Police to announce arrest in Delphi murders Monday, suspect identified - 10/31 10am Eastern (Links)

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DELPHI, Ind. (WLS) -- Indiana State Police are expected to release more details Monday morning about an arrest in the 2017 murder of two girls in Delphi

Police are expected to name the suspect during a news conference in Delphi at 9 a.m. Central Time.

Residents told ABC7 they've interacted with the suspect multiple times and said the individual reportedly worked at a local pharmacy.

Sources tell ABC's Indianapolis affiliate a person has been arrested in connection with the murders.

"The state police never really discussed details on what was found at the scene, but the belief all along is that there was at least some sort of genetic material," Brad Garrett, ABC News contributor and former FBI agent. "Clearly they have something that links him to the crime."

The case has been shrouded in mystery since February 2017 when 13-year-old Abby Williams and 14-year-old Libby German seemingly disappeared after going for a hike. Their bodies were found the next day.

"How did this come to light almost five years after this crime was committed?" Garret said. "Something broke in recent days, at least to the point that it gave them enough probable cause and evidence to arrest this new person."

The girls' killer was able to avoid capture, even with thousands of tips coming in to police and despite one of the teens, Libby, taking this grainy video the day of their disappearance showing a man walking towards the girls.

Authorities have said he may be the killer. Libby also captured a chilling recording, thought to be the man's voice.


Libby's family reacted to the update expected later Monday. Her sister Kelsi tweeted, "just know how grateful I am for all of you."

Just know how grateful I am for all of you. No comments for now, any questions please refer to the Carroll county prosecutors office. There is tentatively a press conference Monday at 10am. We will say more then. Today is the day%uD83D%uDC9C
%u2014 Kelsi German (@libertyg_sister) October 28, 2022
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Anyone wondering what the jury wanted to review before making their decision, it was the first two interviews Richard Allen gave, plus the "bridge guy" video/audio.
Probably trying to tell if the voices matched, and from what I've heard from people who were there at court, they do.

 
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The Hardest R said:
He confessed after they loaded him up with powerful drugs.
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This is one of those corrupt loopholes in American law. They are not supposed to be able to interrogate you if you are high on drugs or drunk. They must wait for you to be sober before an interrogation and confession. But they can just load you with legal prescription drugs and painkillers and numb your mind and then put you into the interrogation room and get you confessing the same. They also get to charge the taxpayers for the medication at a premium as well.
 
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Extra lawyers for Richard Allen's appeal?

Also on Monday, Judge Gull agreed to a State motion to seal the crime scene and autopsy photos along with the autopsy reports and all other medical and mental health records.
So don't look for clues that weren't allowed in court and don't see anyone else as a possible perpetrator. Just agree to what you're told and drop it.
 
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FatalTater said:
Extra lawyers for Richard Allen's appeal?

Also on Monday, Judge Gull agreed to a State motion to seal the crime scene and autopsy photos along with the autopsy reports and all other medical and mental health records.
So don't look for clues that weren't allowed in court and don't see anyone else as a possible perpetrator. Just agree to what you're told and drop it.
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I can’t even imagine the amount of headaches and pouring sweat his public defenders have had to deal with during this case. Any time there might have been even a slight angle they could bring forward to defend their client the judge swooped in like a lion on a gazelle and denied it all. However much they’ve been paid it was/is not enough.

This judge is like the polar opposite of the judge involved in the Brooks trial. Endless patience, grace and respect for everyone involved in the trial even while Darell kept chimping out at his desk
 
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Gonna have to resurrect Ron Logan I guess.
Though if he knew about how the girls were killed before it was made public... but in a small town is it possible to completely keep things private? Could a cop have said more than they were supposed to during an interrogation?
We will likely never know.
 
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Meth dealer Ricci Davis said that Ron Logan and Kegan Kline were involved in the case and told Davis things that only the killer/s would know.
I have no idea how honest or sane of a guy Ricci Davis is, but here's an article about it-

 
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Here's the footage of the Bridge Guy encounter, released by Richard Allen's lawyers:

https://files.catbox.moe/vc65a0.mov (archive.org)
Justice for Rick Allen
Transparency in justice.

The attorneys representing Mr. Allen continue to receive a considerable number of inquiries and requests for access to public records and exhibits related to State of Indiana v. Richard Allen.

In response to similar requests, the Court has stated that "the exhibits are needed for the production of a transcript if one is requested by the parties" and that fulfilling such requests "will interrupt the process and guarantee the Reporter will be forced to ask the Indiana Court of Appeals for an extension of time [to] file the transcript."

Recognizing the significant public interest and in the spirit of transparency, this site will serve as a central resource for accessing public records, exhibits, frequently asked questions, and updates on Mr. Allen's post-conviction legal proceedings. All information will be provided in accordance with the Indiana Rules on Access to Court Records and Indiana Code 5-14-3.
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https://rickallenjustice.com/transparency/ (archive.ph)
 
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Here's the footage of the Bridge Guy encounter,
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I was going to post this but my computer wasn't giving me the time of day.

Knowing what the crime scene looked like, and how there wasn't much time between this video and... that.

No es bueno.

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I've now had some sleep and coffee and watched the video at .5 speed.
It's Abby on the bridge, with a guy walking behind her.

Possibly Abby says "is he still there" it's muffled.
"See this is the path ... um there's no path going there so we have to go down here."
"Guys."
"Hi."
"Down the hill"

Bridge guy still looks like 90% of midwestern men to me. So does Richard Allen. Could be him.

I noticed that there looked like tracks already leading down the hill from where they were all standing, like someone had walked that way shortly before. Not sure what the weather had been like in the days prior so if people had been there, would footprints be washed away yet?
Might be nothing as I'm sure other folks have wandered down there before.

I'm sure this will take up more space in my head than is necessary today.
 
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This is one of those corrupt loopholes in American law. They are not supposed to be able to interrogate you if you are high on drugs or drunk. They must wait for you to be sober before an interrogation and confession. But they can just load you with legal prescription drugs and painkillers and numb your mind and then put you into the interrogation room and get you confessing the same. They also get to charge the taxpayers for the medication at a premium as well.
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Idk man. I recently had a pretty catastrophic injury and the docs shot me up with a massive amount of dilaudid. I was high out of my friggin mind but even in that state I can't imagine confessing to something I didn't do and wasn't truth. Perhaps confess to something I did actually do but wouldn't have otherwise ever fessed up to, but not something that never happened.
 
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Here's the footage of the Bridge Guy encounter, released by Richard Allen's lawyers
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I've seen that heartbreaking video numerous times over the years not because I look for it but because it's so ubiquitous there seems to be no evading it. I barely knew anything about the case until I saw and read this thread but already knew this video clip fairly intimately. Watching it, I get the feeling the girls know or sense there's terrible trouble looming but aren't sure what to do, which direction to take. I'm guessing the video ends at the point the killer brandishes his gun and directs them to the killing ground.

Could one man with a gun exercise such absolute control over two young girls? Of course he could--and did. Was this a ritual murder? Only in the sense the killer almost certainly fantasized about the act beforehand in such detail and to such a degree that he wanted to fulfill his fantasies with exactitude. In one of his books, FBI profiler John Douglas asserted that all murderous sexual sadists in his experience--he detested the term serial killers--engage in detailed homicidal ideation prior to the act. That bullshit with the branches and twigs and arranging the bodies just so is probably something the killer picked up from watching the first season of True Detective, which came out a few years before the murders, and the idea of it caught his fancy.

So did the state of Indiana get their man? Yeah, sure, Richard Allen did it, but even the most cursory examination of the investigation points to cartoony levels of incompetence. The victims and their families deserved far better.

And all I can think about is the sweet, innocent voice of that doomed young girl saying Hi.
 
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