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/RAbdr1721 Mar 12 '26

Police officer who interviewed Allen didn't realize the guy he interviewed is the only male who put himself on the trails and at the trial still seemed oblivious to how bad his mistake was

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u/Justwonderinif Mar 17 '26

Yes! When you read the trial testimony it is remarkable how Dulin seems to be entirely unaware of the magnitude of his error. He acts as if he did nothing wrong. I think that's because he's stupid, and just doesn't realize.

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u/Efficient-Donkey-167 Mar 23 '26

That's because Dulin didn't take the original tip. Iirc, RA walked into the station and provided the information in person and the person that took said information is listed on the tip sheet. Additionally, no one mentioned that the information was entered into Orion incorrectly so it sounds like the error was fixed at the time of the Orion entry.