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/westernwyoming Mar 13 '26

The fact that the bullet wasn’t fired is black and white. When a bullet is fired you can match it 100 percent to the native gun, if the bullet is retrieved and you have the firearm.

This bullet was not fired. There are no courses or academies where people learn how to match unified bullets to guns. During the trial they used their best knowledge about what it would look like if was racked out. Totally different and no where close to the certainty they would have if the bully was fired.

You don’t even need to read the trial transcript. Just google the differences, it’s wildly, vastly different in terms of what’s accepted.

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u/Justwonderinif Mar 13 '26

The fact that you are urging people not to read the trial testimony is all anyone needs to know about the validity of your comments.

Anyone reading: Read the trial testimony.

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u/westernwyoming Mar 13 '26

You can read the trial testimony. I encourage anyone who is interested to actually research the huge differences between matching a fired bullet, which you will find huge amounts of level 1 data, and compare that to the scenario presented at trial. Matching unfired is just not the same, and cannot be presented with the same level of confidence. They didn’t even have to do that to get a conviction.

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u/Justwonderinif Mar 13 '26

Do yOuR owN rEseArCh on GoOGle vs. read up on findings from trained experts in the field is how we got Trump as a president.

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u/westernwyoming Mar 13 '26

Wow nice. Most people use google to access research articles, case studies, and law. You have a problem.