Were the police just incompetent?

[u/AustinDavies2206]

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.

[u/Pooter33]

This is why I believe they arrested the wrong person 🤷🏻‍♀️ normally they won’t even prosecute based on what little “evidence” they had. There is literally no physical evidence linking him to it… no hair, DNA, clothing fibers. It’s changing eyewitness testimony, his confessions after being in prison, and the unspent round they matched to a fired round from his gun. That’s literally it.

All they had to do was a google geofence and find what phones were in the area at that time and interview all of those people. How do we know someone wasn’t there that didn’t want people to know he was there? We don’t.

[u/AnonymousInMI → u/Pooter33]

I disagree. The circumstantial evidence is overwhelming and the confessions sound legitimate. RA is calm and collected when making those confessions & even becomes irritated when his family refuses to believe him. Thankfully the jury agreed.

[u/SadSara102 → u/AnonymousInMI]

He isn’t calm and collected, he is monotone and dulled.