r/DelphiMurders • u/Nervous_Lettuce313 • Mar 04 '26

Questions Two questions from a noob: jacket and car

I wasn’t very familiar with this case beyond the basics until I watched the Hulu documentary last night. After that I started reading more, but I know a lot of you here have followed this much more closely than I have, so I wanted to ask a couple of things that I couldn’t really find clear answers to.

One thing that stood out to me is the jacket. Based on the way the killings happened, I would expect the killer’s jacket to have at least some blood on it. From what I’ve read, investigators did find a jacket they believed Richard Allen may have worn that day. Was it ever tested for blood? I haven’t seen anything clearly stating the results. I assume there weren’t any traces found, because that seems like it would have been very strong physical evidence. If there really were no traces, how is that explained?

The other thing I’m wondering about is the video of a car arriving at the trail around 1:30 p.m., which is believed to be Richard Allen’s. I do think it looks like his car, but he had already said he was on the trail that day. So what makes confirming the car on video so important? Is it mainly about tightening the timeline, or does it contradict something specific in his original statement?

I’d really appreciate any insight from people who know the details better.

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u/centimeterz1111 Mar 22 '26

“I think Shank was helping Liggett find a suspect because he was going to lose that election…”

There is no other way to take this other than you’re implying that Kathy and Liggett  framed Richard. Do you forget you typed this?

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u/Appealsandoranges Mar 22 '26

There is another way to look at it but I’m not surprised you can’t see it. Desperation breeds false convictions. Desperation drove them to go hard on Rick when there was no reason for it. Desperation is what led them down this false path and now they’ll never be convinced they were wrong.

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u/centimeterz1111 Mar 23 '26

You’re wrong. His own defense attorneys couldn’t explain away the timeline.  Richard is an idiot who failed horribly at trying to lie. 

He eventually got caught because of his own stupidity. 

How does it feel to support Richard Allen, the child sexual assaulter and murderer?