This from wlfi.c0m: DELPHI, IN (WLFI) — It was day 10 of the Delphi double homicide trial for suspect Richard Allen.
Richard Allen is accused of kidnapping and murdering Abigail Williams and Liberty German near a hiking trail in Delphi in 2017.
Parts of the recorded video of Richard Allen’s October 13, 2022 interview by Steve Mullin, the former Delphi police chief and Tony Liggett, an investigator on the case were played in court.
This is the first time that Richard Allen’s voice has been heard during this trial.
In the recording, Mullin read Allen his rights and Allen signed a document.
Mullin and Liggett discussed the statement Allen gave to DNR officer Dan Dulin in February 2017.
Mullin and Liggett asked Allen questions about his personal background and began asking where he was in February 13, 2017.
Allen said he was visiting his mother in Peru, Indiana in the morning and that he got the trails around noon to watch the fish and left around 1-1:30 p.m.
Allen said he saw three girls on the trails, but couldn’t say what they looked like since he was looking at a stock ticker on his phone.
Allen told Mullin and Liggett that he was wearing blue jeans and a Carhartt jacket that day. He said had a black one and a blue one but that he likely wore the black one.
During the interview, when the police ask to search Allen’s phone, Allen says “it sounds like I’m going to be somebody’s fall guy.“
Mullin responded saying “we’re trying to eliminate people from the investigation.”
Allen wanted the police to know that he wasn’t questioning their integrity but from the conversations they were having, he said “it’s like you think I did it.”
Mullin asked to search Allen’s home but Allen said not without a warrant.
A few hours after the interview ended, police arrived to Allen’s home with a warrant and searched his home.
Allen did agree for the police to go through his phone and was about to hand it over, but he pulled back and said he needed to talk to his wife.
Liggett said to Allen that they aren’t randomly coming after him as they went through tips and other information before bringing him in.
Allen said he understood that and stated that he didn’t have anything to do with this (the murders).”
October 26, 2022 interview:
Indiana State Police investigator Jerry Holeman interviewed Allen on October 26, 2022.
During the video, Allen denied having involvement in the murders over 30 times saying, “I didn’t do it. I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
Holeman told Allen during the interview that the death penalty could be on the line.
Allen said, “Go ahead. Kill me. You’ll make my wife rich. I’ve been dealing with wanting to die for years.”
Allen’s mouth was swapped for DNA by ISP investigators.
Holeman told Allen “the ball was in his court.”
Allen responded seemed to laugh while being interviewed.
In the afternoon session, the court heard from seven correctional officers and the warden from Westville Correctional Facility and one correctional officer from the Wabash Correctional Facility.
The first witness of the afternoon was John Galipeau, the warden at the Westville Correctional Facility.
He explained that although Allen was only held there until his hearing, he received the same care and privileges as the other inmates.
When asked by the State on Allen’s behavior at WCF, Galipeau said Allen was quiet for the first three months or so but then started to act erratic, such as washing his face in the toilet, and defecating in his cell.
Galipeau also said that he confessed what he did at least two times over notes and a few times in person.
He mentioned that on March 5, 2023 Allen said he was ready to confess to killing Abby and Libby. Allen mentioned that he killed them with a box cutter and disposed of it at the CVS where he worked.
During cross examination, the defense said asked how a person’s mental health would be after being in solitary confinement for 13 months like Allen.
Galipeau said that it could’ve led to a decline in his mental health.
Galipeau also mentioned that Allen had a tablet, was able to make phone calls, as well as able to get items from commissary.
If asked by the defense if the use of force was used, Galipeau said it was used twice on Allen when he refused to take his hands off the cell door.
He also mentioned that there was a video camera in Allen cell.
The next witnesses to take the stand were all correctional officers at Westville Correctional Facility.
All of the officers were suicide companions to Allen and watched over him at all hours of the day. Those companions watched over inmates who were on suicide watch.
The officers who testified were Ethan Drang, Mike Clemons, Michael Roberts, James Early, John Miller, Brandon Fisher and Raymond Smith.
In the seven of the testimonies from the CO’s at Westville Correctional Facility, all said that Allen confessed multiple times under their watch that he killed the girls.
They all were asked about Allen’s behavior while at the facility.
They all said he was normal when he first arrived, but he started acting different, such as drinking out of the toilet, rubbing feces on himself and at one point even asking for World War III.
One of the CO’s logged that they heard Allen say that the funniest joke was killing those girls.
Over time, Allen began to refuse meals and taking his medication.
Some said they witnessed Allen hit his head on the door/walls and his face turned black and blue.
During many of the testimonies, it was said the CO’s saw Allen spread feces across his body and cell, which none of them found odd as they said it could be common in prison.
In mostly all the cross examinations of the seven CO’s it was asked if they believe that mental health could be affected by being put in solitary confinement.
It was also asked of most of the CO’s if Allen ever said how the girls were killed, they responded by Allen only confessed but didn’t go into detail.
The last witness of the day was Jason Bedwell, a CO at Wabash Correctional Facility.
Bedwell did mental health checks on Allen and filled out a log every 15 minutes.
Bedwell said he in one of the logs, he overheard Allen say to himself, “I’m sorry for what I did, I’m sorry for killing the girls.”
Day 11 of the trial started this morning at 9 a.m.
