An Indiana-based journalist and podcaster who covered the 2017 double murders of two young girls known as the Delphi murders said the various confessions Richard Allen made to his wife, which were played out loud in court, were “not expected.” He said that it was not “something that had happened.”
Allen, 52, is accused of killing 14-year-old Liberty German and 13-year-old Abigail Williams as they were walking in the street. Hiking trails in Delphi On February 13, 2017, he allegedly made more than 60 incriminating statements to a prison psychologist and made further confessions to his wife and mother in recorded prison calls.
“Richard Allen's taped confession to his wife and mother was not what I expected. He confessed multiple times, but he never seemed hysterical or agitated. “He was calm and conversational, and seemed determined to convince his family that he had murdered their two children,” said Ain, the journalist. Cain, who co-hosts the podcast “The Murder Sheet” with Indiana-based attorney Kevin Greenlee, told FOX News Digital in a statement. “He seemed particularly interested in receiving assurances from his family that they would love him no matter what.”
In Allen's 2022-2023 confessional, he told his wife, Kathy: According to FOX 59 Indianapolis.
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Richard Allen was arrested in October 2022 for the 2017 murders of 14-year-old Liberty German and 13-year-old Abigail Williams. (Indiana State Police)
“I'm sorry, baby. There's just one more thing I want to ask of you.”
“I killed Abby and Libby.”
“I think I did.
“I think I did. I don't know. I wish they would have killed me and made me apologize to my family.”
“Anyway, I need to tell you something. I want you to know what I did.”
“I did it. Kathy, I did it. Do you still love me?”
A police officer transports murder suspect Richard Allen at the Carroll County Courthouse on November 22, 2022 in Delphi, Indiana. (Alex Martin/Journal and Courier/USA Today Network)
Kathy often told her husband that she “didn't kill” the two girls, and during one conversation told Allen, “They mess with your mind.”
“Don't call me and talk to me like this,” she told Allen in another phone call.
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Neema Rahmani, a former federal prosecutor and president of the West Coast Trial Lawyers, said Allen's confession was the “most damning” evidence in his case.
“I think the most difficult piece of evidence in this case for the defense is Richard Allen's own words.”
“It wasn't just one confession. We're talking about 60 confessions over a period of time. And while Allen may have confessed to things he didn't do, like molesting his daughter, “I told my wife at one point that no matter how many false confessions I made, the murders of Libby and Abby were real,'' Rahmani said.
Delphi police recovered a cell phone from under Libby's body on February 14, 2017. The phone contained a 43-second video of Abigail walking toward Libby on the Monon High Bridge Trail in Delphi, with a man wearing a dark jacket and jeans walking behind her. . (FOX Nation)
The recorded confession was played in a Carroll County courtroom on October 31st, after testimony about other confessions made to Dr. Monica Walla was heard in court on October 30th.
“I killed Abby and Libby, and I'm sorry,” Allen reportedly told Walla, the chief psychologist for the Indiana Department of Corrections, inside the prison. According to her testimony Wednesday during Allen's double murder trial. FOX59 Indianapolis reported.
A prison psychologist testified that Allen's intentions in targeting Abby and Libby were “sexual” in nature, and Allen admitted to being a sex addict. According to FOX 59, Allen also told Walla that he was an alcoholic and was both the victim and perpetrator of sexual assault.
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Walla testified that during a May phone call with his wife, Allen said, “I didn't do everything I said I would, but I killed Abby and Libby,'' at which point her wife hung up. That's what it means.
Indiana State Police Superintendent Doug Carter speaks during a press conference regarding the Delphi murder investigation at the Canal Center in Delphi on April 22, 2019. (© Nikos Frazier/Journal & Courier/USA Today Network)
Wala told the court Wednesday that Allen followed Abbey and Libby on the Monon High Bridge Trail on February 13, 2017 and ordered them to “get down the hill” with the intention of raping them. Ta.
Mr. Allen allegedly told Mr. Wala that he was scared of something – either a man or a van – and made his decision at that point. brutally murdered two girls, He decapitated himself in a wooded area a short distance from a popular hiking trail and covered his body with tree branches, a psychologist told the court.
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“The confession to Dr. Monica Walla is particularly interesting because of its level of detail and the fact that Allen claims he was interrupted by a van,” Cain said of Walla's testimony on FOX News Digital. . “Brad Weber, a resident who lives near the bridge, testified that he would have been driving his van home that day around the time of the kidnapping.”
Snow covers the waters of Deer Creek, where the Monon High Bridge towers, on February 9, 2022 in Delphi. (© Nikos Frazier/Journal & Courier/USA Today Network)
Cain also said she was struck by how similar Allen's voice was to the voice known as “Bridge Guy” who told Abby and Libby to “go down the hill” on the High Monon Bridge Trail. I received it,” he said.
“That being said, that's not admissible evidence. It takes more than four words for an expert to do any kind of analysis. And just the bridge guy saying, 'Everybody, get off the hill.' It is recorded,” Kane added.
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Under cross-examination, Walla acknowledged that he was a fan of true crime content, including podcasts and online discussions about the Delphi case, and said he closely watched that content before working at the prison where Allen was being held. . Mr Walla testified that at one point he went to the crime scene near the High Monon Bridge.
“When Allen confessed to killing the two girls, he also confessed that the person in the Snapchat video said, 'Get off the hill,'” Rahmani said. “He also said he intended to rape the girls, but was startled by a white van. That was not public information, information that only the killer could have known.”
Sketches and video footage of the Delphi murder suspect over the years. (Indiana State Police)
Walla also said Allen's behavior in prison was consistent with someone suffering from severe mental illness, saying he suffered from “delusions of fate,” “feelings of hopelessness,” “insomnia,” and “suicidal thoughts.” .
“Perhaps the best evidence the defense has to argue is whether Allen's confessions were coerced or false, or were in fact true, such as eating feces, taking off clothes, getting naked, washing his face in the bathroom, eating paper, etc. “It's a strange behavior,” Rahmani explained. “It's also clear that he lost a lot of weight while in prison, so maybe the jury believes this is all due to mental health or other psychiatric issues. They You might put those confessions aside, but the fact is, it's going to be so tough because there are so many different confessions for so long. ”
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According to FOX 59, jurors this week found that Allen's mental health has been kept in prison since his arrest in 2022, including video evidence showing Allen either naked inside the jail or with a cloth or hood over his face. He said he has heard more from experts about his worsening condition.
