1️⃣ Day 1 (Friday - 10/18)

 Trial Update:

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Day 1 (Friday - 10/18):

(Source: Fox59 Article https://fox59.com/delphi-trial/state-defense-deliver-opening-statements-in-delphi-murders-trial/ )

  • Per Donnie, Baldwin easily went over an hour with his opening statement and veered very close to plainly presenting evidence. Gull stepped in once to tell Baldwin to wrap it up and that she had given him plenty of leeway. (Source: Donnie https://x.com/localguydonnie/status/1847336323830440274 )
  • Now scrambling to test hair
  • Per Barb McDonald, State started testing the hair two days ago.

(Source: Barbara McDonald CourtTV Video https://www.facebook.com/courttv/videos/prosecutors-in-the-trial-of-richard-allen-told-the-jury-there-were-two-murder-we/1070222264222488/ )

  • Per Donnie, Baldwin says “strands of hair” were FEMALE hairs twisted around Abigail Williams fingers, root and all. (Source: Donnie https://x.com/localguydonnie/status/1847336323830440274 )
  • In 2017, Muddy Bloody witness said the man she saw walking on 300N was wearing a tan jacket, was muddy; in 2019 SC statement changed to “muddy and bloody”; and now SC statement is “muddy” “blue coat” “looked like he just slaughtered a pig”.
  • Serrated blade and non-serrated blade allegedly used; car footage & eyewitness (BB) to prove RA had already left area by 2:15PM
  • The defense also tried to discredit the prosecution's claim that the bullet found near the girls' bodies belonged to Allen. Baldwin said that law enforcement commonly uses the type of bullet found at the crime scene, but police never investigated if an officer was missing a .40 bullet. He also said that the owner of the property where the girls were abducted (BW) owns a .40 weapon, but his gun was “not able to be excluded” re. the found shell casing
  • Baldwin said an expert will testify the "markings were insufficient" on the ISP lab's test bullet to match Allen's gun to the bullet at the crime scene. Baldwin told the jury "you'll see with your own eyes" that the markings on bullets do not match.
  • Baldwin also attacked the cellphone evidence in the state's case.
  • Baldwin held up a phone and said, "forensic data on these phones don't lie."
  • Baldwin told juror's the prosecution's case "is going to fall apart before your very eyes" when they see the phone data evidence.
  • Per Donnie, Baldwin says the defense will provide evidence to show the girls were confronted by several people, taken away from the bridge, killed on February 14th, 2017 (as opposed to the State’s 2/13/17) (Source: Donnie https://x.com/localguydonnie/status/1847336323830440274 )
  • Fien is taller than Richard Allen (Source: Your Mom)
  • Per ABC, Baldwin says State claims Allen in a parking lot near the trail at 1:30PM, but RA’s cellphone data will show he left trails by 2:15PM [[(PCA claims SC saw BG walking down 300N “muddy and bloody” in blue jacket at 3:57PM.]]
  • Per defense, “property owner’s” gun was never tested. (likely RL)
  • The defense stated that Brad Weber's .40 caliber gun was tested but not excluded as a match.

(Start Source: JULIE MELVIN https://www.youtube.com/live/samuswijLdw?si=vGtKXuYPT8AwJfru )

  • Witness #1: Becky Patty, Liberty German’s grandmother. Direct examination by Stacey Diener.
  • Everyone went home at 2am [2/14/17]
  • Becky said did not get ahold of Anna until “after we called the police.”
  • Andy brings up to Becky the clothes.
  • Witness #2: Kelsi German, Liberty German’s sister.
  • You were out there with your cousin Cody. Kelsi corrects and says Uncle.
  • Dropped them off at trail then was asked about the sweatshirts. She got them out of the back—change in story make sure give them her sweatshirt before leave. New sweatshirt, but its been washed so it could have had a hair in it. [Julie Melvin] White Mazda
  • Andy to Kelsi: when drop off what do? Libby got Delphi swimming sweatshirt out of the trunk
  • Andy bring hair couple times opening that they have hair 7 years and no bother test to see if belong family, they did just take Kelsi’s DNA. They could have tested it against Grandma’s hair
  • What listed put out bulletin tye die and gray sweatpants. When realize no sweatpants and jeans—went bedroom later on after dead and did she no have 2 pairs of these sweatpants? [found them in her room]. Didn’t know libby had gone and changed —did not get around to asking
  • Witness #3: Derek Williams, [2:50pm]
  • In 2017 lived with mom step dad and 2 daughters [forgot to put Cody in there].
  • [[3:57pm Cheyanne see Derek in car with woman later ID as Tara–thought doing drug deal]]
  • No full time job, work for MO home business, taking phots of houses, take her sports here sometimes take food before game. Communicate by text with Libby. His phone hardly worked. I picked her up night before because spend night at friends and then pickup Abby. Banana pancakes.
  • What time leave house when get call 1:20pm. What time you learn you need to pickup? Halfway to Frankford Libby call me to take home said would be a while 18 pics of houses. No pass Hoosier Harvest Store but pull into Mears.
  • No contact Anna until after Cops called
  • Mike contacted a cop he used to know [[Mike contact officer on patrol near Freedom first LE spoken to]]
  • Did say he wasn’t out on trail but did not get out there until 3:25. He said he sitting in the car. How you know you saw Dave McCain? Because people told him that’s who he saw.
  • Walking two kids pulled up male and female then get out and walk to High Bridge—when get out car later see them sitting platform [[3:19pm Pearson got call Mom He said they were sitting on the platform]]
  • He said Cody and Kelsi came first from family to bridge. [[Kelsi missed Grandma call for the 2nd time knew important because Becky no call 2x. Waited to go bridge because no one was concerned]]
  • Brief convo with them. They were going across the bridge. When they go across the bridge, Derek goes back to his car.
  • Did you see your mom and Mike P at trail? Mom pulled up and went across the road at Mears, called AT&T, then Mike Patty arrived.
  • Someone on Moped and ATV arrive
  • After sister pull up did you go back trail? Yes. When made it to station, was it still light out? Yes. Went with Cody. He walked back to Monon High to and to the left with a flashlight. [10 foot visibility]
  • ??Did you know Cody was searching? 505 then back Sitting car with Tara for 15 minutes.
  • Defense: Did you see any flashlights over by the crime scene between 10, 11, and 12. On crime scene side the whole time Kelsi and Cody when over
  • Derek
  • Andy: Remember you told me there was a ton of people with flashlights?
  • Libby phone number: 9199
  • Other cars there? Yes. Libby no answer phone. Run into someone at trailhead, yes. prosecution. State asked him who?
  • Witness #4: Anna Williams, Abby’s mother.
  • Describe Abby tell us about her she matter of fact
  • Anna say she the one

(End of  Source: JULIE MELVIN https://www.youtube.com/live/samuswijLdw?si=vGtKXuYPT8AwJfru )

(Start of Source: JULIE MELVIN @criminality live 10/19/24 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UedpWNsiqmQ )

Nick Opening

Boots, a gun, a bullet from scene cycled through rick allen’s gun

Confessions how and why

Admissions told wife non provoked only killer know

JURY TOP LEFT

1-Male- well into 70s white balding top go tea gray har glasses—dozed

2-Overweight white female early 30s barrett

3-older woman white in 7

4 darker har

61 or 2

6 early 40s large man clean cut beard close to face—same type haircut well groomed—bored at time come on I got this figured out—looking at everyone, Rick, the Gallery, Took some Notes. #4 notes a lot alternated

RA never trail same time as AL

Rile 5’11”

12:

Gone 1:30

Car gone 2:15

BB no see Rick Car Comet and you will hear Steve Mullin say he doesn’t know how to account for that.

(Finish of Source: JULIE MELVIN @criminality live 10/19/24 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UedpWNsiqmQ )

Witness #5: Deputy Mitchell Catron (Source: Fox59 https://fox59.com/delphi-trial/grandma-ill-be-okay-libby-germans-grandmother-recalls-day-girls-disappeared-on-delphi-trail/ )

  • Deputy Michell Catron took that access road up to the Weber house. Without seeing anything & not really looking.

( Source: Ali Motta https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rXKfnEGejY )

(Start Source: WTHR Video https://youtu.be/yUsqbtibddM?si=A8QrfNqt264I5rJ5 )

Becky: Sleepover at house night before. Kept calling and calling. Coroner van drive by, she knew they were dead

(End Source: WTHR Video https://youtu.be/yUsqbtibddM?si=A8QrfNqt264I5rJ5 )

Start: (Source: FOX59 article https://fox59.com/delphi-trial/state-defense-deliver-opening-statements-in-delphi-murders-trial/ )

  • “Mental Health Crisis”
  • State police botched, claim tussle with FBI
  • Defense claims hair related to relative of Libby
  • May have gone access road taken elsewhere and then brought back 12 hours later
  • Security video showed Rick’s car left the area of Monon High Bridge before the murders occurred. BG and perhaps others?

End: (Source: FOX59 article https://fox59.com/delphi-trial/state-defense-deliver-opening-statements-in-delphi-murders-trial/ )

Start: (Source: Andrea Burkhart Video 0 to 1:34:19 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwz4eJiimbw )

  • Grant composite and reference to them

https://youtu.be/CDMNQ8x4AVk?si=gA1sMLIYW5Mpvzir

  • 4 media banned
  • No bombshells
  • Hair belong female and probably a relative of Libby
  • 7am 24 public seats bailiffs say
  • Fed Rules es Fed Decisions books in state court no app

GULL announce the Press booted lie

  • Parties stipulated foundation issues [likely business records via custodian—made and kept in ordinary course of business around time in question] & thanked parties
  • NBC Eric Arnold, Brian Delaneyl, Alex Martin, AP Mike Conroy
  • Rick fair with nonsense of media.
  • Granting MIL Sketches with no reason
  • William Tobin is Outstanding issue and at 2am she thought better to get rest. Expect ruling tomorrow
  • Clarity that court is on Saturday for first time (9am-12pm) Andrea going back to Washington tomorrow.
  • No let back in if leave during proceedings

JURY

  • Jury enter – thought last selected alternate then seated with regular 12
  • Seems he is an alternate now.
  • Read preliminary instructions
  • If evidence is susceptible to both, must give benefit to defendant.
  • If you find insufficient evidence to convince must vote not guilty and if BARD may vote guilty. Room in Indiana constitution to allow jury nullification.
  • Attempt to fit evidence to presumption evidence innocent and witnesses truthful. Reason for disregard evidence they need a reason not arbitrary why no credible of
  • No transcript witness transcripts during deliberations. Pads and pens.
  • Ask questions allowed. After attorney asks questions, jurors raise hand, write down, pass to bench and Gull & parties discuss if law allows it to be asked.
  • Not obligated to speak to the ruling.
  • Jurors discuss evidence not deliberate the case nor form an opinion as long as all jurors present. Jury Rule 20a8

NICK OPENING

  • Nick want play video not sure for opening but could not get it to work, 5 mins
  • A few days ago I told you about… Bullet, Bridge Guy, Brutal murder
  • Libby in front Abby in back Kelsi car, Mears Lot dropoff
  • Abby no phone Libby did but had said Abby fingerprint unlocks
  • Libby on phone posting snap chat
  • Old long tall bridge nowhere go
  • Libby first then ABby coming behind—Libby looked back snf saw man following Abby bad feeling, film 2:13pm
  • Followoff bridge pulled gun and order them down hiss then video cuts off Derek suppose pickup he arrived they no there, Police, search 2am paused, until 6 am later dead just upstream from the. Blood was wearing libby shirt jeans shoes but no socks shoe together with libby phone
  • Witness come forward 3 girls man purpose not friendly BG
  • Betsy Blair saw man 1st platform that is BG
  • Sara Carbaugh muddy bloody slaughter pic BG
  • Someone review old report by DNR officer arrive 1:30 to 3:30
  • Blue or black Carhart jeans
  • Found clothes several knives
  • Test bullet came from his gun, no explanation to police
  • Spontaneous only killer would know
  • Plain sight 5 years and “firmly connected” Rick try rape and kill

BALDWIN

  • Reasonable Doubt from evidence/ lack of evidence—wait—for jury and families come out truth
  • Up to as recent as last few days
  • Lost evidence, lost interviews, no names of interviewees
  • Month later 4/29-june 2
  • Terf war FBI and kicked out—assisting digital extraction Libby phone before discuss finding from that
  • 2 days ago LE scrambling bc hair wrapped around her fingers and have a root
  • Hair Might be from a relative of Libby’s DNA—lady—need test beck of Kelsi DNA they had the dna and never turned back in
  • Truth can come out on a phone
  • Forensic data phones no lie nor cheat
  • Once find out case fall apart
  • ISP phone dumps data ill equipped
  • Reliable hold state theory of case bc they going to have to change it as the evidence comes out
  • Recap state: ALdead by 4pm latest 2/13, no move, phone no move, killed, abandoned and left in place, phone under Abby whole time til noon next day, Rick park CPS Lot. drove abnormal way past mears then took route no reason why take the route and park 1:30 until after 4om he didn’t come back not to the crimes scene
  • Defense: not same time as libby, they describe 5’11 BG, gone from trail by

(MISSED A BIT)

  • Camera show Kelsi drop at 1:49pm
  • Jut after blair and pass as bb coming back from the brid, long high dangerous gaps, half across, libby turn around take photo Abby. End bridge abduction, no see much hear voice “Girls down hitt” man video mouth does not move
  • At end, right or left, they go left, steep incline, we don’t know which went down at the bottom access road under bridge all way up to man name brad weber
  • Possible vehicle make use access driveway
  • Girls may have gotten into vehicle down there.
  • Not strong evidence what happen–libby connect tower receive in 5:44 pm 4:33am then reconnected suddenly when phone came back in area 10-12 horus out signal range contrary state thero
  • After 4pm rick left never came back, registered human hands handling the phone
  • Contact at&t 5:44pom every 15min at 10 mullin call ISP Blocher–explain not working any longer or out of the area. Recovered it was worling so explanation left area 4:33am reconnect no know where was but know when it came back into the area. 15 texts populate the phone sometime after kill girl put phone under abby bpdy
  • Girls not where found on day before by search party –not like libby to be late–family acted quickly facebook
  • Fire chief scARREWTT near area whether the bodies had been but across the creek 300 yards from bridge at bit of angle
  • Grid search he scarret saw flashlights where found, flat area where you would walk—not 100% sure, but lots flashlights
  • State found lcother creek. Searchers thought in creel and show have seen the clothing it hould have been there but no one saw it
  • Holment where girls found to bridge hear vioice
  • 4 people on bridge during this time heard nothing not a rustle
  • No matter phone data show otherwise then other is insignitfact
  • Videos cell 24hours day condition size setting and mr allen went fragile to begin with and videos goin got be upsetting
  • 2 weeks brought into prison tell uncle maybe ill just admit to all of ius and so you no worry
  • Shot girls, all ingredients there for false confessions per expert
  • Bullet magic in the ground, no images, single in place and nothing else until in lab [no process], LE commonly use 40 cal sig saur, possibly LE dropped bullet could test guns but didn’t, Brad Weber had 40c al sig they tested it and not excluded as being source of bullet
  • Test Dr Warren critical testing process–had mar but not shot firearm, cycled, had sufficient markings to do analysis, maybe mark magazine or loading but not enoch to distinguish of ther guns marking ussually need marking firing pin as well
  • Sufficient yo make compartison, pristine bullet cyle through gun prduced markings not sufficient
  • Try to make more and fire bullet and match thet shell to the bullet on ground [though never fired]. Cucy
  • Our own eyeballs look at photos of bullets and tell dif
  • Anu manifacturer product guns similar markings bc mechanisms same machines lots consisten thus magic b no value
  • No longer isp oberg over 122 or1300 comparison and enver made mistake but pe\er reviec others and they have been wrong
  • Timeline not on their side
  • Bb arrives 1:49pm right before kelsi drop off
  • Claimed bg as 50 feets away early 20, maybes 30s, brown poofy hair, betsy said nothing about being short, car no match description, they set stage this guy is the killer
  • Bb and SC as bookends bb bridge sc on road and supposed to be the same guy
  • Sara story 2017 tan jacket muddy 2019 after video released and sara says blue and bloody like he \slaughtered a pig
  • If man bb saw not Rick, blow theory
  • If man sara saw no rick
  • No see same man, not bg
  • No social, digital forensic data dna connected, 7 bears whos hair
  • Forensic path 2 dif bladles, serrated and non serrated
  • In confession box cutter—evidence more than one person [dth, 2 weapons]
  • Unlikely one person done when you see crime scene
  • GULL INTERRUPTS–veering into argument, what jury antivi[ate evidence to show not what they should think evidence means or conclusions they should t
  • Bizarre scene that police thought more 1 person
  • Please wait rick is really innocent.
  • Critique:Nick did well and sounds like a strong case pull of persuasion –right clothing at trial time–made compelling
  • Critique:Baldwin good job highlight difference and foreshadow what the state going to say need—(car mercury comet doesn’t rule out borrow car and man she saw no resemble mr allen) did not rebut in confessions that only the killer would know so hard say significant, tell whole bunch wrong until say right thing. Any feeding from people talking to would be a big problem in terms of keeping strength in tact. but if details distinct not public very damaging.
  • RECESS now that there is a jury 15 lunch 15
  • Witness #1 Becky–Diener did Direct Becky–style standpoint very leading because not matter at this point in time, if it gets to a point where it matters, it could be a problem, so hard shift through open ended question–if def object if gull sustain up in air she will have to shift style
  • Libby 8th active smart math grad year later vollyball socker softball ban
  • Tara 2 boys same age libby very close did everything together
  • Lots friends spemd night and becky knew friends and Abby taked on spring break in Florida, moms
  • Becky gave Kelsi cream colored boneville
  • Typical work not school day dso libby no sleep over but yes bc day off. Offered pay grls to do some filings then take them shopping
  • Out to trails becky said need ride home, derek desi he would puck her up
  • Came out office beck today her jacket  last words: (grandma i’ll be okay)
  • Tye dye shirt and sweatpants [not sure abby]
  • Kelsi photographer go out there bikes on own
  • At time gravel
  • Always ask permissions
  • Libby had phone expected such
  • Derek work Beck home appraisal of some houses frankfort 2-2.5 hors and pickup when done
  • Left for trails 1:30pm
  • Becky knew pics they take of themselves but never saw it in person.
  • Polite, smart, adventurous,
  • Mom die COPD
  • Mike first responder be aware instincts etc. call if plans change
  • 3:30 defek call beck libby no answer he here to pift her up can you call, no answer, knew abby no phone, off, decide neeed look, call mike, cody came and pulled up as well and parked at the trails and if they wanted to walk home there are two ways so look that
  • Becky call att to ping phone they woul dnot do it,, mike said call cops bc libby afrain of dark at 5
  • Doesnt remember walk out to brings but remember aiden was there too
  • Could not reach abby mom, tell mike call police and becky go abby mom house and not pass hoosierHS. No remember leave message. Grandfather there and say abby work, so beck go work and anna called when on way there, so said meet up at the police station.
  • Description photo black nikes, later on she said gray sweats byt realized that she changed at some point and found sweatpants in her room
  • At station til after midnight
  • Drove around, she lost track of her own car?? Got att records she could and gave to LE
  • Some point went home
  • Fire house each group leader grid search, becky right down road from house
  • Someone came up and said found and got car and meers and then ask melissa sister crying and ran up and crying and said sorry sorry and wouldnt tell her anything, mike took her to truck to sit down mike go talk to someone, no know why no one is talkin to her–coroners van go by
  • Called family to firehouse and told family they  passed
  • Couple cars there mear

BALDWIN CROSS

  • Type of person, loud voice
  • Flashlights looking for girls, confirmed at some point she had been told about the hari in hand not sure if before or after rick but gave dna 2 days ago and had 1x before
  • BP was away from trials and saw some by cps highway but she was not area where first found
  • People in family own guns no have.

60 MINUTE LUNCH, the line starts over

Kelsi Eeaburt Direct Stacey

  • Similar story becky, married, kid another on way everyone close abby no have phone and linny ally wals let abby use
  • Very brave gone with libby before with in the past year, she was was terrified libby no scared
  • Kelsi Crawled across bridge hands and knees because would not let Libby go across alone the first time.
  • 2/13 wokeup late bc no school and can drive to trails if get ride back–place safe
  • Tye die shirt give abby one of her sweatshirts in the back of her car swimming brand new not worn, abby gray zip up and remember libby grabbing something out of her car and since swim team had a box of clothes in the back
  • Music laugh selfies–in car libby took close her face and a
  • Aerial photographs
  • GULL ON THE STATE–pull out the photo and stick up on easel 6 feet long, in front of jury without admitted as exhibit yet.
  • Pass cam at HHS orient trail bridge etc on map
  • Kelsi go boy friend house that day pull in angled like a driveway maybe 2 cars room to park, went to bf downtown lunch and boyfriend, then bf left for work
  • Libby phone hand
  • Kelsi learn 4pm missing–everyone went out to the bridge, went to town at 6:40pm her and cody went out and across the bridge no one else did, they end and down to left [another photo blowup] then took drive opposite easy brad’s house down stream and abby shouse in that direction so maye walk back

(End Source: Andrea Burkhart Video timestamp 0 to 1:34:19

https://www.youtube.com/live/vwz4eJiimbw?si=etTyLLna-eURDC2V )

Start: (Source: Harvard Lawyer Lee Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oz8IrPD1XTE )

Openings

  • Not at all clear person on trial responsible or not only one responsible
  • By Law audio should be public
  • Exhibits not shown to courtroom, audio low.
  • Could we please have witness move the microphone closer to mouth? Gull: “Ma’am sit down”
  • Exhibits at end of day and ONLY credentialed media though public record.
  • 5 still cameras

End: (Source: Harvard Lawyer Lee Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oz8IrPD1XTE )

(Source: By the T.A.G. Art Company, April Ganser https://x.com/KylaBRussell/status/1847389350902079964 )

“Libby/Abby’s family sitting in the gallery. The first 3 people from left to right are Libby’s grandparents Mike & Becky Patty followed by Derek German (Libby’s Dad).”

Source: Kit Hanley CBS4/FOX59 https://x.com/kithanleytv/status/1847648541717467520 )his one is more family members in the courtroom during opening statements/witness testimonies. his one is more family members in the courtroom during opening statements/witness testimonies.  “This one is more family members in the courtroom during opening statements/witness testimonies.”

Source: Kit Hanley CBS4/FOX59 https://x.com/kithanleytv/status/1847648541717467520 )

“This one appears to be the mother of Abby, Anna Williams testifying”

Source: Kit Hanley CBS4/FOX59 https://x.com/kithanleytv/status/1847648541717467520 )

“This is Libby’s sister, Kelsi German Siebert, pointing on a map that prosecution brought out of the Monon High Bridge and trails. She’s being questioned by Stacey Diener, a member of the prosecution.”

Source: Kit Hanley CBS4/FOX59 https://x.com/kithanleytv/status/1847648541717467520 )

Media first row then Kathy, Rick Mom, and Step Dad.

2️⃣ Day 2 (Saturday - 10/19)

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Day 2 (Saturday 10/19):

@AlilawMotta was admonished by the Judge and told to leave the courtroom as she was lined up to view the exhibits presented today, after court. I haven’t heard the details but the concept that legacy media is the only “real” media is absurd. ( Source: Bob Motta Post )

)

( Start : Donnie Burgess Article)

  • WItness #1: Steve Mullin — Former Delphi PD Chief
  • “still believed, given time, they (the girls) would return home,” and “I couldn’t imagine anyone had done any harm to them.”
  • Mullin stated the area today is “pretty consistent of what we would have seen back then.”

( End : Donnie Burgess Article )

( Start: Source Ali Motta Video ))

  • DIRECT of Steve Mullin By McLeland
  • 5-5:30pm finish shift
  • At home hear radio traffic 2 missing girls
  • Also received a text from people in community about the missing girls
  • Called dispatch Heard girls missing since about 2pm
  • States Exhibit 5: Map of the Area (McLeland claims tech issues from the tech guy they photocopies it at break all pics and hand to each juror)
  • Girls dropped and enter at Mears trail entrance
  • Tried to assist find girl from the sheriff department dispatch station
  • Called school principal/guidance counselors to learn friends of the girls then called those friends
  • Asked for updates from searchers
  • 2AM went home just before the search ended.
  • Thought maybe girls hurt when he left the station, not nefarious.
  • 7AM goes to station & girls still missing.
  • New of girls missing all over social media.
  • Delphi Fire command center setup
  • Took names and some cell numbers of the searches
  • Mullin did not direct anyone but knows they searched Monon Trail but does not know the sectors of the search yet
  • Doesn’t think anyone crossed this line on the other side of cemetary
  • Identifies on map to jury: City of Delphi, CPS building, Mears Entrance, Labels Road 300 North, Monon High Bridge, Points beginning and the end as “B” and “E” [jury taking heavy notes], Deer Creek, Water flows east west, Hoosier Harvest Store

Baldwin Objects & Voir Dire regarding Mullin’s knowledge of the evidence

  • Baldwin: You never assisted on the 13th with the search?
  • Mullin: No
  • Baldwin: You never assisted on the 14th ?
  • Mullin: No

Nick give up and move on

  • 12:15pm on the 14th received call from Pat Brown on his cell that he located 2 bodies
  • Mullin stays at station & sends two officers to the scene.
  • 7PM Tom Mears Calls Mullin—lets him know cameras at the HHS.
  • Mullin goes, saw where cameras were, & viewed footage.
  • Camera view of down structure of HHS but out toward roadway of 300N and spanned.
  • Reviewed daylight footage 8AM to 5:30/6PM on the 13th for 45 minutes to 60 minutes on location
  • Took pictures of vehicles traveling on his cell phone
  • Just to secure the evidence [unclear if the actual video secured]
  • EXHIBIT 7: Mullin takes a screenshot of marked up map, distributes copies to jury.
  • Another Sheriff department brought drone to take footage.
  • Mullin says drone footage taken February 13, 2024 for posterity time of year.
  • Starts “trail head”—referring to Freedom bridge start.
  • 100-150ft of improved bridge before original bridge
  • 2 witnesses male and female sitting on edge of platform around 3:15PM when Derek German searching & before he calls his family.
  • When to High School in Delphi and lived there his entire life.
  • Nick asks what type of person would cross the bridge and Mullin says mostly kids & teenagers

CROSS of Mullin by Baldwin

  • You have been investigating this case from the very beginning up until a couple of days ago.
  • So you left the station a couple hours before 4:33AM? Yes.
  • Aware of dogs going cemetery? Unaware.
  • Aware searching the cemetery? Thinks that was later he thought on 14th.
  • Trees were smaller right? They have grown? Yes.
  • I appreciate that you created this video and it was helpful to the jury, but would 2017 have been the best time to film this? Yes.

NO RE-DIRECT

JURY QUESTIONS:

Q: Jury Question 1: What was the thought process of looking downstream?

A: The girls may have fallen off the bridge and drifted down stream.

NO Follow Up

Q: Jury Question 2: Is Deer creek to the north or closer to the cemetery more south? [location of scene]

  • Deer creek or deer creek reservoir.<something weird here

A: Not sure what mean when you say creek reservoir

Gull: Sua Sponte: get up and show the jury on the map.

Q: Nick Follow Up: (Zooms in map) So since you weren’t really out there, you can’t pinpoint the crime scene but you know the general area?

  • Mullin zoom in map & Nick zoom out

Q: Nick: asks Mullin to show the cemetery, bridge, and road.

Q: Nick Follow Up: Is there a creek reservoir?

A: Not that I’m aware of.

Q: Jury Question 3: Is there a ditch over in that direction?

A: Aware of an erosion that is there.

Nick confirm girls not found in Deer Creek but on dry land

Q: Andy Follow Up: The girls were found in a flat area?

A: Yes, but it is more level not all way flat.

Q: Andy Follow Up: When you were on the Weber property, could you see where the girls were found?

Objection Nick (wants to voir dire his knowledge)

Q Nick: Did you go out and look?

A: Yeah I did look in that general direction

Q Nick: Could you see the area?

A: No

Q: Jury Question 4: Was the drone moving at an actual walking pace?

A: Recorded it at 1x speed because I wanted it to be as close to a walking pace but it was multiplied by 2.

Q Nick: You mean what the jurors saw was fast forwarded 2x (double the speed)?

A: Yes

Jury Question 5: Would it take appropriately 9 minutes to walk from the trailhead at Freedom Bridge to the end of the High Bridge?

A: Yes that’s about right

Q: Andy Follow Up: Are you saying that it would take 9 minutes to walk that?

A: Well it would depend on how fast or slow someone walking. The planks are also very far apart so you can’t go running across the bridge.

Q: [Andy pushes Mullin more]

A: 20 minutes was the speed of the original footage that was supposed to be an average walking pace.

Jakee Johns

  • lifetime resident

( End: Source Ali Motta Video https://www.youtube.com/live/4rXKfnEGejY?si=3Jp4WRFdK9EPkgr1 )

  • ( Start Source: @KylaBRussell https://x.com/KylaBRussell/status/1847680793277333997 )The first witness called by the state today was Steve Mullin. - Mullin was the Delphi Chief of Police in 2017 and was on duty the day of the murders. - Mullin said Feb. 13 was a routine day for him. He went home after work and that’s when he learned two girls went missing. - Mullin said he did not participate in the search party on site, but did help from dispatch. - He left dispatch at 2 a.m. on Feb. 14. At the time, he did not believe anyone had hurt the girls and thought they would return home. - He returned to dispatch at 7:30 a.m. on the 14th. - Mullin described when he heard the girls’ bodies were found and noting on the courtroom map where they were located. He says he met with Abby and Libby’s families around 2 p.m. to say they had found bodies and were working on identification.

( End Source: @KylaBRussell https://x.com/KylaBRussell/status/1847680793277333997 )

(Yet to check this link https://www.wishtv.com/news/crime-watch-8/delphi-murders/delphi-murders-trial-day-2-live-blog/ )

Who is in: Ali Motta, Lawyer Lee,

3️⃣ Day 3 (Monday - 10/21)

Day 1 - Clean

1. Day 1 (Friday, October 18th):

Trial Update:

  1. Per, Julie Melvin, Susan Hendricks cut the line. (Source: Julie Melvin, YouTube)
  2. Judge Gull ordered law enforcement officers to confiscate five photographers' cameras and allowed officers to destroy the contents without determining whether or not there was a law violated, including: Gannett Photographer Alex Martin (Source: JCOnline Article)
  3. “Four media members, including a wire service (AP) and network photographer (NBC), had cameras confiscated and memory cards erased. They’ve been banned from the trial after pointing cameras at prohibited areas outside the courtroom. Gull said the individuals violated the media decorum order issued ahead of the trial.” (Source: Fox 59 Article)
  4. Judge Gull: “Richard Allen deserves a fair trial away from the nonsense of the media.” (Source: Donnie, X)
  5. Judge Gull ruled that sketches are not able to be discussed at trial.
  6. Per Donnie, Judge Gull and the defense were cordial and joking at one point.?! McLeland and the defense spent time joking and talking with one another.??! (Source: Donnie, X)
  7. The hair found in Abby's hand was never tested for DNA against a girl's family or friends.
  8. Opening Statement: McLeland [13 min] (Source: JLR Video, YouTube)
  9. Opening Statement: Baldwin [60 min] (Source: Donnie, X & JLR Video, YouTube)
  10. McLeland: “We told you this case is about Bridge Guy, a bullet, and the brutal murders of two young girls. Today, you will hear the rest of the story.”
  11. Nicholas McLeland said two separate weapons were used.
  12. Andy Baldwin stated this in his opening as well, I believe
  13. Per Barb McDonald, McLeland says 2019 witness [likely SC] of a muddy and bloody man “looked like he had slaughtered a pig”. (Source: COURTV, YouTube)
  14. Per Donnie, McLeland said Richard Allen used fear and intimidation to scare Abby & Libby with his gun & kept harping on fear and power and control. Allen wanted to sexually assault the girls but was stopped, so he slit their throats and left. (Source: Donnie, X)
  15. The new quote is that the bridge guy said, “Girls down the hill.” (Source: Fox59 Article)
  16. Per Donnie, Baldwin easily went over an hour with his opening statement and veered very close to plainly presenting evidence. Gull stepped in once to tell Baldwin to wrap it up and that she had given him plenty of leeway. (Source: Donnie, X)
  17. Now scrambling to test hair
  18. Per Barb McDonald, State started testing the hair two days ago. (Source: Barbara McDonald CourtTV Video, Facebook)
  19. Per Donnie, Baldwin says “strands of hair” were FEMALE hairs twisted around Abigail Williams' fingers, root and all. (Source: Donnie, X)
  20. In 2017, Muddy Bloody witness said the man she saw walking on 300N was wearing a tan jacket, was muddy; in 2019 SC statement changed to “muddy and bloody”; and now SC statement is “muddy” “blue coat” “looked like he just slaughtered a pig”.
  21. Serrated blade and non-serrated blade allegedly used; car footage & eyewitness (BB) to prove RA had already left the area by 2:15PM
  22. The defense also tried to discredit the prosecution's claim that the bullet found near the girls' bodies belonged to Allen. Baldwin said that law enforcement commonly uses the type of bullet found at the crime scene, but police never investigated if an officer was missing a .40 bullet. He also said that the owner of the property where the girls were abducted (BW) owns a .40 weapon, but his gun was “not able to be excluded” re. the found shell casing.
  23. Baldwin said an expert will testify the "markings were insufficient" on the ISP lab's test bullet to match Allen's gun to the bullet at the crime scene. Baldwin told the jury "you'll see with your own eyes" that the markings on bullets do not match.
  24. Baldwin also attacked the cellphone evidence in the state's case. Baldwin held up a phone and said, "forensic data on these phones don't lie." Baldwin told juror's the prosecution's case "is going to fall apart before your very eyes" when they see the phone data evidence.
  25. Per Donnie, Baldwin says the defense will provide evidence to show the girls were confronted by several people, taken away from the bridge, killed on February 14th, 2017 (as opposed to the State’s 2/13/17) (Source: Donnie, X)
  26. Fien is taller than Richard Allen (Source: Your Mom)
  27. Per ABC, Baldwin says State claims Allen was in a parking lot near the trail at 1:30PM, but RA’s cellphone data will show he left trails by 2:15PM [[PCA claims SC saw BG walking down 300N “muddy and bloody” in blue jacket at 3:57PM.]]
  28. Per defense, “property owner’s” gun was never tested. (likely RL)
  29. The defense stated that Brad Weber's .40 caliber gun was tested but not excluded as a match.(JULIE MELVIN, YouTube)

  1. Witness #1: Becky Patty, Liberty German’s grandmother. Direct examination by Stacey Diener.
  • Everyone went home at 2am [2/14/17]
  • Becky said did not get ahold of Anna until “after we called the police.”
  • Andy brings up to Becky the clothes.
  1. Witness #2: Kelsi German, Liberty German’s sister.
  • You were out there with your cousin Cody. Kelsi corrects and says Uncle.
  • Dropped them off at trail then was asked about the sweatshirts. She got them out of the back—change in story make sure give them her sweatshirt before leave. New sweatshirt, but its been washed so it could have had a hair in it. [Julie Melvin] White Mazda
  • Andy to Kelsi: when drop off what do? Libby got Delphi swimming sweatshirt out of the trunk
  • Andy bring hair couple times opening that they have hair 7 years and no bother test to see if belong family, they did just take Kelsi’s DNA. They could have tested