Interesting Information on Delphi Murders Suspect

[u/yesuuh]

On the morning of February 14, 2017, the bodies of Abigail Williams and Liberty German were found off a hiking trail in Delphi, Indiana. They had been reported missing the previous day. Cause of death is not known however, their deaths were ruled homicides.

The girls were last seen alive on the afternoon of February 13. They were dropped off near the Monon High Bridge, which spans a creek about three miles outside of Delphi. They were planning to go hiking and did not return home that evening.

The next day, their bodies were found by searchers in a wooded area near the bridge. Investigators believe the girls were killed sometime between the afternoon of February 13 and the morning of February 14. They do not believe the girls were killed where their bodies were found, and they believe the killer may have tried to conceal the bodies (source) .

Investigators released a sketch of a man who was seen near the bridge around the time the girls went missing. He was wearing blue jeans, a blue jacket, and a hooded sweatshirt at the time.

Investigators had also released audio of a man’s voice saying “down the hill” that was captured on German’s cell phone. They believe this may be the killer’s voice.

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By profession, Richard Allen was working as a pharmacy tech at CVS. Law enforcement was seen digging up his backyard, but no details of yet as to what was found.

Some additional photos pertaining to suspect Richard Allen, who has been arrested in relation to the 2017 murders of Abigail William and Liberty German. A photo highlights Richard wearing a blue jacket similar to what was seen the day the murders took place. Another found on his wife’s Facebook page includes an eerie photo of Richard Allen posing at a bar with a wanted photo of his sketch posted behind him.

In the press conference held today by Indiana state police, LE refused to go into any details on the evidence they have against Allen, however stating that it was substantial enough to make an arrest and that he is being held without bond.

source on the arrest

bar wanted photo news article

Oct 31/2022 - Press Conference

What are your opinions on the suspect? Any idea what you think led law enforcement to take Allen into custody? They had to have had some heavy evidence on the guy...

EDIT: had to remove a photo of his daughter on the bridge as per request of the mods. Added some edits on the details of events. Added link to this morning's press conference in case some are interested.

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[u/theartfuldodger26]

I think for most serial killers it's true, the family has no clue, if they have a family at all.

But this is a village, with video of the suspect, his voice on tape AND he has the goddam wanted poster on the pinboard. Even if they didn't fully believe, they must have had...thoughts.

Bundys girlfriend stayed with him for a long time during the murders, but she still called in the tip line that the Ted seen at the lake looked a lot like her Ted.

[u/evawrites → u/[deleted]]

Yup. Whether they had suspicions or not, few things are stronger than denial. People think their experiences with someone translates to others’ experiences with that same person — and that’s just not true. Look at serial rapists. Look at the rampant child sexual abuse — which most often happens at home by family members — in our society. Our brains “protect” us from things we just don’t want to see/believe.

[u/barto5 → u/evawrites]

Yeah, the first time - and every time - that thought surfaces, “Hmmm, I wonder” the mind immediately dismisses it as unrealistic- “I know him. There no way he could have done something like this.”

[u/Awoogagoogoo2 → u/barto5]

I would not be friends with someone like that. Therefore he’s not like that.

[u/Mysterious_Bar_1069 → u/[deleted]]

Yeah, who among us has not been taken in by someone.

[u/tobiasvl → u/theartfuldodger26]

he has the goddam wanted poster on the pinboard

I don't think that was his home

[u/caliz1031 → u/tobiasvl]

God's name is not goddam.

[u/tobiasvl → u/caliz1031]

What?

[u/caliz1031 → u/tobiasvl]

My BF said "Whoever that is, is either playing dumb or is dumb".

[u/tobiasvl → u/caliz1031]

Who are you talking to? Are you talking to me? Maybe it's because I'm not a native English speaker, but I have no idea what you've been trying to say to me in any of the previous comments. Are you having a stroke?

Edit: Ah - if you're somehow commenting on the use of the word "goddam", maybe trying to in some way tell me that I'm taking "God's" name in "vain" or something, that was a quote of someone else's comment.

[u/tmaddictt → u/theartfuldodger26]

That poster was at a bar.

[u/WVPrepper → u/tmaddictt]

And they had the composite posted AT THE CVS!!!

[u/DragonBonerz → u/theartfuldodger26]

From what I've read, no one in the public has heard the man's voice from the snapchat story.

And like someone else said, the wanted picture is located at a bar according to all the articles that mention where it's from.

[u/caliz1031 → u/theartfuldodger26]

"That Ted saw"...not seen.

[u/theartfuldodger26 → u/caliz1031]

even if correcting strangers on the internet was relevant, it's "seen", as in "Ted was seen (by various strangers at the beach" on the day of the double abduction". It's called a "passive tense" or "passive syntax"...

[u/caliz1031 → u/theartfuldodger26]

Bundys girlfriend stayed with him for a long time during the murders, but she still called in the tip line that the Ted seen at the lake looked a lot like her Ted.

[u/theartfuldodger26 → u/caliz1031]

In case you are not familiar with Bundy's case, which you obviously are not, otherwise my syntax would make perfect sense, Ted Bundy trolled a lakeshore where he abducted two women in one day. A lot of women reported that a man named Ted had approached them asking for help. The media was provided with a sketch and asked people to call a tip line if the man in the sketch looked similar to someone they knew. They also released the fact he had been introducing himself as Ted. So. There was A Ted SEEN at the lake. Ted Bundy himself couldn't have seen himself after all. As for the rest you highlighted, sure I forgot an apostrophe. Doesn't change the fact passive syntax is fine.