Richard Allen, the pharmacy tech convicted of murdering two teen girls in Delphi Indiana, wants a Carroll County court to overturn his conviction. A motion by his attorneys lay out four specific issues they say could prove Allen innocent. Those issues are first, the white van which the prosecution says spooked Allen before he could rape the girls
Second, Ronal Logan's confession. Ron Logan owned the property where Abby and Libby were killed, he lied to police about his alibi, he gave reporters tours of the property and pointed out where the girls were found, and an FBI Agent wrote that Ron Logan's physical build was consistent with the “Bridge Guy” video taken from Libby German’s phone and his voice was “not inconsistent” with the person in the video. Richard Allen's Defense team claims Logan confessed to killing the girls while in prison on a probation violation.
Third, Allen's transfer to another prison: Allen's defense attorney's claim Carroll County Circuit Judge Benjamin Diener approved the search warrant for Richard Allen's home and assisted Sheriff Leazenby in drafting the safekeeping order and should have recused himself. The defense also claims Richard Allen had the right for another judge to review and issue the safekeeping order and say Allen had "an absolute right" to refuse being transferred into state custody. Since the safekeeping order wasn't served to Allen or his attorney, Brett Gibson, they never argued against the transfer. Allen’s attorneys argue the state deprived Allen of constitutional rights afforded in the Sixth and Fourteenth amendments.
Lastly, the reported connection of a pair of headphones. At trial, defense expert Stacy Eldridge testified it appeared someone had plugged headphones into the auxiliary jack of Libby's phone at 5:44 p.m. on February 13 and removed the headphones at 10:32 p.m. the same day. If true this contradicted the state's timeline. The state's phone expert, ISP 1st Sgt Chris Cecil does a quick Google Search and testifies dirt or water damage to the phone could cause the logged activity. The defense claims it didn't have the chance to counter Cecil's determination during the trial. Eldridge says she was “unaware of any scientific or technological research suggesting that water or dirt damage to an iPhone 6s would cause the phone to inaccurately log wired headphones in or wired headphones out.” Since the state never claimed Allen returned to the murder scene, if a jury were to lend credence to Eldridge's analysis, the State's “narrative is impossible.”
Joining Nancy Grace today:
- Greg Morse - Partner at the law firm of King Morse, PLLC. Current CJA counsel, Former West Palm Beach Public Defender's Office. Author: "The Untested" found on Amazon, website: kingmorselaw.com
- Dr. Bethany Marshall - Psychoanalyst, Author: "Deal Breaker," featured in hit show: "Paris in Love" on Peacock www.drbethanymarshall.com/ , Instagram & TikTok: drbethanymarshall, Twitter: @DrBethanyLive
- Sheryl McCullum - Cold Case Investigative Research Institute Founder, ColdCaseCrimes.org, Host: Zone 7, Twitter: @ColdCaseTips
- Bill Daly - Former FBI Investigator and Forensic Photography, Security Expert;
- Scott Eicher - A founding member of the FBI’s Cellular Analysis Survey Team (C.A.S.T); Historical Cellular Analysis Expert; Former FBI agent of 22 years; Former Police Officer and Homicide Detective with Norfolk Virgina Police Dept. having served 12 years; Has worked several missing persons cases. Currently with Precision Cellular Analysis handling Criminal, Defense and Civil case, website: https://www.pcaexperts.com/; scott.eicher@pcaexperts.com
- Joseph Scott Morgan - Professor of Forensics: Jacksonville State University, Author, "Blood Beneath My Feet", Host: "Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan", @JoScottForensic
- Susan Hendricks - Journalist, Author: “Down the Hill: My Descent into the Double Murder in Delphi’, IG @susan_hendricks X @SusanHendicks
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