Delphi: Officers Were Offered the Surveillance Tape to Verify the Alibi — They Declined

True Crime Today | Daily True Crime News & Interviews · May 26, 2026 · 24m

Imagine an officer investigating a suspect in a double child homicide is invited to review surveillance footage that would prove whether the suspect was at work or not. Now imagine the officer declines. According to the defense's appellate filings in the Richard Allen case, that is what happened with one of the most documented alternative suspects in the Delphi murders investigation. This man admitted to pagan rituals involving bloodletting, owned a .40 caliber weapon matching the round found at the crime scene, and had a direct connection to victim Abby Williams. His interview was recorded…