at the crime scene. McLeland called the findings "the Bridge Guy starter kit." The Carroll County prosecutor pointed to forensic evidence presented by a state witnesses during the trial. It revolved around a single .40 caliber cartridge found at the crime scene near the girls' bodies. The metallurgy expert looked at the cartridge, and looked at the .40 caliber Sig Sauer pistol owned by Allen. She said based on the markings found on the cartridge and the physical properties of Allen's gun, it was her opinion the cartridge found on the ground was cycled through Allen's pistol. McLeland looked at the jury and said, "That could have been all we had to present to you, but it's not." He said that they had more evidence because Richard Allen began to confess. The prosecution pointed to numerous jailhouse confessions they say were made by Allen. They said some of them were made by Allen as he talked to his mother and to his wife Kathy Allen on the telephone. Others were documented by mental health professionals who testified during the trial. They re-iterated that Allen told them he killed the girls and that he wanted to apologize to their families. Many of those conversations happened while Allen was being held at Westville Correctional Facility. Numerous statements came from people where were on suicide watch outside Allen's cell at Westville. One of them said Allen told them he killed them with a box cutter and threw it away at the CVS where he worked.As Nicholas McLeland began to wrap up his closing statements, he pointed to testimony from Master Trooper Brian Harshman with the Indiana State Police. Harshman listened to hundreds of telephone calls made by Richard Allen in prison. He testified the voice of Bridge Guy from the video is the voice of Richard Allen. "Now all the pieces are clear," said McLeland. "Now all the pieces are together." He continued, "Richard Allen is Bridge Guy. He kidnapped them and later murdered them." McLeland said, "He cut their throat." McLeland told the jury Allen wanted to rape them, but saw a van and got scared. He said Allen made them cross the creek into a secluded area. The prosecutor said Allen slit LIbby's throat first, and she grabbed her neck as she clung to life. McLeland also said Allen left behind his bullet and Liberty German's cell phone which is what led investigators to him.He concluded by saying to the 12 jurors and three alternates, "I am going to ask you to look at all the evidence and issue a guilty verdict on all four counts." When the prosecution finished with closing arguments, Judge Fran Gull called for a recess. Court resumed with Richard Allen's defense team starting its closing arguments a little before 10:45 a.m. Judge Gull set aside two to two-and-a-half hours for each side to make its closing arguments. The final portion of the trial will be a rebuttal by the prosecution. That is expected to last no more than 30 minutes. When the prosecution is finished with its rebuttal, there likely will be a short recess before Judge Gull issues instructions to the jury. When she is done, the jury will be asked to come up with a verdict as to whether they believe Richard Allen is guilty or not guilty of killing Abigail Williams and Liberty German. It has been 25 days since the jury from Allen County was seated, and 22 days since they have been sequestered. The jury is comprised of 12 people, and are three alternates. The trial began with four alternates, but one of them was excused by Judge Gull during the trial due to a medical emergency.