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Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski | True Crime News & Commentary

Delphi Eyewitness Testimony Is All Over The Place From Young Witnesses

Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski | True Crime News & Commentary

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🗓️ 29 October 2024

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Delphi Eyewitness Testimony Is All Over The Place From Young Witnesses
Is Richard Allen really the killer of Abby Williams and Libby German, or has the case against him started to unravel in court? Eyewitness testimony is the crux of the prosecution’s case, but as we all know, memory can be a tricky thing—especially when it’s influenced by time and suggestion. Some witnesses claim to have seen him at the scene with surprisingly accurate details, while others’ recollections are wildly inconsistent, making it hard to pin down who saw what. The real question, though: can any of these accounts hold up without concrete, physical evidence? The lack of DNA evidence linking Allen to the murders is disturbing, and his erratic courtroom behavior doesn't quite fit the profile of someone who could pull off a clean, calculated crime. But does his presence in the area—and a car seen near the scene—create enough smoke to draw the jury toward a guilty verdict? Or is it all just a mirage of faulty memories and suggestive questioning? Is this all leading to justice or just another case of misdirection?

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0:22.9

The last thing they saw was someone they trusted.

0:25.9

You're tuned in to Hidden Killers with Tony Bruske.

0:28.5

Featuring retired FBI special agent and chief of the counterintelligence behavioral analysis

0:33.5

program, Robin Dreak.

0:36.3

Trial of Richard Allen, it is underway right now in Delphi, Indiana.

0:40.1

And it's a case that obviously has captivated us for quite some time.

0:45.6

Is Richard Allen guilty of killing those two girls on that bridge?

0:50.9

Abby Williams and Libby German back in February of 2017. It's a case that

0:55.7

from what we're seeing now in the courtroom, relying thus far heavily on eyewitness testimony.

1:03.1

We all know eyewitness testimony. Yeah, it can be good. It can be bad. It can be all over

1:09.8

the board. And that's what we've seen thus far.

1:12.5

Joining me to discuss Robin Drake, retired FBI, special agent,

1:17.3

Chief of the Counterintelligence Behavioral Analysis Program.

1:20.4

Yeah, let's talk about this.

1:21.8

Let's start with eyewitness testimony before we even get into what we've heard at the trial itself.

1:27.2

Let's talk about its reliability and how that is gauged from person to person.

1:34.6

Yeah, our eyewitness testimony is always subject to context of the individual receiving the information time from the time it was observed to the time

1:45.9

it was recorded and reiterated on someone else, influences that come to us between the time

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