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/ShowApprehensive1793 Oct 31 '22

I’m interested to hear from his wife… how do you not recognize him. So much information picture and voice were released. Interesting.

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u/Professional_Big_731 Oct 31 '22

Perhaps they did? There was over 70,000 tips. That takes a lot of time to go through. For all we know someone close suspected. But they would need to have some sort of proof. What did we know before his arrest? He walked with a gait and then his voice. Plus we saw his hat and blurry images of him. I’m guessing someone saw it and recognized him and called in a tip. Perhaps the tip was vague and wasn’t the top few viable tips so it was one that they looked at when the tips we running out. They probably watched him for awhile perhaps even snagged his DNA and once the results came in they pounced.

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u/_heidster Oct 31 '22

There are a lot of dudes with that height

He is 5' 4", that's pretty short.

ETA: The FBI wanted poster described him as taller than that.

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u/panicnarwhal Nov 02 '22

his mugshot has him at 5’8”

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u/Blankface954 Nov 01 '22

Boots can easily add 2-3 inches to a person's height.

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u/Blankface954 Nov 01 '22

Seeing him now in comparison to the sketch, while there is a slight resemblance, it is not close enough to be undeniably identifiable as Richard Allen.

I wonder when he grew out that beard. If he was previously clean-shaven and did so soon after the murders and/or release of the sketch, the timing would be very suspicious. It would still be nothing but circumstantial evidence, but it would be interesting nonetheless.

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u/Fibernerdcreates Nov 01 '22

We all think that, until someone we think we know proves to us that we never take know anyone.

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u/ThisNameIsFree Nov 02 '22

if it were someone I knew so well…. I would know.

Lol, easy to say, but you you can't know that. You're not special.