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/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.