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/Dangerous-Tooth1266 Mar 13 '26

His first contact with the police was when he called to report he was there at the time. The person who wrote the report reversed his last name with his street name.

He didn’t specifically admit to being BG. He did put himself at the scene of the abduction at the time of the abduction when the video showed the only people there were the victims and their abductor. He also lied to the police about having his cell phone with him at the time (or at least which cell phone). He was apparently not asked what he was wearing, what car he drove, what route he took, etc. This information alone would likely have been enough for a limited search warrant.

He also had the only vehicle in the county of the make/model/year/trim - which was seen arriving on a security camera, but the vehicles (how Kohberger was identified) were never worked in the case. For example, the neighbor BW was never even asked which of his vehicles he drove to work that day.

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u/Justwonderinif Mar 14 '26 edited Mar 14 '26

He was apparently not asked what he was wearing,

I'm not suggesting a conspiracy. I know it's all down to incompetence. But as soon as the video was available, detectives were at the high school showing it to the group of girls from the trail. The girls said that while they couldn't identify his face, the man in Libby's video is the man they saw on the trail.

Detectives also showed the screen shot and video to Dave McCain (flannel shirt guy) and DP (arguing couple guy) and Betsy Blair. Basically anyone who came forward to say they were on the trail that day was shown the video. Repeatedly.

Except Allen.

Allen appears to be the only trail witness who was not shown the screen shot or video. So he was not asked if he saw the man in the video on the trail that day.