At trial Thursday, defense lawyer Andrew Baldwin asked the clerk, Kathy Shank, if his client was trying to "assist" the investigation. And he said the information Allen provided to authorities days later was marked as cleared when it shouldn’t have been. Allen provided a similar account, according to former Delphi Police Chief Steve Mullin, who conducted the interview, though Allen said he’d arrived at the trail at noon and left at 1:30 p.m. When Mullin showed Allen a photo of the “bridge guy,” the former chief testified, Allen responded: “If the picture was taken with the girl’s camera, there was no way it could be him,” Mullin testified. In his testimony, Liggett said it was the discovery of that bullet along with witness accounts that prompted Allen’s arrest.

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Persons: Richard Allen, He’d, Abigail Williams, Allen, ”, they’ve, Andrew Baldwin, Kathy Shank, Dan Dulin, Dulin, Shank, Richard Allen Whiteman, Tony Liggett, who’d, Railly Voorhies, Voorhes, “, Voorhies, she’d, Jennifer Auger, ” Liggett, Allen “, Shanks, Steve Mullin, he’d, Mullin, ” Mullin, Sig Sauer, Liggett Organizations: Liberty, NBC Chicago Lawyers, CVS, NBC, Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Department of Children’s Services, Carroll County Sheriff, Liggett, Delphi Police, Authorities Locations: Indiana, Carroll, Indianapolis, Carroll County