Richard Allen
Appearances
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
Verdicts in both the Delphi murders trial and the case of a murdered Minnesota mom. Plus 20 years on, Keith Morrison talks about Scott Peterson.
Hey, Andrea.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
Verdicts in both the Delphi murders trial and the case of a murdered Minnesota mom. Plus 20 years on, Keith Morrison talks about Scott Peterson.
Well, you know, the prosecution said, look, look at that image taken by Libby German just before her death. And they're saying, who? But Richard Allen fits the description of that man that you see there. One other bit of a bombshell that the prosecution delivered was in one of his confessions from prison, Richard Allen said, I killed those girls. I had the intent to rape them.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
Verdicts in both the Delphi murders trial and the case of a murdered Minnesota mom. Plus 20 years on, Keith Morrison talks about Scott Peterson.
But then I saw a van passing by and I got scared. And sure enough, there's a man who said he was driving a van that day at around that time up his driveway, which runs parallel to the creek.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
Verdicts in both the Delphi murders trial and the case of a murdered Minnesota mom. Plus 20 years on, Keith Morrison talks about Scott Peterson.
That's right. And who but the killer would know that detail?
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
Verdicts in both the Delphi murders trial and the case of a murdered Minnesota mom. Plus 20 years on, Keith Morrison talks about Scott Peterson.
Well, I would have to say so much was in the video. You see this video of him in prison and he is at times gaunt, at times he is covered in feces. Defense is saying, listen, they broke this guy in prison. Those confessions have got to be thrown out because this man was not in his right state of mind.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
Verdicts in both the Delphi murders trial and the case of a murdered Minnesota mom. Plus 20 years on, Keith Morrison talks about Scott Peterson.
This was another one of those jaw dropping moments. The defense expert said, look, at 545 p.m. The state's theory is the girls are already dead at this point. Why then does the data show that something was plugged into the headphone jack of the phone at 545 p.m. and then unplugged some five hours later around 1030? That's your killer. And by the way, that cannot be Richard Allen.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
Verdicts in both the Delphi murders trial and the case of a murdered Minnesota mom. Plus 20 years on, Keith Morrison talks about Scott Peterson.
He's home by then.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
Verdicts in both the Delphi murders trial and the case of a murdered Minnesota mom. Plus 20 years on, Keith Morrison talks about Scott Peterson.
We were not allowed inside the courthouse until they said, there's a verdict. But when we came into that courtroom, there was no sound. It was like everybody was just holding their breath. You couldn't hear people breathing or coughing like you normally did. And then they handed the judge the form and she read it like she was ripping off a Band-Aid. Count one, guilty. Count two, guilty.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
Verdicts in both the Delphi murders trial and the case of a murdered Minnesota mom. Plus 20 years on, Keith Morrison talks about Scott Peterson.
Count three, guilty. Count four, guilty. And after that first guilty, you heard one gasp. And then silence. One gasp, likely from one of the victim's families. And then you hear this very silent weeping. And it was right behind me. And it was his wife, Kathy Allen, and his mom. Can you break down the four counts for us of what he was found guilty of?
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
Verdicts in both the Delphi murders trial and the case of a murdered Minnesota mom. Plus 20 years on, Keith Morrison talks about Scott Peterson.
The first and second counts were called felony murder. The first for Abigail Williams, the second for Libby German. And what that really refers to is it includes kidnapping in the commission of murder. And then the second two counts, three and four, are called murder felony, the opposite. And those refer to intentionally causing the deaths of these girls. Did he have a reaction?
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
Verdicts in both the Delphi murders trial and the case of a murdered Minnesota mom. Plus 20 years on, Keith Morrison talks about Scott Peterson.
Did he say anything? He said nothing. He looked stoic. But then at one point, he turned his head around and he looked at his wife. And he just kept nodding his head as if he was suddenly communicating to her, like, it's going to be okay. How has the community reacted to this? For the past three weeks, the people lining up outside have been people not from Delphi.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
Verdicts in both the Delphi murders trial and the case of a murdered Minnesota mom. Plus 20 years on, Keith Morrison talks about Scott Peterson.
but from other parts of the country who've come in just to watch this trial. And many of those people that I interviewed were really rooting for Richard Allen. However, after the verdict, as I came down the courthouse steps, I all of a sudden hear this whoop and this round of applause, and I see the street filled with people.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
Verdicts in both the Delphi murders trial and the case of a murdered Minnesota mom. Plus 20 years on, Keith Morrison talks about Scott Peterson.
People of Delphi had heard about the verdict and they came out to show their support for the families of the victims. What is next for the case, Marianne? Sentencing. Sentencing is set for December 20th. He's looking at 45 to 65 years for the deaths of each girl.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
Verdicts in both the Delphi murders trial and the case of a murdered Minnesota mom. Plus 20 years on, Keith Morrison talks about Scott Peterson.
Yeah, I mean, Kathy Allen has been a constant presence there in the court. His mother has been there most days. And even though they were weeping when this came down, they had a bit of, I guess, I don't know if it's stoicism or determination that this was not going to be the end.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
Verdicts in both the Delphi murders trial and the case of a murdered Minnesota mom. Plus 20 years on, Keith Morrison talks about Scott Peterson.
You're 100% right. And that is the case in respect to Libby's family. Her grandmother and her sister have become very outspoken advocates for victims' rights. And I think Abby's mother, I know that once a year she does this really beautiful charity service for kids who don't have access to things like
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
Verdicts in both the Delphi murders trial and the case of a murdered Minnesota mom. Plus 20 years on, Keith Morrison talks about Scott Peterson.
pencils and paper and games and people in the community come and join her and they fill shoe boxes with all these great things that kids would love and they go out over the country to kids. And that's in Abby's memory.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
Verdicts in both the Delphi murders trial and the case of a murdered Minnesota mom. Plus 20 years on, Keith Morrison talks about Scott Peterson.
Thanks, Andrea.