I searched for an old thread from 2017.
I’ve read this guy lives very close to the crime scene and police considered him a person of interest. I’m glad they finally have evidence to charge him.
It has to be a parents worst nightmare. Parents dropped the kids off at a popular hiking trail. It was a short walk. They never came out the other side.
“Down the hill.” Brrrr. I sure hope they got the right guy.
I think the cops have DNA. Maybe they traced it using genealogy? That’s helped in several cold cases. They get a distant match to a family and they narrow it down to a few suspects. Test those people and find the killer.
Interesting that people can appear so normal and friendly.
So was he the guy in the photograph? If so I don’t understand why he wasn’t recognized a long time ago as Delphi only has a population of 3,000–and he lives there.
This article has a picture of the suspect, as well as the police sketches. I guess i can see it.
I guess this lends credence to the idea that most “unsolved” crimes, especially these days with modern technology, do have a legit suspect, but the police are just unable to prove it, and don’t want publicity to scare the guy off from making a mistake. I wonder what the proportions are? You’d think that cases where the police truly have no idea what happened are in the minority…
I watch Cold Case Files on A&E.
The police often have a suspect they interview multiple times over a period of years. Eventually improvements in DNA testing leads to an arrest.
Sometimes police get surprised. DNA in a Cold Case will point to someone they had never talked with.
The police had a strong suspect in the Delphi case. Kegan Kline was catfishing girls and getting them to send photos. He’s facing 30 child porn charges and allegedly had communicated with one of the murdered girls. Kline was never charged in the Delphi case.
Probable cause to arrest does not equate to proof beyond a reasonable doubt. Once someone is charged, the clock starts ticking. Speedy trial and all that. If the state tries a case on flimsy evidence and loses, the killer is free from future prosecution on that crime. Sometimes, you have to wait until the evidence is better and pray that your suspect doesn’t kill again. I don’t know if that’s what happened here but hats off to the investigators, regardless.
Arrest affidavits usually have basic information and are public records. The cops may be looking at other suspects and keeping all information sealed.
More information should come out in the future.
Actually here is the probable cause affidavit:
It looks like the guy kept the gun–and that looks like the only strong evidence I see mentioned. This was very stupid of him.
I watch Defense attorney Scott Reisch channel. He reads the probable cause document in this video. Scott feels the overall case is weak and the gun marks on the cartridge can be challenged by a defense expert.
I really want to see whoever did this successfully prosecuted. I’m waiting to see what other evidence they have against Allen.
Skip to 35 min mark if you don’t want to hear him read the document. I found his comments interesting.
I’m relieved Allen made the case against him much stronger.
A double murder will put him in prison for life.