Content warning. This episode contains discussion of the murder of two girls, violence, and severe mental illnesses and disorders.

The Delphine Murder's case has prompted a discussion around the topic of mental illness.

That's largely due to a specific motion filed by the defense in the case against Richard or Rick Allen, the man charged with murdering Liberty German and Abigail Williams.

Let's recap the language used in defense attorney Brad Rosey's emergency motion to modify safekeeping order, which was filed on April 5, 2023.

To further complicate matters, Mr. Allen has suffered from depression dating back to his early years. Upon his incarceration, Mr. Allen was presumably evaluated and medicated by prison medical staff.

Up until the visit with Mr. Allen on April 4, 2023, counsel for Mr. Allen found him to be polite, communicative with great eye contact, generally responsive to our questions, and exhibiting good sense of humor on occasion in spite of his false arrest and circumstances.

However, Mr. Allen's deteriorating physical condition has been observed by counsel dating back to the beginning of the new year.

As recently as Friday, March 24, 2023, attorney Andrew Paul, when met with Mr. Allen, was optimistic news about the direction of the case, and Mr. Allen was inquisitive about the information, was thankful about the information, and optimistic about the information.

Only 10 days later, April 3, 2023, attorneys for Mr. Allen observed a steep decline in Mr. Allen's demeanor, ability to communicate, ability to comprehend, and ability to assist in his defense.

Simply put, this version of Richard Allen was a very different version than counsel for Mr. Allen had interacted with over the past five months.

Mr. Allen appeared to be suffering from various psychotic symptoms, which counsel would describe its schizophrenic and delusional.

Counsel further believes that in April 4, 2023 interaction, Mr. Allen seems to be suffering from memory loss, and is demonstrating an overall inability to communicate rationally with counsel and family members.

Counsel experienced these symptoms firsthand upon visiting Mr. Allen on Monday, April 4, 2023.

In this episode, we're excited to have on an expert in the mental health field who is experienced working in Indiana prisons.

My name is Anya Cain. I'm a journalist.

And I'm Kevin Greenley. I'm an attorney.

We first connected while looking into the Bergerchef murders in Indiana cold case.

Together, we built a spreadsheet documenting hundreds of cases of restaurant-related homicides.

That original spreadsheet gave way to our podcast, the murder sheet.

Now we maintain that same research-centric investigative approach is we look into all sorts of homicides, including unsolved cases,

historical crimes, and, of course, restaurant murders.

We don't just chat about the headlines. Our podcast is a platform for our journalism.

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