Delphi Murders Arrest: Richard Matthew Allen

An arrest has been made. After all the years and speculation the families hopefully have an answer. Not jumping to any conclusions yet but I do have my fingers crossed.

So…Anyone know of any good intelligence on this Richard Matthew Allen, 50, CVS Pharm Tech, Husband, Father…double murderer? If it is him was this his first kill?

Richard Allen is being held in connection with the high-profile murders of two girls, Abigail Williams and Liberty German, who were killed near Delphi, Indiana, after going for a walk on a bridge…He is 50 years old. His full name is Richard Matthew Allen.

The case is one of the most famous unsolved homicides in the Midwest. One of the girls recorded a snippet of video of the suspected killer, and he could be heard mumbling “down the hill.” The case has spawned true-crime groups and podcasts.

Two chilling photos have emerged.

In 2018, Allen’s wife posted a photo of their daughter on the same bridge. You can see it below. Allen lives on Whiteman Drive in Delphi, Indiana, in a 3-bedroom, 2-bath home, according to property records.


Richard ‘Ricky’ Allen, Held in Delphi Murders: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

I've been watching this case religiously for two years now.. Here's a video by Grizlly True Crime.

DELPHI CASE: Justice for the girls at last?!


These poor girls, the way they were killed, posed, etc. I hope he fries. No kidding. This Richard Allen she shows pics with his wife and I do not believe he was ever a suspect. Comes out of no where. Lives only over 1 mile from the bridge. More, so much more to say. But, TODAY IS THE DAY.

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Interesting, I love true crime stuff.

I'll have to read up on this for sure, not familiar with it.

So it wasn't the guy a lot of people thought is was, didn't some podcasts and blogs cast a wary eye on some other guy?

originally posted by: putnam6
So it wasn't the guy a lot of people thought is was, didn't some podcasts and blogs cast a wary eye on some other guy?

There's definitely been a few intriguing suspects and it's hard to say if there's any link between Allen and other suspects but, yeah, the speculation has been wild.

I'm curious how the criminal profilers--the guesserologists--ended up doing on this one. Maybe not much better than anyone else.

originally posted by: paviabari

These poor girls, the way they were killed, posed, etc. I hope he fries. No kidding. This Richard Allen she shows pics with his wife and I do not believe he was ever a suspect. Comes out of no where. Lives only over 1 mile from the bridge. More, so much more to say. But, TODAY IS THE DAY.

I'm leaning towards Allen being the killer because his bail is $20-million and I don't think the investigatory team would put the girl's family through this if he was just "connected" to the murders.

But so far, that's the terminology, "...has been taken into custody in connection with..."

Have you come across any more info on Allen?

Some interesting pics & video of Richard Matthew Allen. The one where he has two fingers up behind his wife at the pool table is chilling. Not that he consciously meant anything other than a victory sign pose, but...still.I feel for his family too. These tragedies multiply. The butterfly effect. If Ricky is the guy, to his wife he must be something akin To The Man Who Wasn't There.

It's a great development. I saw a youtube video about it a few months back and was hooked on the tragic story.

Is this someone Kegan Kline knew and revealed in recent police interviews?.

Murder Sheet have a podcast and have provided very good info about the crime - I don't think there's been any mention of this person anywhere prior to this arrest - seems the police have given more info and evidence to the family as they seem convinvinced and can finally get answers.

Kegan is a compulsive liar though and seems to have a very active imagination/live in a dreamworld so slight chance they have the wrong guy - there's a press conference due on Monday about the huge development.

The mayor has the exact same walking gait and very similar tone to 'bridge guy' - I think police had him as their main suspect when they did the 'the killer is a high profile person, he may be in this room right now etc... press conferences.

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I'm starting to suspect this Allen guy is connected to Kegan Kline because the terminology coming from law enforcement continues to be consistently vague and very strategically worded about Allen's place in this.

Maybe he was just part of sharing illegal materials with Keegan & such. Or maybe he is the perp (or one of) but something about this doesn't feel like "Today Is The Day."

Hope, hope, hope I'm wrong.

a reply to: The GUT

Kegan Kline, who's in prison for (CP) on his digital devices made a deal to give more information to search the Wabash river in Peru Indiana, which is only 40 miles from Delphi, they found, I believe a phone ( which probably has Richard Allens' name in it) and a gutting knife. They searched for three weeks sludging that river. I believe this is how it pointed to Allen.

Doug Carter has said he was one piece away from making an arrest, but needed solid proof so he could not get off of a charge. I think he has that now.

'We'll find them': Delphi murders will be solved, police superintendent says

He has great integrity. He was assigned to this position by then Governor Mike Pence, He is rumored to be running for Governor himself.

And everyone believes there's more than one involved not just this guy.

More channels to search information: As Above So Below, It's a criming shame, Eye of Apophis end all with Delphi in search. This is very complicated. IMHO

I don't know if everyone is familiar with Leigh Kerr posts on Reddit but they reveal some things done to the girls during the murder. All alegedly! All questionable. Insider to the police investigation. ????

The Gut, if they have a 2 Million dollar bond on him, that's a murder charge I'm reading in comments on these channels.

Leigh Kerr - Delphi Indiana murders Leaker Complete Screenshots


I hope all go to death penalty.

I'm not sure Kegan Kline knew, or knew anything about Richard Allen. It does appear the child pornography "ring" has turned into a major investigation by itself.

Maybe Richard Allen was part of the Shots identity or had access to the ring's Dropbox. Maybe he even shared some crime scene pics and that's what Kegan had to make his reported bargain with the DA.

Or maybe Ricky Allen wasn't a part of the "Ring" after all and law enforcement found Allen some other way. A tip for example.

Kelsi German seems to be careful, at least not casual, with her words and here's a snippet of what she told media today after the press conference:

“It's scary, just knowing that he was so close,” Kelsi German said. “And we had no idea. But it just goes to show that any tip could be helpful always turn in what you think may be nothing. Because ultimately, we're all searching for someone that's out there somewhere. And they could be anywhere.”

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edit on 31-10-2022 by The GUT because: (no reason given)

“He would come in and we would always talk about the girls and everything,” Matlock, 75, told The Daily Beast on Monday. “We would carry on conversations about it, he would say, you know, it’s such a tragedy, and we’d say we felt sorry for the families and all that, but we tried not to talk about it too much because we all knew the families, and were friends with the families.”

Matlock, who owned JC’s from 2005 until it was shuttered in December 2021, said he has considered Allen and his wife Kathy “good friends” for nearly two decades. The couple were members of the bar’s pool league, and were active in the local community, according to Matlock, who said he spent time with them not only at JC’s but outside of work, as well. He insisted there “was never any indication” that Allen, known to his friends as Rick, would later be implicated in the dual killings that shocked the small Midwestern town.

“I just couldn’t believe it when they said they arrested him,” said Matlock. “I said, ‘Well, that can’t be the Rick we know.’ And then we come to find out it was… There wouldn’t have been any inkling to anyone that knew him that would expect him to do something like that. He just didn’t seem that type of person. But… you never know.”

In a dark twist, Allen posed for a photograph one evening in JC’s near a police sketch—meant to be a rendering of Allen’s own face—hanging on the wall behind him. In retrospect, Matlock doesn’t think the depiction was accurate at all.

“We were all sitting at the table there, we were having a pool night, and just having fun—we were snapping pictures and everything,” Matlock recalled. “Every business in town had those [sketches] up. It just happened to be, he was sitting there at the time. But to me, that did not resemble Rick… My other patrons around town [would] come in for breakfast or lunch, everybody would say, ‘Christ, that don’t look like anybody,’ or, ‘It could be anybody.’”

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Almost 6-yrs. In a town of, I believe, less than 3-thousand. Not to mention the grandparents relating that Allen had processed pics for them no charge at CVS that they were getting together for the funeral.

Interesting article. Worth a read I think.

Delphi murders dolls link? This case goes deep theories. And some do believe this was a snuff film situation/dark Webb cp stuff.

There's always one in every crowd. And this time it's me. Not the first time it's been me either sigh but I gotta be me so here goes: I'm starting to wonder if Richard Allen is the guilty party.

I sincerely hope my growing suspicion is wrong. That's all, I just wanted to say it out loud.