Delphi: Richard Allen Told His Wife the Confession Wasn’t Real

Retired FBI Counterintelligence Behavioral Analysis Program Chief Robin Dreeke joins Tony Brueski to analyze the defense’s reply brief and motion for oral arguments in the Richard Allen appeal.

Allen was convicted in 2024 of murdering thirteen-year-old Abby Williams and fourteen-year-old Libby German and is serving a hundred and thirty years. His appellate attorneys, Stacy Uliana and Mark Leeman, argue the trial court systematically prevented Allen from mounting a complete defense. They’ve now asked to make that argument in person before a three-judge panel.

The motion for oral arguments is significant. Indiana’s judicial branch notes that such requests are “frequently granted” but oral arguments remain “relatively rare.” The defense clearly believes this case benefits from being heard rather than read.

Dreeke examines the behavioral dimensions of the appeal’s central arguments. Allen’s confessions came during conditions his attorneys describe as unprecedented. He confessed to shooting the girls — who were never shot. He told his wife he didn’t know if his confession was real or a dream. The jury was allowed to see video of Allen in solitary but forced to watch it muted, so they couldn’t hear what his attorneys describe as confused screaming while a prosecution psychologist characterized the confessions as organized.

Your questions drive this conversation into the territory the trial court allegedly closed off: Brad Holder, whose interview was reportedly recorded over. Kegan Kline, whose catfish account was the last to contact Libby. The composite sketch the jury never saw. And whether the appellate court will give Allen the hearing his defense says the trial court denied him.

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