Jury deliberations in Delphi double murder trial will resume Monday after 5-hour Saturday session

A jury on Saturday wrapped up a third day of deliberations in the highly publicized double murder trial of Richard Allen, who is accused of killing two teenage girls and leaving their bodies near a hiking path in the small town of Delphi, Indiana, more than seven years ago.

A jury on Saturday wrapped up a third day of deliberations in the highly publicized double murder trial of Richard Allen, who is accused of killing two teenage girls and leaving their bodies near a hiking path in the small town of Delphi, Indiana, more than seven years ago. Deliberations will resume on Monday, CNN affiliate WTHR reported. Allen has pleaded not guilty to two murder and two felony murder charges in connection with the 2017 deaths of Liberty “Libby” German, 14, and Abigail “Abby” Williams, 13. Allen could be sentenced to up to 130 years in prison if convicted of all the charges, the Associated Press reported. The 12-person jury, which began deliberations Thursday, deliberated for more than five hours Saturday at the Carroll County Courthouse before departing for the day, WTHR reported. Jurors will deliberate from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday until they reach a verdict, according to WTHR. Last month, 16 Allen County residents were selected to serve on the jury, including four people serving as alternates, WTHR said. Allen County Superior Court Judge Frances Gull gave the jurors their final instructions Thursday morning and urged them to “consider the facts” before Carroll County Prosecutor Nick McLeland delivered closing arguments, walking the jury through the evidence and testimony presented during the trial, WTHR reported. “I believe the evidence is firmly convincing that Richard Allen is Bridge Guy and he killed Abby and Libby,” McLeland told the jury.