Delphi: The Investigation That Lost Its Own Evidence Before the Victims Were Buried

True Crime Today | Daily True Crime News & Interviews · May 25, 2026 · 23m

Richard Allen volunteered his name to law enforcement two days after the Delphi murders. He'd been on the trail. He came forward willingly. His report was misfiled, marked "cleared," and lost. For five and a half years, the investigation moved without it — and according to the defense's appellate filings, it moved in circles. Recorded interviews with suspects connected to pagan rituals were erased. A .40 caliber firearm belonging to a suspect who admitted to bloodletting practices was never seized. When officers were offered the chance to review surveillance video that would have confirmed a…