Delphi murders twist: Suspect Richard Allen’s lawyers claim teen victims Liberty German and Abigail Williams were ‘ritualistically sacrificed’ by members of pagan religion and white nationalist group called ‘Odinism’

Lawyers accused of the Delphi killer claim Liberty German and Abigail Williams were “ritually sacrificed” in court records.

Unsealed legal documents sensationally claim that the two teens were murdered by members of a pagan Norse religion and white nationalist group called “Odinism.”

Richard Allen, 50, is accused of killing Libby German, 14, and Abby Williams, 13, as they hiked the Delphi Historic Trails in Indiana on February 13, 2017.

Lawyers for Allen are asking Allen County Judge Frances Gull to throw out evidence collected during a search of his home before his arrest last year.

His team claims that authorities left out important information in their search warrant request, including its connection to Odinism.

The newly released documents state: “Members of a pagan Norse religion called Odinism, hijacked by white nationalists, ritually sacrificed Abigail Williams and Liberty German.”

Bradley Rozzi and Andrew Baldwin are asking for a Franks hearing, which means they have reason to believe investigators withheld information from a judge or deliberately lied to get the search warrant approved.

Their filing, which runs to more than 130 pages, has questioned the validity of the search warrant and is calling for Allen to be transferred to another facility in a separate motion.

It claims that an FBI Behavioral Analysis Unit report found that “the person(s) responsible for the murders were involved in Scandinavian beliefs.”

“Due to incompetence or concerted intent, those in charge of the investigation refused to arrest or even properly investigate these obvious suspects,” the documents say.

As part of the documents, they state that Allen cannot be associated with Odinism, or with other pagan religions or white nationalist groups.

The documents also mention that “runes” were left around the girl’s bodies, made from “sticks, tree branches” and “using the blood of Liberty German.”

“There is evidence that these murderous Odinites left clear signatures at the crime scene, symbols in the form of runes,” it says.

It continued: ‘Sticks and tree branches were deliberately, carefully and skillfully placed on each girl in a particular arrangement that mimicked certain runes.

“At least one of the branches appeared to have had its end cleanly cut off with a tool, such as an electric saw, which was evidence of a premeditated plan.”

Attorneys for Allen argue that law enforcement officials abandoned “the obvious correlation” between the crime scene and Odinism — “despite an obscene amount of evidence.”

The new documents also claim that Allen is innocent and “had nothing to do with the crime.”

It is stated that there is no forensic evidence linking Allen to the crime scene, and it is claimed that there were ‘Odiniate suspects’ who were ignored by police.

A professor was consulted by the authorities and stated that ‘it was not Odinism or any form of cult worship or any group that committed the crime’.

They also claim that investigators cannot now identify the professors and “may never be able to determine who the professor is.”

Allen’s lawyers claim that after this assessment the Odinist angle was “essentially abandoned.”

They also claim that a former top cop sent a letter to prosecutor Nick McCleland, stating that there were men practicing Odinism at or near Delphi with another group in Rushville.

Rushville’s former assistant police chief Todd Click, who has since retired, said in the letter that he and two other officers “linked both groups of men to the murders.”

Part of the documents is an 85-page compilation of reports that Click prepared on the case in 2019.

“The letter that Click sent to McCleland was the first from which the defense learned that the FBI actually believed that Odinists were likely involved,” it added.

“In other words, this report contained exculpatory evidence that Unified Command concealed from the defense. This information was – and is – crucial to Richard Allen’s defense.

“While the prosecution held on to this exculpatory evidence, Richard Allen lived in hell.”

Part of their argument also claims that members of the Odinist cult work as corrections officers for the Indiana Department of Corrections at the Westville Correctional Facility, where Allen is being held.

They allege that Allen is “being threatened, intimidated and mentally abused” in prison.

Lawyers have also alleged that a Logansport man posted images on social media that mimic the runes found at the crime scene in the weeks after the murders.

In the documents they claim the man, whom DailyMail.com is not naming, was an Odinite whose son had ‘dated’ Abby.

“His social media posts apparently mocked the very police who refused to fully investigate him,” the documents said.

“The defense believes the court will be shocked by the number of clues or ‘Easter eggs’, both before and after the murders, that he openly posted on his Facebook page pointing the finger at his involvement in the murders.”

Prosecutors previously revealed that Allen admitted to his wife that he killed the teenage girls five times during jailhouse phone calls.

This is a development story.