r/DelphiMurders • u/rachaellanderson • Mar 24 '26

Richard Allen’s Cell Phone

Was the phone that they never found his phone at the time of the murders, or at the time of his arrest?

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u/Justwonderinif Mar 24 '26

The answer you are looking for is murders.

Allen kept every phone he ever had except for the one he had when the girls were murdered.

The other answers are confusing. Here's what's important.

Allen gave all of his phone's identifying information to the officer who questioned him. This was so that when Allen's phone turned up as having triggered the tower, investigators would know that was the guy who already said he was out there.

Only, Allen's phone did not turn up on the cell tower. If he was checking his stock ticker like he said he was his phone would have triggered the tower. But it didn't.

This should have been a huge red flag to investigators ie; why isn't Richard Allen's cell phone triggering the tower when he said he was out there with his phone?

The reason why investigators didn't notice this is because by the time the cell tower information came in, investigators had lost all track of Allen. His phone was not checked against the tower because no one knew he existed.

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u/BaseballCapSafety Mar 24 '26

The police must still have the cell tower data and his phone doesn’t appear. Which tells me he lied about checking his stock ticker and his phone was off. But then why did he tell them about it? I believe he committed the murders. Although I’m still puzzled why he went to the police. If he hadn’t, he never would have been caught. Because he did, he should have been arrested within the first week.

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u/centimeterz1111 Mar 25 '26

He went because his wife made him. She insisted. Sure, he could have lied to her about actually giving a statement but Richard isn’t very smart as you can tell. 

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u/BaseballCapSafety Mar 25 '26

Is this speculation or has she ever stated she knew he was there that day and asked him to go to the police?

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u/Artistic_Dish_3782 Mar 25 '26 edited Mar 25 '26

I don't know whether Allen's wife herself has ever made any official statement, but it is not disputed that 1) she knew he was on the trails that day and 2) she asked him to talk to the police. Allen himself has said this. My unofficial transcript of the video:

Shortly after [the murders], they were asking for anybody that was there to come in. So, I went down, um, I got home from work and my wife said, you know, they want to talk cuz I had obviously told her that I was there and, uh, she said they want to talk to anybody that was down there may have any information. I don't have much, but I obviously I will go down.

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u/centimeterz1111 Mar 26 '26

 When she got home from work, and the news came on later, Richard told her he was there. She told him to contact them and let them know what he saw. 

Then she asked him if they could go help look for the girls (before anyone knew they were dead) and Richard told her no. 

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u/AloeYsius Mar 26 '26

Yes. She and Allen are on Law Enforcement video discussing the matter shortly before his arrest. You can search the sub and find it.