Missing Delphi Evidence Photos and Botched Protocols: Can the State Prove Its Case Against Richard Allen?
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🗓️ 22 October 2024
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
The discussion focuses on shocking developments: missing photographs of key evidence, untested objects found at the scene, and a seven-year delay in consulting forensic experts. As the trial progresses, defense attorneys question whether Richard Allen’s arrest was driven by pressure to close the case, while jurors grapple with doubts about the reliability of the evidence presented.
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| 0:00.0 | This is a true crime in real time update from True Crime Today and the Hidden Killers podcast. |
| 0:06.0 | I'm Tony Bruske. And today, we venture deeper into a story that has haunted the nation and baffled investigators, the Delphi murders. But what if I told you the real mystery isn't just about what happened that day on the |
| 0:23.2 | trails? But what's been left undone in the years that followed? In this case, it's not just the |
| 0:28.3 | clues we see, but the ones missing, mishandled, or ignored that now scream for our attention. |
| 0:35.4 | This episode dives headfirst into a tangled web of contradictions, missing photos of critical |
| 0:41.7 | evidence, untested objects left untouched at the scene, and investigative decisions delayed |
| 0:47.3 | by years. |
| 0:48.9 | We're not just retracing steps. |
| 0:50.5 | We're uncovering missteps. |
| 0:52.2 | Why weren't sticks with blood on them collected right |
| 0:54.9 | away? How did a bullet casing appear without the right photos to prove it was handled properly? |
| 0:59.8 | And what does it say when experts are brought in seven years after the fact? With questions like |
| 1:05.0 | these, it's not just about what the state has to prove, but what they might have lost along the way. |
| 1:12.6 | Were these oversights innocent mistakes or signs of a rushed investigation looking for a conclusion? |
| 1:18.4 | Let's find out. |
| 1:20.5 | The case of Abigail Williams and Liberty German, two vibrant teens found brutally murdered in Delphi, Indiana, |
| 1:26.6 | has confounded investigators and haunted the community since February 2017. |
| 1:32.1 | With Richard Allen's arrest in 2022, it seemed like justice was finally within reach. |
| 1:36.9 | Yet as the trial preparation unfolds, troubling details about the investigation have emerged, |
| 1:42.0 | revealing a chaotic crime scene, unexplained delays, |
| 1:45.4 | and critical evidence left in questionable hands. |
| 1:49.2 | Alan, who was charged with the girls' murders, is accused of using a 40-calibre handgun, |
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