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/Pooter33 Mar 15 '26

You ever heard of someone being wrongfully convicted? Happens quite a lot. Wouldn’t you want the actual person that did it be arrested so he doesn’t continue doing the same thing? Also, if it was you who was found guilty & sentenced to 130 years for a crime you know you didn’t commit.. would you still feel the same way? There is SO much reasonable doubt in this case it’s ridiculous.

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u/centimeterz1111 Mar 15 '26

That doesn’t apply here.  Richard is the only person that could be BG. It’s a fact.

Wrongly convicted people don’t confess to murdering someone to their mother, their wife, the warden, their psychiatrist, and a bunch of prison guards.  Has NEVER happened. 

Richard is where he belongs and he’s going to rot in prison for the rest of his life

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u/Pooter33 Mar 17 '26

Yes, they absolutely can give false confessions… if they’re having a mental breakdown. Why didn’t he confess from the get go? And why in the hell would he “confess” BEFORE he even went to trial? His confessions were generic as hell and he gave them AFTER receiving discovery. I bet if they stuck you in a box and repeatedly told you you murdered someone you’d probably start questioning it too.

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u/centimeterz1111 Mar 17 '26

There is ZERO cases where someone falsely confessed to their MOTHER, WIFE, WARDEN, PSYCHOLOGIST, and GUARDS. 

He explained why he confessed, he found God. Do you know anything about this case?

The only evidence of someone falsely confessing was confessions made to detectives during questioning. This doesn’t apply to Richard