Delphi: The Prosecutor Called Concerns 'Colorful' — IDOC Called Allen Gravely Disabled

True Crime Today | Daily True Crime News & Interviews · May 28, 2026 · 27m

On the day of his arrest, Richard Allen sat through an aggressive interrogation. According to the defense filings, Detective Holeman lied about witnesses and evidence, even used Allen's wife as a tool. Allen said: "I am not going to say something I did not do." Then they sent him to the most restrictive solitary cell in Westville — a maximum-security unit for the "worst of the worst." He was the first pretrial safekeeper anyone remembered being placed there. His diagnosed major depressive disorder entitled him to IDOC's thirty-day solitary limit. They kept him thirteen months. By five months…