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this is nightline. >> tonight, the delphi killer. guilty on all charges. it's been a long time coming. richard allen, a husband and father in the tiny indiana town confessing more than 60 times to murdering teenage best friends out on a hike. >> once that first verdict was read of guilty, there was an audible reaction from libby and abby's family. >> the jury taking just four days to decide allen was the man in this grainy video shot by one of the victims. why? some say this case may not be over. plus, princess kate returning to royal duties after completing her cancer treatments. prince william by her side as he was during her months of chemotherapy. >> the last nine months have been incredibly tough for us as a family. >> her public presence has been really missed. >> moment that had kate tirion

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>> thank you for joining us. i'm trevor ault. tonight a verdict closing the chapter for the tiny town of delphi, indiana, on edge for the jury's decision. the community searching for answers since 2017, when two teenage best friends went out for a hike and never came home. here's abc's alex perez. reporter. >> today in the small town of delphi, indiana. richard allen was found guilty on all charges for the murders of abigail williams and liberty german. >> once that first verdict was read of guilty, there was an audible reaction from libby and abby's family. someone said the word yes. allen himself just stared stoically ahead and gave no reaction at all to any of the verdicts. >> the teen girls were found brutally murdered back in 2017, in the woods the day after going missing. now, after nearly eight

years and 17 days of heartbreaking and sometimes graphic testimony, the girls families finally getting closure in a way there is some sort of absolute relief. >> yes, like this is happening. but you mourn again that laughter, that hole in that house, that emptiness isn't coming back. >> the jury deliberating for just over three days, agreeing with the state's case that richard allen is the so-called bridge guy seen in this video taken on libby's phone just before they went missing. nice young girl finding allen guilty of two counts of murder while attempting kidnaping and two counts of murder for knowingly killing abby and libby. the 12 jurors rejected the defense's strategy that allen's 60 plus confessions were false, and only made after his mental health spiraled while being held in solitary confinement. >> confessions are a big thing. the jury really hangs their hat

on when someone says, i committed a crime, and i can tell you in the decade plus of experience i've had, i've never reported on or even represented a person who has confessed over 60 times, i believe richard allen i think that he was the evidence we needed. >> the delphi murders have captivated armchair experts for years. before richard allen was ever publicly connected to the case. >> this is the unsolved murder of abigail williams and libby german. there was obvious blood around this tree. >> are you guys following the delphi case? because i'm about to lose my mind. >> in 2017, two teen girls went out for a walk in a small town in indiana. >> i think in 2017, delphi was the safest place any of us felt like we could be. we would leave our doors unlocked. we didn't have security systems. >> abby and libby went out for a hike on a local trail, but when libby's father went to pick them up, they were nowhere to be found. >> he tried to call and she said, hey, we're not getting

any. can't get ahold of libby. i said, all right, let me pack up here and i'll head that way. just walking up and down trails, trying to look and hollering and yelling. >> everyone was out looking for these young girls, but you still had hope. >> you know? then, a full day later, the search party made a disturbing discovery. the girls were killed, their throats slashed. >> this is considered a double homicide investigation. no further information will be released at this time. >> according to the investigators, he killed them within 20 minutes. and according to a blood expert, abby was forced to put on libby's clothes before she was murdered. so libby's naked. but what happened between the guy on the bridge on libby's phone saying, guys down the hill, they go down the hill? what? interrupted him? >> investigators desperate for leads, asked the public if they were on the bridge that day to report what they saw, and richard allen himself called them to say he was there. police

circulated bits and pieces of evidence with two different sketches, and that video and audio taken from libby's phone. >> this young lady is a hero. there's no doubt to have enough presence of mind to activate the video system on her cell phone to record what we believe is criminal behavior that is about to occur when people saw the image, then it was is it you? >> you have a beard? are you the guy? are you the guy? >> he looks exactly like every single person in indiana. he's wearing the clothes that everybody here wears everywhere around us. where's we have his face, his voice, his image, the way he walks, what he sounds like. >> and still no one's in custody. why can't they get this guy? >> rumors and theories swirled for years until a surprise break in the case led police right to richard allen. >> when richard allen first called the tip line, he was

recorded with the wrong name, his last name, and his street name were transposed. initially, it was filed away. nobody thought anything of it until it was discovered five years later and brought to the attention of the sheriff. when that investigation was still continuing in 2022, authorities raided allen's home, where they find a blue jacket, which they say is similar to the one bridge guy was wearing. richard allen owns a navy blue carhartt jacket, similar to the one that appears to be what bridge guy is wearing. he also had some work boots and a stocking cap, and they find a sig sauer handgun, which authorities say matched an unspent bullet round found at the scene of the crime. that bullet was the same kind that would have been used in the gun found at richard allen's home. that was just another clue that police thought potentially could have connected him to the crime, and then would twist in a shocking crime story that captivated so many for years. >> police revealing today the arrest of a 50 year old suspect

who seemed to be hiding in plain sight. >> there is a major break in a double homicide in delphi. a man is now under arrest for the murder of two teenage girls. >> police arrested richard allen in october 2022 and charge him with the murders of abby and libby. >> god has provided us with justice for abby and libby, the 52 year old is a husband, a father, and known around delphi, indiana. >> some evidence at trial raising more questions than answers. >> the large part of their argument is that richard allen confessed over 60 times to wardens, inmates, family members, almost anyone who would listen within this prison and jailhouse setting. >> he had a conversation, for example, where he asks his wife, i did it, kathy, i did it. do you still love me? >> but allen's defense trying to poke holes in the prosecution's case, we heard from his psychologist who testified as to what a decline he had and some of the behaviors that he

displayed in prison were alarming. >> he was naked a lot. he was rolling around on the floor. he was eating paper. he was drinking from his toilet. all of these things, they say were proof that he was really suffering mentally and entering psychosis, including at the time when he was admitting to these crimes. >> in an unusual filing prior to trial, allen's team was looking to take the case in an entirely different direction, pinning the double murder on a mysterious group what they are calling a white supremacist cult of odinism. >> my first response to that was i was sort of baffled by that central to their argument, the idea that the girls bodies were found in unusual positions with branches over them, which the defense argues were actually pagan runes, symbols that have mysterious significance. so runes are widely incorporated into odinist culture as well. so if there were runes in the crime scene, then that would be a

reason to suspect pagan or or odinist involvement. so, for instance, the sticks over the body, possibly a rune mark on a tree. it's not convincing to me, as someone who's studied these religions, but it provides an interpretation of some of the details of the crime scene. at no point have we really seen the idea of ritual human sacrifice. this did not make any sense to me at all. >> but judge francis gall wouldn't allow this defense to be presented in court. setting the stage for the defense to appeal. allen's conviction. >> i'm kind of hesitant to say that this is the final chapter of richard allen. i think, if anything, this is the first chapter, and we're going to hear a lot about this case in terms of what the defense was not able to argue. and how certain evidence wasn't presented to the jury. >> still, the small community of delphi breathing a collective sigh of relief tonight. so what does today mean for you today?

>> for me, it's major healing for this community. >> richard allen, now awaits his sentencing on december 20th. he faces a maximum of 130 years in prison. and for family and friends of abby and libby, this painful chapter is now over. >> i think it allows them to continue living to get out of this stagnant place where they are now. they always said, we'll be there every single day. it was 67 plus witnesses, 375 pieces of evidence, day after day after day after day. what they did say to me, it doesn't bring the girls back to us. there's no such thing as justice. the grief never goes away. >> our thanks to alex. and when we come back, princess kate, out and about with the royal family over the weekend, what seemed to bring tears to hery in psoriasis commercials?

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>> welcome back. britain's and royal enthusiasts were rejoicing at seeing kate middleton out and about this weekend. the princess of wales, looking happy and healthy, appearing to be on the mend. a royal return for princess kate making not one but two appearances over the weekend as she gradually returns to public duties. since completing chemotherapy. the princess and her husband, prince william joining king charles and other royals honoring british servicemen and women at the festival of remembrance. at one point, kate, appearing emotional

during a standing ovation for war veterans, her husband by her side. >> seeing kate this weekend, there's such a lot of enthusiasm to have her back in the spotlight and it's really important that she was there because remembrance is one of the most important events in the royal family of calendar. >> on sunday, alongside prince edward's wife, sophie, the duchess of edinburgh, kate, watching a somber wreath laying ceremony at london's cenotaph. families connections to the military run deep. king charles is the head of the uk's armed forces. william and harry both served in the military and prince harry saw action in afghanistan. and kate is herself an honorary colonel of the irish guards. her recent double appearances, a poignant return to form for the princess, the uk's most popular royal who's been largely out of sight. this year when it comes to making her public appearances. >> i think she does get a lot of satisfaction from her work. i

think she genuinely wants to use her position to try and affect positive change. >> the princess was hospitalized for abdominal surgery in january and then shocked the world in march when she announced her doctors found cancer. during that operation. >> my medical team therefore advised that i should undergo a course of preventative chemotherapy, and i'm now in the early stages of that treatment. this, of course, came as a huge shock, and william and i have been doing everything we can to process and manage this privately for the sake of our young family. >> prince william has called the last year dreadful and brutal opening up to reporters during a recent trip to south africa, saying it was probably the hardest year in his life with both his father and wife fighting cancer. still estranged from his brother prince harry, much of the royal burden fell on william's shoulders. prince harry and wife meghan also appearing in a recent video released through their archwell

foundation. but here we are. >> we are at a crossroads. >> the couple, promoting children's online safety. >> my understanding of the relationship between william and harry is that it hasn't really improved at all in the last year or so, that it's still very much on the same footing that it was, which is that there's little or no communication. we're not aware of there being any communication between them. >> it's just filming. >> hello, hello. >> back in september, the prince and princess of wales releasing this very personal video update on their family. kate openly discussing the many challenges they were going through. the last nine months have been incredibly tough for us as a family life. >> as you know, it can change in an instant. and we've had to find a way to navigate the stormy waters and road unknown. the cancer journey is complex, scary and unpredictable for

everyone at the time, the palace said the princess's focus was primarily on her health and that she'd returned to royal duties when ready and when her doctors gave the okay. doing what i can to stay cancer free is now my focus. although i have finished chemotherapy, my path to healing and full recovery is long and i must continue to take each day as it comes. >> and kate had this fight against cancer at the same time as her father in law, the king. >> king charles and the princess of wales have always had a very sweet relationship. they've always seemed to have a very affectionate relationship. but i definitely think that this shared experience of these cancer diagnoses has definitely created a certain bond. >> a bond that continues to inspire charles himself seeming buoyant last month after his first tour of australia as monarch, just last week. prince william in south africa. >> she's doing really well, thanks, william.

>> also telling reporters i'm so proud of my wife. i'm proud of my father for handling the things that they have done, adding that he hopes kate will join him next year on an overseas trip. >> the fact that he was willing to kind of talk about how difficult things have been, i think hopefully suggests that a lot of that is now behind them because the mood earlier on this year was very different. people have really understood that she has needed time and space, but at the same time, her public presence has been really missed. >> last night i stood at your doorstep trying to figure out what went wrong. >> when we come back, bruce springsteen wows the crowd with the long walk home and more at bob woodruff stand up for heroes bob woodruff stand up for heroes benefit in new york city.my mode crohn's symptoms

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>> and finally, tonight, the stars coming out in full force for america's heroes. >> last night i stood at your

doorstep trying to figure out what went wrong. you just slipped something into my palm. then you were gone. >> bruce springsteen headlining abc's own bob woodruff stand up for heroes, wowing the crowd with long walk home and other tunes, joined by comedy giants jim gaffigan. >> it's great to be here. i appreciate everyone coming out. this is such a special event. >> jon stewart, you couldn't have met a more impressive individual who stood up at that age to take on the responsibility. >> and jerry seinfeld, the 18th annual fundraiser raising millions to help veterans, many on hand sharing their stories. >> one of the most cathartic moments in my journey to sobriety was reconnecting with bob after 15 years. >> and we cried together. now, one could make the argument that he's alive because of me. but i can