Richard Allen, a resident of Delphi, Indiana, was found guilty of all charges on Monday. in double murders of best friends Abby Williams, 13, and Libby German, 14.

The jury’s verdict came on the fourth day of deliberations in the high-profile case that shocked the nation.

Allen was stoic in court and did not react to the verdict, but his mother and wife sobbed.

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Allen was convicted of felony murder for the murder of Abigail Williams while attempting to commit a kidnapping; felony murder for the murder of Liberty German while attempting to commit a kidnapping; murder for knowingly killing Abigail Williams; and murder for knowingly killing Liberty German.

“Today is the day. It’s been a long time coming,” Delphi resident Sarah Ausbrook told ABC News.

He praised prosecutors, saying they “did an outstanding job presenting the evidence they had.”

“To me, today means great healing for this community,” Ausbrook said.

“I’m sure the families are reliving that pain, but they’re also glad to have received an answer,” she said.

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There is a gag order preventing the girls’ families from commenting until the sentence is finalized.

Allen’s sentencing is scheduled for December 20.

Abby and Libby were murdered on a local hiking trail on February 13, 2017. The girls’ throats were slit and dumped in a wooded area near the trail. Their bodies were found the next day.

On the day of the murders, Libby posted a photo of Abby on Snapchat while they were walking across the Monon High Bridge. After the girls crossed the bridge, they saw a man behind them and Libby began recording on her phone, according to prosecutor Nick McLeland.

As police searched for the culprit, they released a clip of the unknown suspect’s voice, a recording of him saying “downhill,” which was recovered from Libby’s phone. Police also released a grainy image of the suspect on the road: a man who became known as “the boy on the bridge.”

Allen, who was arrested for murder in 2022He admitted to police that he was on the trail that day, but denied any involvement in the crime.

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Allen’s multiple confessions while in prison and his mental health at the time became a major issue in the trial.

The defense argued that Allen was in a psychotic state when he made numerous confessions to prison officials, his wife and a psychologist.

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The prosecution’s key evidence was police analysis of Allen’s gun, which determined that an unspent .40 caliber bullet discovered by the girls’ bodies was passed through Allen’s Sig Sauer Model P226. But the defense rejected the accuracy of that test, calling it an “apples to oranges” comparison, because the technician compared the initial bullet (which had been cycled, not fired) to a bullet fired from Allen’s gun.

No DNA was found at the scene linking Allen or anyone else to the crime scene, a forensic scientist testified.

Alex Perez of ABC News contributed to this report.

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