Delphi's Only Witness Came Forward in 2017. His Tip Sat in a Desk Until 2022.

True Crime Today | Daily True Crime News & Interviews · Oct 12, 2026 · 12m

Three days after Abby Williams, thirteen, and Libby German, fourteen, were found dead on a creek bank in Delphi, Indiana, a man did something investigators say almost never happens. He walked up to a conservation officer in a grocery store parking lot and told him he had been on the trail that afternoon. His name was Richard Allen. The officer, Dan Dulin, wrote it down.

Someone marked the form cleared. One word in red ink. Nobody has ever identified who wrote it. Prosecutor Nick McLeland said at trial he does not know to this day. Sheriff Tony Liggett testified that Allen "got lost in the…