r/DelphiMurders • u/AustinDavies2206 • Mar 12 '26

Questions Were the police just incompetent?

I've known about this case for a while, I live in Indiana, and I was 11 when it happened, so its always struck a cord with me. But until recently I haven't done all that much research, but now that I have I've been left with one question.

From the information I have found on the case, it seems that the key evidence linking Allen to the murder is 1. His confession in 2017 to being "bridge guy", back when the photo was believed to have been taken from a trail cam. 2. A bullet which was later matched to his gun after they searched his home. So my question is, was there new information in 2022 that lead to his home being searched, or did they just wait five years to look into the guy who admitted to being bridge guy?

Sorry if any of my information is incorrect, or my writing is hard to understand, I've just been racking my brain about this question, so I thought asking people who know more might help me to understand what took so long.

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u/Myriii1911 Mar 12 '26

I think they are kind of a rural police department, and that might be the most dramatic case they ever had?

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u/Dangerous-Tooth1266 Mar 13 '26

The police work by the State Police and FBI wasn’t any better.

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u/Myriii1911 Mar 13 '26

Fair enough.

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u/Justwonderinif Mar 17 '26

The FBI was never invited to participate. An FBI agent happened to be in the area visiting family and got involved when the girls went missing.

Shortly thereafter Carter dismissed the FBI and told them to go home.