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Speaker 1: Crime Alart hourly update, breaking crime news Now.

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Speaker 2: I'm Nicole Parton. Richard Allen's trial in Delphi, Indiana, continued

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Speaker 2: on Wednesday with gripping testimonies. The fifty two year old

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Speaker 2: is accused in the brutal murders of two teenagers, Abigail

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Speaker 2: Abby Williams and Liberty Libby German. The girls vanished on

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Speaker 2: February thirteen, twenty seventeen, only to be discovered dead the

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Speaker 2: following day. Arrested in twenty twenty two, Allan faces multiple charges,

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Speaker 2: including murder and murder while kidnapping. During the trial, jurors

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Speaker 2: were shown an extended version of the notorious Bridge Guy video,

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Speaker 2: with prosecutors alleging that the man depicted as Allan, who

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Speaker 2: they claim was stalking the teens. Testifying on Wednesday, Indiana

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Speaker 2: State Police Sergeant Christopher Cecil revealed that while analyzing data

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Speaker 2: extracted from twenty three of Allen's devices after his arrest,

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Speaker 2: he found no direct evidencely thinking him to the girl's death. However,

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Speaker 2: it was noted that the phone Allan used in twenty

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Speaker 2: seventeen was not among the devices analyzed, hinting that he

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Speaker 2: may have been using a different cell phone. At the time.

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Speaker 2: As Cecil provided a detailed timeline of events based on

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Speaker 2: Libby's cell phone, it was discovered that there was a

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Speaker 2: sudden influx of text messages at four thirty three am

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Speaker 2: on February fourteen, suggesting a connection to a local cell

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Speaker 2: phone tower had been established. Despite extensive analysis, the forensic

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Speaker 2: expert was unable to locate one crucial photo of Abby,

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Speaker 2: taken at two o seven pm on the day of

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Speaker 2: her death. This missing piece of evidence raised questions, emphasizing

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Speaker 2: the complexity of digital forensics in such cases. The jury

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Speaker 2: had many questions about snapchat and how those photos are

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Speaker 2: taken or saved. Sergeant Cecil's testimony painted a vivid picture

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Speaker 2: of the girl's final moments on the day they went missing,

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Speaker 2: including that chilling video of Abby crossing the bridge with

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Speaker 2: a mysterious man following behind, believed to be the infamous

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Speaker 2: bridge guy. The forensic pathologist, doctor Roland Kor, detailed the

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Speaker 2: findings during the autopsies. Libby had at least four, maybe

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Speaker 2: five overlapping wounds on her neck. Cor testified that two

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Speaker 2: of the cuts, one on each side, were lethal and

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Speaker 2: hit arteries, meaning blood would have spread several feet. Both

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Speaker 2: of her hands were also bloody. Cor said that suggested

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Speaker 2: she might have grabbed her neck. Abby had a two

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Speaker 2: inch laceration across her neck that damaged the left jugliar vein.

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Speaker 2: Cor said the cut appeared to have been made from

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Speaker 2: right to left. After the afternoon testimony concluded, crime scene

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Speaker 2: investigator and host of Zone seven podcasts expert Cheryl McCollum

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Speaker 2: weighed in on the findings.

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Speaker 1: Coal the autopsy photos were shown today. Abby had one

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Speaker 1: wound to her nag. Libby had four, possibly five wounds

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Speaker 1: to her nack. The nudity plus the level of violence

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Speaker 1: suggests to me that Libby was the primary target.

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Speaker 2: Thanks Cheryl. Cora, who said he had performed more than

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Speaker 2: seventy seven hundred autopsies in his career, estimated the teens

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Speaker 2: lived four to ten minutes after their throats were slashed,

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Speaker 2: although they most likely lost consciousness before dying. As the

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Speaker 2: trial unfolds, the search for justice for Abby and Libby continues.

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Speaker 2: Trust Crime Alert hourly update to keep you posted on

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Speaker 2: this developing trial. More crime injustice news after this. A

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Speaker 2: brave eight year old girl in Colorado successfully fought off

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Speaker 2: an attacker in her bedroom with a suspect now facing charges.

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Speaker 2: This is confirmed by police. The Sterling Police Department released

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Speaker 2: a statement indicating they were investigating an attempted child abduction

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Speaker 2: involving a male who entered the girl's bedroom and assaulted her.

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Speaker 2: Police were alerted to the incident around two thirty am

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Speaker 2: local time on October fifteenth, an hour after it occurred.

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Speaker 2: The young girl managed to fight off the assailant, who

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Speaker 2: then fled the scene on foot. She quickly informed her parents,

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Speaker 2: who called nine one one right away. The suspect, described

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Speaker 2: as wearing a dark hoodie and pants, was later identified

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Speaker 2: as Thomas Gallago's fifty six. He was arrested on multiple charges,

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Speaker 2: including first degree burglary, second degree assault, and attempted kidnapping.

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Speaker 2: According to reports, the girl recounted the terrifying ordeal to police,

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Speaker 2: stating that the man entered her room, blindfolded her and

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Speaker 2: attempted to grab her from the bed. Despite her struggles,

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Speaker 2: the suspect hit her on the head, causing her to

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Speaker 2: lose consciousness. Upon regaining awareness, she sought help from her parents. Thankfully,

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Speaker 2: the girl sustained only minor cuts and bruises. It was

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Speaker 2: suggested that the assailant likely entered the residence through an

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Speaker 2: unlocked back door, coming in around one am. Further investigations

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Speaker 2: revealed that the suspect had been wearing a dark clown

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Speaker 2: mask during the attack, and this mask, along with gloves,

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Speaker 2: was discovered in the child's room. The Colorado Bureau of

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Speaker 2: Investigation will conduct the DNA test on the items. The

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Speaker 2: assailant took the girl's phone, which was later discarded near

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Speaker 2: the Interstate. The man resides in the same neighborhood and

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Speaker 2: had recently assisted the family in installing a washer and dryer.

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Speaker 2: This inside the victim's home. He was identified as the perpetrator,

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Speaker 2: and police say that's how he knew the little girl

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Speaker 2: lived there. The Colorado Attorney General's Office and Sterling Police

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Speaker 2: Department have yet to respond to n where he's regarding

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Speaker 2: the incident. The man is scheduled to appear in court

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Speaker 2: on November four. For the latest crime injustice news, follow

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