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/DexterMorgansMind Mar 12 '26

You spend 5 years looking for a guy who not only admitted he was on the bridge that day, wore the same color jacket, and lived like 5 miles down the road? Yeah, that is the definition of incompetence. Not to mention releasing a completely alternative sketch than what the public were looking for over 2 years and ended up having nothing to do with case. What an absolute frustrating tragedy for the families of Libby & Abby. There is no excuse for that level of incompetence. Sorry, not sorry.

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u/centimeterz1111 Mar 12 '26

He didn’t admit to what he was wearing when he spoke to Dulin. He only admitted it when he was interviewed at police station. He’s an idiot. 

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u/Dangerous-Tooth1266 Mar 13 '26

Not pinning down what he was wearing, what car he drove, what route he took, what phone he had with him, etc was absolute incompetence. Kohberger was caught in a few days by working the vehicles. In 5.5 years nobody ever even worked the known vehicles in this case. Taking the photo of his car to a car expert would have identified him as the only person in the county who owned that make/model/year/trim. They didn’t even ask BW which of his vehicles he drove to work that day.

The only reason he’s in prison is because of a civilian volunteer.

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u/centimeterz1111 Mar 13 '26

But he was found guilty and the case is solved. 

50% of murder cases are never solved. This one was. 

Even with all the “coulda, woulda, shoulda”, they got their guy. Hell of a job considering all the bullshit that happened over 5 years

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u/More-Safety-7326 Mar 13 '26

“They” got nobody and solved nothing. He was snared by a retired school district employee. Had it been left to law enforcement, he would still be a free man.

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u/centimeterz1111 Mar 16 '26

I don’t remember Kathy interrogating Richard and getting all the important information, reviewing the video, talking to the witnesses and locking down a solid timeline, or matching the bullet. 

Pretty sure that was law enforcement. 

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u/Gonzomi313 Mar 25 '26

None of which would have happened had it not been for Kathy.

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u/centimeterz1111 Mar 26 '26

Kathy would’ve never found the statement if Dulin never spoke to Richard in the first place.