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An Indiana man convicted in the 2017 killing of two teenage girls who vanished during a winter hike was sentenced to a maximum of 130 years in prison today in the case that’s long cast a shadow over the teens’ small hometown of Delphi.
A special judge sentenced Richard Allen during a hearing that began at 9 a.m. Allen, 52, was convicted Nov. 11 in the killings of Abigail Williams, 13, and Liberty German, 14, known as Abby and Libby. A jury found him guilty of two counts of murder and two counts of murder while committing or attempting to commit kidnapping.
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