Delphi Murders: Richard Allen & The Search For The Truth31 Mai

What Did Richard Allen Actually Say In His First Delphi Confession?

He didn't say "I did it." He said "I think I did it." That was Richard Allen's first confession to his wife — after five months in the most restrictive solitary cell in a maximum-security prison, after being diagnosed as gravely disabled and psychotic, after being forcibly injected with antipsychotics, after his weight dropped to 135 pounds, and after he started confusing nightmares with reality and believing he'd started World War III.

Before solitary, Allen sat across from Detective Holeman during the arrest interrogation. According to defense filings, Holeman lied to him for over an hour. Allen's response: "I am not going to say something I did not do." IDOC's own policy limited solitary for inmates with his diagnosis to thirty days. He was held for thirteen months.

The confessions that followed — over sixty of them — got the crime wrong. He confessed to shooting Abby and Libby. They were killed with a blade. He described acts there is no evidence occurred. Dr. Westcott's 127-page evaluation ruled out faking and concluded the psychosis was caused by the conditions of his confinement. The prosecutor allegedly mocked defense concerns about Allen's mental state on the same day IDOC designated him gravely disabled. The jury heard the confessions. They never heard the audio of his psychotic episodes. They never heard the expert who would have called every one of them false.

The case didn't start with confessions. It started with a search warrant — and the defense says that warrant is built on a lie. Detective Liggett's affidavit allegedly changed what witnesses described. Betsy Blair said Bridge Guy was young, twenties, poofy brown hair. Allen was 44, crew cut. Blair reportedly told Liggett these were two different men. The affidavit allegedly said Allen admitted to wearing a blue Carhartt. Allen reportedly said he didn't know what he was wearing. Without this warrant — no search, no gun, no bullet, no arrest, no confessions. The defense argues the entire case grows from a document the witnesses wouldn't recognize and confessions a psychotic man made about a crime he described wrong. An appellate court will decide.

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