Delphi, Indiana AP —An Indiana man convicted in the 2017 killings of two teenage girls who vanished during a winter hike was sentenced to a maximum of 130 years in prison Friday in the case that’s long cast a shadow over the teens’ small hometown of Delphi, Indiana. A special judge sentenced Richard Allen during a hearing that began at 9 a.m. Allen, 52, was convicted on November 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. Allen had faced between 45 years and 130 years in prison in the killings of the Delphi teens. Allen was sentenced by Allen County Superior Court Judge Fran Gull, who along with the jurors, came from northeastern Indiana’s Allen County.

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Persons: Richard Allen, Allen, Abigail Williams, Abby, Libby, Fran Gull Organizations: Indiana AP, Delphi, Liberty, Indiana Supreme, Allen Locations: Delphi, Indiana, An Indiana, Delphi , Indiana, Indiana’s Allen County, Carroll, Indianapolis