DELPHI, Ind. — The jury in the Delphi murder trial resumed deliberations Friday.

The jurors are again in sequestration until Saturday morning. After reviewing weeks of testimony over nine hours, they still don’t have a verdict.

Richard Allen is accused of killing Abby Williams and Libby German on a trail in Indiana in 2017.

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Outside the historic Carroll County Courthouse, locals milled around in anticipation, placing signs in loving memory of Libby German and Abby Williams.

“It’s just emotional,” said a woman named Angie. “My daughter was the same age as Libby and Abby when they were killed and it just affected the whole community.”

The trial of accused teenage killer Richard Allen has hit the community in unexpected ways.

“Broken about more feeling of sympathy for all the families involved,” Angie said. “(Ricard Allen’s family is too) I’m going through a horrible… I can’t even imagine what I’m going through. I can’t imagine what Libby and Abby’s families are going through.”

In court, prosecutors painted Allen as a murderer and this week played an enhanced and expanded video that Libby recorded on her phone the day she was killed. Jurors heard a phone call that Allen made to his wife in which he confessed to the crime.

Defense attorneys told jurors the investigation was flawed.

Richard Allen has pleaded not guilty to murdering best friends Abby Williams, 13, and Libby German, 14. Their bodies were left in the forest on February 13, 2017 and discovered the next day.

“My voice is breaking because I just want the families to be able to have some peace in their lives and from now on we can remember Libby and Abby as they were, not this tragic side,” said Kathy Clendening, a friend of the victims. ‘ families.

The crime gained national attention when police released an image of the suspect and a clip of his voice — a recording of him saying “down the hill” — that was recovered from Libby’s phone.

Prosecutors said it was Allen’s voice that threatened the teenager, just moments before prosecutors say he slashed the girls’ throats and left them for dead on the rural road in February 2017.

Allen admitted to being behind on the day of the murders but denied involvement.

Delphi resident Sarah Ausbrook said she hasn’t missed a court date.

“Over time I’ve seen him in and out of the courtroom and I honestly think he’s the bridge guy,” Ausbrook said.

In closing arguments, prosecutors relied on Allen’s repeated confessions from prison

Allen’s defense tried to poke holes in those confessions, arguing he was kept safe for more than a year.

Jurors watched and flinched, watching videos of Allen naked, with a hood over his head, even smearing and consuming his own feces.

Prosecutors presented no DNA evidence linking Allen to the murder.

“I trust the jury and the evidence presented by the prosecution, so I will keep my faith,” Clendening said.

Now, Delphi is waiting for 12 jurors to determine whether they are convinced that Richard Allen killed Libby German and Abby Williams.

“They went on a trail that day for a walk. They didn’t go on a trail to be killed,” Clendening said. “And all we want is the truth … and if this is what happened and Richard Allen is guilty, then that’s what we want.”