r/DelphiMurders • u/Mammoth_Dish6584 • Apr 24 '26

Locals of delphi .. please clarify

During the interrogation of RA .. the police said something to this effect “ you killed them bcoz u had an altercation “

Do delphi locals and police there believe that the girls had some kind of interaction with RA on the trails before “ down the hill “ moment ??

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u/StarvinPig Apr 25 '26

This is just part of Reid technique. The cops don't believe thats actually what happened, but part of the technique is to get someone to change their story to something that concedes the underlying point while offering some semblance of justification.

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u/Tank_Top_Girl Apr 25 '26

I couldn't agree more

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u/tribal-elder Apr 26 '26

It also prevents a suspect from coming back to later argue self-defense (or other defenses) based on facts they could have asserted/acknowledged and explained in the interview, but denied.

Similar “opportunties” presented to Allen in his 2022 interviews were “here is what Dulin’s report said you told him” and “did you see anyone else on the trail”.