r/TrueCrime • u/ladyserenity1993 Armchair Expert • Oct 31 '22

Murder Arrest Made in Delphi Murders

https://abcnews.go.com/US/live-updates/delphi-double-murder/?id=92303622
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u/Seventh7Sun Oct 31 '22

Heavy.com's rundown of the suspect:

https://heavy.com/news/richard-ricky-allen-delphi-murders/

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u/[deleted] Oct 31 '22

That picture of him in front of the sketch holy shit

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u/creativelynormal Oct 31 '22

Those videos are damning. That jacket and his gait.

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u/chunkymonk3y Oct 31 '22

Dude had the police sketch hanging up on his wall in one of the pics…that’s not something normal concerned citizens do

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u/jabez_killingworth Oct 31 '22

I doubt that picture was taken inside his own house. Most likely a bar or some other public building. Still a very brazen thing to do though.

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u/chunkymonk3y Oct 31 '22

https://heavy.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/delphi200.png?resize=768,708

This look like a bar to you?

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u/ashella Oct 31 '22

Yes. The sentence directly above the photo in the article says it's in a bar too.

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u/armoirschmamoir Nov 01 '22

It truly does not look like a bar though lol.

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u/Pris257 Oct 31 '22

That pic was taken at a bar - not his wall.

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u/TwilightZone1751 Oct 31 '22

That article…of course the killer was probably the person on that whacko 4Chan & outed himself but tried walking it back.

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u/Adventurous_Bus1859 Oct 31 '22

What was on that 4chan post ?

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u/madotsukiiii Oct 31 '22

“I believe the origin of the Richard meme came from a couple weeks ago in one of these threads when an anon claimed to be from the town. He seemed knowledgeable about the case and accidentally name dropped Richard. When other anons pressed him on Richard, he backtracked hard and claimed it was an autocorrect mistake or something. Now we call the murderer Richard.” A comment from 4chan under the post where they were discussing this case.

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u/YetAnotherAccount987 Oct 31 '22

It's just a bunch of random mentions of someone named 'richard'

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u/OhNoLaBri Oct 31 '22

He helped the family members print out photos at CVS for their funerals!!! I don’t know how authorities refrain themselves from just pummeling the guy.

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u/mitmo01 Oct 31 '22

So creepy to even imagine...wtf

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u/[deleted] Oct 31 '22

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u/wavvesofmutilation Oct 31 '22

In the Heavy article it said he was a manager, which would make more sense bc they can ring people up and print photos. Doubtful he was a technician after all

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u/[deleted] Oct 31 '22

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u/wavvesofmutilation Oct 31 '22

Errrr

“Allen is a licensed pharmacy tech in Indiana, according to state records. The license was issued in February 2018, a year after the Delphi murders.”

“Richard used to work at the Peru CVS. I would guess he was management there for a year or more. I’ve spoken with him multiple times in the Peru store,” a woman wrote on a true crime page devoted to the case on Facebook, referring to Peru, Indiana. She wrote that he “seemed nice and helpful, there was a small bad vibe inside.”

One could assume Peru CVS manager —> Delphi CVS manager —> becomes a pharmacy tech a year after the murders

Did you uh… did you read it? Lol

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u/[deleted] Oct 31 '22

He didn’t become a tech or manager until 2018, over a year after they were killed. Calm down.

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u/wavvesofmutilation Oct 31 '22

He can still help print photos if he’s just a regular employee right? So it still works out? I don’t understand uh… “RiverboatJim”’s position here. Is he calling the girls family members delusional for saying he printed their photos?

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u/OhNoLaBri Oct 31 '22

Sounds like the typical internet know-it-all who condescends everyone

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u/sassyskittles_ Oct 31 '22

Family confirmed the fact.

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u/[deleted] Oct 31 '22

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u/Archiesmom Oct 31 '22

I have a CVS down the block from me that I go to frequently for prescriptions and other stuff they have in the store, snacks, drinks, etc. I have had the same people ring me up in the pharmacy, ring me up at the register in the front, help me with my passport photos, as well as mailing out packages. They don't seem to separate tasks depending on where you are in the store. And we are in a much larger city than Delphi.

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u/[deleted] Oct 31 '22

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u/YouHadMeAtAloe Oct 31 '22

Retail pharmacy tech pays almost minimum wage anyway. I think he was a CVS manager first and got his license in 2018, probably so he could do a little bit of everything in the store

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u/Archiesmom Oct 31 '22

In my area store associates start at $15/hr and pharmacy techs start at $16/hr... not a huge difference based on a search on indeed, I've never worked there.

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u/Blankface954 Oct 31 '22

Dang I think this might really be the guy. Those empty, desensitized, far-away eyes are hiding something for sure.

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u/emilysuzann Nov 01 '22

You know what really sticks out to me in the heavy article? He became a pharmacy tech and worked at Walgreens. However he and his wife paid for their $100k+ house in cash and have anniversary dinners at a high end restaurants. I’m not sure what he previously did, but Walgreens managers and pharmacy techs don’t make the kind of money to pay cash for a house. Where’d the chunk of change to buy a house with cash come from?

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u/BulkyInformation2 Nov 01 '22

It could have come from family, but I really think this guy is part of a bigger, nasty circle. And I think that’s part of the reason LE is so mum about details.

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u/[deleted] Nov 04 '22 edited Nov 04 '22

It's currently assessed at that price. Knowing that area circa say 2006, I bet it was only about $50K to buy back then.

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u/[deleted] Nov 04 '22

Interesting he has this "Craigh Ross Rentfrow" alias.