Richard Allen, the accused in the Delphi murders of Abby Williams and Libby German, is seeking dismissal of his charges following the deletion of video and audio evidence. His legal team submitted a motion on Wednesday, arguing for dismissal due to the loss of crucial interviews with two individuals suspected of Odinism, who they suggest could be the actual perpetrators.

Additionally, on Wednesday, Special Judge Frances Gull issued an order rejecting Allen's request for her to step down from the case. This decision was made without a hearing, in line with the Indiana Supreme Court's unanimous rejection of a similar request by Allen on January 18, 2024.

The motion for dismissal highlights that the state's evidence shared with the defense last week did not include recordings of interviews conducted on February 17 and February 19, 2017, with the two Odinist suspects. According to the motion, these recordings were lost due to a DVR program error on September 20, 2017, which resulted in all recordings up to February 20, 2017, being overwritten.

This loss of evidence, which includes interviews from the initial week of the investigation following the murder of the teenagers on February 13, 2017, is seen by Allen's attorneys as either negligent or intentional destruction of key evidence by the state.

In a memorandum filed on September 18, 2023, Allen's defense team proposed a theory that Libby and Abby were victims of a ritual sacrifice by Odinists, not by Allen. They argue that the loss of these interviews is critical, as they could potentially exonerate Allen.

Furthermore, the motion points out that an 85-page report from a Rushville police officer's investigation into Odinism was withheld for over four months and only shared with Allen's attorneys after the prosecution became aware of the defense's knowledge of a possible Odinism link.

The defense contends that this delay in disclosure, which they deem either intentional or a significant oversight, amounts to a failure to provide potentially exculpatory evidence. This, coupled with the missing interviews of the two Odinist suspects, casts doubt and suspicion on the case against Allen.


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