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DELPHI, Ind. (WISH) — The second week of the trial of a man accused of killing two Delphi teenagers in 2017 included graphic photos from the murder scene introduced as exhibits.

Carroll County Prosecutor Nick McLeland brought two investigators to the stand during Monday morning’s session. Carroll County Deputy Darren Giancola spoke and described his involvement in the search for Libby and Abby. He described the initial searches as simply a search, as opposed to a murder investigation.

Giancola later learned that someone had found something, possibly the bodies, near the creek. He told the jury he saw a multi-colored shirt and a shoe.

Giancola said he then saw the girls’ bodies. “One was naked, the other was clothed,” he told the jury. Giancola said he recognized them from photographs. He told the jury it was obvious they had died and no life-saving measures had been taken.

Sergeant Jason Page of the Indiana State Police took the stand and described documenting the crime scene.

The prosecution presents several pieces of evidence, including photos of the crime scene. Several family members in the courtroom began holding hands and Libby German’s mother began to cry. Judge Francis Gull seemed concerned for the jury. Libby’s sisters looked away.

Several photos appear to have been taken from the top of a ladder and show a top-down view of the scene. The photos show both girls, Libby’s face is covered in blood, there is blood 3 feet up on a tree and the leaves and surrounding area are saturated with blood. Both girls were covered in tree branches.

News 8’s Kyla Russell is in the courtroom and will provide updates throughout the day here and on our live blog.

Richard Allen, 52, is charged with murder and murder while committing or attempting to commit kidnapping in the deaths of Abigail “Abby” Williams, 13, and Liberty “Libby” German, 14 years old. The girls’ bodies were found near the Monon High Bridge near Delphi on February 14, 2017, a day after they disappeared.

Allen was first investigated in 2017 and again in October 2022. After a second interrogation by police, he was taken into custody.