A Delphi Suspect Drew This on His Hand and the Jury Never Heard a Word About It

True Crime Today | Daily True Crime News & Interviews · Sep 30, 2026 · 19m

Richard Allen's appeal of his Delphi murders conviction was argued on September 21, 2026, and one stretch of it was about a hand. Not Allen's. The hand belongs to Brad Holder, a man Indiana State Police investigated in 2017 who has never been charged, and what he drew on it is something the jury that convicted Allen never saw.

Mark Leeman, arguing for Allen, laid it out for Judges Vaidik, Brown, and Altice. Holder was flagged by two tips in March 2017. Police cleared him on a time card from the landfill where he worked.

After that, Leeman said, state police received a rune Holder had drawn on…