Delphi Murders: The State Responds — Here's What's Missing

Indiana's Attorney General just responded to Richard Allen's appeal in the Delphi murders case — and they want the court to let a 130-year conviction stand without a second look.

Richard Allen was convicted in the 2017 killings of 13-year-old Abby Williams and 14-year-old Libby German near the Monon High Bridge trail in Delphi, Indiana. He's been appealing that conviction, and the State just filed their formal rebuttal.

Their argument: everything was done right, the evidence was overwhelming, and even the rulings that may have gone wrong were harmless enough not to matter.

Here's what caught our attention. The defense's brief documents that Allen, during his confessions, told his prison psychiatrist that he shot the girls. Abby and Libby were not shot. The State's response is 94 pages long. It never once addresses that detail.

In this episode, we break down the three pillars of the State's rebuttal — the search warrant, the confessions, and the excluded evidence — and we examine the gaps. The eyewitness sketch that the woman who made it called perfect, depicting someone who looked nothing like Allen, that the jury never saw. The confession from a man who was documented as gravely disabled and who got the cause of death wrong. The van that the State says proves the confession was real — and the footage and data suggesting the timeline may not hold up.

If you've been following this case, this episode connects the dots on where the appeal stands. If you're new to Delphi, this is a clear-eyed breakdown of why serious questions remain.

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