Richard Allen's Cell Was 'Protection' Until a Judge Said This

True Crime Today | Daily True Crime News & Interviews · Sep 24, 2026 · 25m

Mark Leeman held a police sketch up in front of three appeals judges on September 21, 2026. It shows a young man with curly brown hair, drawn from the description of the eyewitness the state relied on to put Richard Allen on the Monon High Bridge. The jury that convicted Allen in the Delphi murders never saw it. Prosecutors had moved to keep both sketches out as irrelevant and hearsay, and Judge Fran Gull agreed on the morning of opening statements.

The jury also watched videos of Allen in his Westville cell with the sound off. Gull ruled the audio was hearsay because it was his own voice and…