adam franmil faces a possible life sentence. if you or anyone you know is experiencing domestic violence, call the national domestic violence hotline at one 800 799 safe. that's 807 997233. or by texting, start to 88788. now we turn to our next story, the murder trial of richard allen and delphi, indiana. he is accused of killing teenagers abby williams and libby german, both the prosecution and the defense have rested their cases and now his fate is in the hands of the jury. after seven years in a 17 day trial, arguments concluded in the trial of richard allen, the man accused of killing 14 year old libby german and 13 year old abby williams on the monon high bridge of delphi, indiana, in a case made famous by this cell phone video shot by one of the teenage victims, you could tell just walking into the courtroom that this was the moment that everyone had been waiting for more than seven and a half years ago, veteran broadcast journalist susan hendricks, who has written a book on the murders, has been inside the courtroom throu

. >> when madeline's boyfriend, adam franmil was finally convicted of her murder just weeks ago, her family acknowledged the team effort it took to crack this case. >> many people don't have that experience, so i think we're very, very lucky. >> i do think most of us, just right away, like, knew it was adam. >> lauren dubois was one of madeline's closest friends. that's her standing behind the family during their press conference. >> i get a text message, and it's a screenshot of her missing poster. and, i mean, i immediately knew. >> she tells true crime news that in the days leading up to madeleine's disappearance, her friends were well aware of adam's physical and emotional abuse. >> personally, after i had a conversation with her at mayo clinic, a couple weeks prior and i was very nervous about some of the things she said, i said, maddie, will you let me call and make the police report? i said, i won't send them, send them to your house. i won't ask for a wellness check. i just want it documented. and she really didn't want it. >> but on the very day she went missing after droppi