Delphi Murders: The State Responds — Here's What's Missing
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Tony Brueski
4.2 • 612 Ratings
🗓️ 31 March 2026
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
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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| 1:01.3 | This is Hidden Killers with Tony Brewski. |
| 1:04.5 | Here now, Tony Bruske. |
| 1:07.9 | At some point during his time in the maximum security prison, according to the appeal, |
| 1:12.7 | Richard Allen told his psychiatrist that he had shot. |
| 1:22.9 | The victims, the girls. |
| 1:25.4 | Libby German and Abby Williams were not shot. |
| 1:33.3 | They were killed with the blade. |
| 1:35.4 | Any person who had actually committed these murders would know that. |
| 1:40.2 | According to the defense's brief, Richard Allen did not. |
| 1:43.7 | That detail sits at the center of everything you are about to hear. |
| 1:49.5 | Yes, it's time to do another deep dive into Delphi, shall we? |
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