The legal team for an Indiana man accused of murdering two teenagers saidin court documents filed that his client had nothing to do with the crimes and that the young women were actually part of a ritual sacrifice.
Attorneys Andrew Baldwin and Brad Rozzi, who represent Richard Allen, indicated in the 136-page document that Abigail Williams, 13, and Liberty German, 14, were murdered by members of a Norse pagan religion and a white nationalist group, called Odinists.
In addition, They asked for a hearing to present evidence that the search warrant for Allen’s home was based on flawed probable cause and should be thrown out..
“Members of a Norse pagan religion, called Odinism, hijacked by white nationalists, ritually sacrificed Abigail Williams and Liberty German,” the jurists noted in the document.
“Nothing, absolutely nothing, links Richard Allen with Odinism or any religious cult”they wrote.
The defense claims that two Odinist groupsone from the Delphi area and another from the Rushville area of southeastern Indiana, They were investigated for their participation in the homicides.
They stated that Detectives found numerous ritual symbols at the crime scene, including the way Liberty’s body was positioned.
According to the Anti-Defamation League, the term Odinism is a racist variant of the Norse pagan religion like Asatru, a religious sect that seeks to revive the ancient Norse religious beliefs and practices of pre-Christian EuropeNBC Chicago reported.
The two minors disappeared on February 13, 2017, while walking along the historical routes in Delphiabout 70 miles north of Indianapolis. Their bodies were found the next day in a wooded area, about a mile from where they were last seen. The autopsy determined that the girls had been stabbed.
In a search warrant petition in March 2017, An FBI agent assured that the bodies of the teenagers appeared to have been “moved and prepared” at the scene.
The presentation of The defense stated that possible “signatures of Odinism” were left at the scene, including ritual symbols, but detectives abandoned that angle..
Besides, Allen’s attorneys named several potential suspects who have not been charged in the case.CBS News reported.
The young women were murdered after a family member left them on a hiking trail near the Monon High Bridge, just outside Delphi, about 60 miles northwest of Indianapolis. His bodies were discovered the next day in a rugged, densely forested area near the trail.
Allen’s capture came after officials reviewed thousands of tips without success over nearly six years.
Allen confessed numerous times to the murders in a phone call to his wife while he was behind bars.according to court documents in June.
Prosecutors also said that the defendant confessed to his mother during another phone call from prison.
Allen has pleaded not guilty to the charges against him. His trial is scheduled for January 2024.
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