Odinism

It is known as the Franks Memorandum.

In it, Allen's attorneys allege that law enforcement deliberately withheld evidence pointing to a group of men with ties to a white nationalist pagan movement called Odinism.

The filing names names.

It lays out connections.

Fields, described in the filing as mentally impaired, was never seriously considered a suspect.

And then the connection between these men.

According to the defense filing, a man named Johnny Messer served as a recruiter for the Vinlanders, a white nationalist group with ties to Odinism, and maintained close relationships with both Holder in Delphi and Fields in Rushville.

Messer's ex-girlfriend allegedly told investigators that he traveled to Delphi around Valentine's Day 2017 in her vehicle.

It is known as the Franks Memorandum.

In it, Allen's attorneys allege that law enforcement deliberately withheld evidence pointing to a group of men with ties to a white nationalist pagan movement called Odinism.

The filing names names, it lays out connections, and it describes a crime scene that looks nothing like the work of a lone CVS pharmacy clerk who allegedly brought a box cutter to a hiking trail.

Start with what was found at the crime scene, the parts the public wasn't supposed to see.

Fields, described in the filing as mentally impaired, was never seriously considered a suspect.

and then the connection between these men.

According to the defense filing, a man named Johnny Messer served as a recruiter for the Vinlanders, a white nationalist group with ties to Odinism, and maintained close relationships with both Holder in Delphi and Fields in Rushville.

Messer's ex-girlfriend allegedly told investigators that he traveled to Delphi around Valentine's Day 2017 in her vehicle.

This was evidence that was developed by investigators because there was a split in the investigation.

Some believed that this was somehow ritualistic and connected, uh, to, to Odinism, and others did not.

And the ones who believed that it was connected to Odinism, which is not connected to Richard Allen, gone from the investigation.

So finally, in front of the appellate judges, the defense was able to lay out in court their theory and started naming names.

Take a listen.

And I, I wanna bring some more information to this because there was a huge filing that the defense did, uh, bef- way before the trial, uh, ever happened.

Um, take a look.

Members of a pagan Norse religion called Odinism hijacked by white nationalists ritualistically sacrificed Abigail Williams and Liberty German.

The name they brought up was Brad Holder.

The defense is saying he had known ties to Odinism, and his son was friendly with one of the victims.

Odinism, an old Norse mythology, religion, enters this case because sticks placed on the body of one of the girls almost resemble runes, old Norse runes.

And the defense is saying, "These girls were sacrificed as some part of blood ritual in the name of Odinism.

And by the way, our defendant has no history of being related to this at all."

Brad Holder has never been charged with anything, and he has denied having anything to do with the murders of the girls.

But you said, Mary Anne, according to the defense, Brad Holder, he had these ties to Odinism-

Yes