The Delphi Murders: Richard Allen on Trial: The Verdict: Richard Allen Is Guilty

Summary

Murder Sheet Podcast Summary Episode: The Delphi Murders: Richard Allen on Trial: The Verdict: Richard Allen Is Guilty
Release Date: November 12, 2024
Hosts: Áine Cain and Kevin Greenlee

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1. Announcement of the Verdict

The episode begins with Áine Cain and Kevin Greenlee announcing the culmination of their extensive coverage of the Richard Allen trial. The duo confirms that the jury has found Richard Allen guilty of the brutal murders of Liberty German and Abigail Williams.

Kevin Greenlee ([02:05]): "Today marks the final day of our coverage of the trial of Richard Allen... the verdict, as you've likely heard, is guilty."

2. Mood Outside the Courthouse

Initially, there was significant anxiety surrounding the possibility of a hung jury. Both hosts recount their personal fears and the collective apprehension among court watchers.

Áine Cain ([03:51]): "Me, I was that person. It was me."

Kevin elaborates on the defense's perceived strategy to induce a hung jury by sowing doubt and diverting attention from the core evidence.

Kevin Greenlee ([04:50]): "They were trying to change the subject... It seemed very, very clear... that their strategy was to go for a hung jury."

3. Defense Strategy vs. Prosecution’s Case

The hosts critique the defense team for their approach, suggesting that instead of addressing the evidence, they aimed to manipulate the jury's perception. Conversely, they praise the prosecution for their thorough and compassionate handling of the case.

Kevin Greenlee ([05:10]): "What we saw in court was not a defense team that was trying to raise reasonable doubt... They were trying to change the subject."

Áine Cain ([07:58]): "We knew immediately it would be a conviction. There was no way this jury was going to acquit him after what we saw."

4. Misinformation and Public Perception

Áine and Kevin express frustration over misinformation spread by certain individuals and platforms, which they believe undermined the case against Allen. They caution listeners about trusting unreliable sources that propagate conspiracy theories.

Kevin Greenlee ([10:45]): "People have been misinformed about the strength of the evidence in this case."

Áine Cain ([11:10]): "I feel bad for their audiences because they're duped by this nonsense."

5. Praise for Investigators and Key Personnel

The hosts highlight the exceptional work of the investigators, prosecutors, and other key figures who relentlessly pursued justice despite facing external pressures and threats.

Kevin Greenlee ([32:38]): "Kathy Shanks is a hero. She turned this thing around and helped bring justice to these girls."

Áine Cain ([34:31]): "The amount of work and resources that these men and women have all put into this, it deserves to be commended."

6. Impact on Families and Community

Áine and Kevin delve into the profound emotional toll the trial has taken on the families of Liberty and Abigail, as well as the broader Delphi community. They condemn the harassment and baseless accusations directed at the families.

Áine Cain ([37:10]): "The families... have had to deal with bad actors who want to work out their own personal issues on true crime cases."

Kevin Greenlee ([39:46]): "The family is owed apologies. The investigators are owed apologies. The town of Delphi is owed apologies."

7. Future Steps: Sentencing and Appeals

The discussion moves towards the upcoming sentencing date and the unlikely prospect of an appeal. Both hosts share their skepticism about the defense’s chances to overturn the conviction.

Kevin Greenlee ([45:35]): "So I, I, it's inevitable that the defense is going to file an appeal. But keep in mind that most appeals are not successful."

Áine Cain ([48:13]): "If I'm being blunt, no."

8. Final Thoughts on the Legacy of the Victims

Concluding the episode, Áine and Kevin emphasize the importance of remembering Liberty and Abigail for their lives and the positive legacies their families are creating in their memory. They advocate for focusing on justice and honoring the victims’ memories.

Áine Cain ([49:14]): "These were special kids who... made it so that the person who did this would ultimately be found and the truth would be exposed."

Kevin Greenlee ([55:40]): "Let’s remember these girls for how they lived. And let's be grateful for all of the men and women who worked so hard in horrible circumstances in order to bring justice to those girls."

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Notable Quotes with Timestamps

• Kevin Greenlee ([02:05]): "Today marks the final day of our coverage of the trial of Richard Allen... the verdict, as you've likely heard, is guilty."
• Áine Cain ([03:51]): "Me, I was that person. It was me."
• Kevin Greenlee ([05:10]): "They were trying to change the subject... It seemed very, very clear... that their strategy was to go for a hung jury."
• Áine Cain ([07:58]): "We knew immediately it would be a conviction. There was no way this jury was going to acquit him after what we saw."
• Kevin Greenlee ([10:45]): "People have been misinformed about the strength of the evidence in this case."
• Áine Cain ([11:10]): "I feel bad for their audiences because they're duped by this nonsense."
• Kevin Greenlee ([32:38]): "Kathy Shanks is a hero. She turned this thing around and helped bring justice to these girls."
• Áine Cain ([37:10]): "The families... have had to deal with bad actors who want to work out their own personal issues on true crime cases."
• Kevin Greenlee ([45:35]): "So I, I, it's inevitable that the defense is going to file an appeal. But keep in mind that most appeals are not successful."
• Áine Cain ([48:13]): "If I'm being blunt, no."
• Áine Cain ([49:14]): "These were special kids who... made it so that the person who did this would ultimately be found and the truth would be exposed."
• Kevin Greenlee ([55:40]): "Let’s remember these girls for how they lived. And let's be grateful for all of the men and women who worked so hard in horrible circumstances in order to bring justice to those girls."

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Conclusion

In this emotionally charged episode, Áine Cain and Kevin Greenlee provide a comprehensive analysis of the Richard Allen verdict in the Delphi murders case. They offer critical insights into the trial proceedings, commend those who sought justice, and mourn the devastating loss of Liberty German and Abigail Williams. The hosts also address the broader implications of misinformation within the true crime community and emphasize the enduring legacy of the victims.

Transcript

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[Anya Cain]

Applies content Warning this episode contains discussion of the brutal murder of two girls.

[Kevin Greenlee]

Well, today marks the final day of our coverage of the trial of Richard Allen for the murder of Liberty German and Abigail Williams. Because the jury returned with a verdict today and that verdict, as you've likely heard, is guilty, we will talk about that and where we go from here.

[Anya Cain]

My name is Anya Cain, I'm a.

[Kevin Greenlee]

Journalist and I'm Kevin Greenlee. I'm an attorney.

[Anya Cain]

And this is the Murder Sheet.

[Kevin Greenlee]

We're a true crime podcast focused on original reporting, interviews, and deep dives into murder cases. We're the Murder Sheet.

[Anya Cain]

And this is the Delphi Murders. Richard Allen on trial. The verdict. Richard Allen is guilty.

[Kevin Greenlee]

Why don't we start by talking a little bit about the mood outside the courthouse and among court watchers? As of early today, I think a lot of people were becoming increasingly concerned about the prospect of a hung jury.

[Anya Cain]

Me, I was that person. It was me.

[Kevin Greenlee]

And you were far from alone. And I think it is worth noting that the strategy of the defense team seemed to be a cynical one. It seemed to be a strategy for a hung jury. They were trying to get at least one or two people to hold out. And we know that because of some of the stuff we read from them in their due process, gang messages, their brain trust, and other comments that certain people connected to the team have made elsewhere. It's a very cynical strategy. And we also know that because of what we saw in court. And what we saw in court was not a defense team that was trying to raise reasonable doubt about whether or not their client committed this crime. What we saw in court was a defense team that was trying to change the subject. In that closing argument, that ridiculous closing argument that Brad Rosie did, he was essentially making an argument for jury nullification. He was essentially saying, oh, how Richard Allen was treated in prison, that's so bad that if you vote guilty, it means you are endorsing the thumbscrews from the Middle Ages.

[Anya Cain]

You're making big snake happy.

[Kevin Greenlee]

Yes. And he actually concluded by showing a picture of someone being smothered by a snake.

[Anya Cain]

I like how you felt you had to say that just to make sure people know I'm not going nuts. But, yeah, yeah.

[Kevin Greenlee]

He concluded by showing an image of someone being smothered by a snake. And he said, that snake that you see crushing this individual, that is the government, and you need to vote not guilty, otherwise you will be endorsing this. And, of course, the subject of the trial was not whether or not people want to make government to be as powerful as a python. What the subject of the trial was was whether or not Richard Allen murdered Liberty German and Abigail Williams. And just the mere fact that they were trying throughout this trial so often to change the subject is a pretty good sign of weakness and lack of faith in their case. Because if they were convinced they could raise reasonable doubt about whether or not Richard Allen was involved in these murders, you don't need to change the subject. So it seemed very, very clear, both from their actions during the trial and through the messages that we reported on earlier this year, that their strategy was to go for a hung jury.

[Anya Cain]

We didn't hear at all about what Richard Allen was doing that day. On the day in question, February 13, 2017, we didn't hear much by way of even character witnesses. I mean, they brought out his daughter and sister to say that they loved him, but, I mean, there wasn't any sport of specificity. We didn't. They didn't want to talk about their client. They didn't want to talk about that day. They didn't want to talk about any of that. All they wanted to do is bring out people who were at the bridge far too late to see or hear anything. And, yeah, it felt. It felt to me like this was not a position of strength through the defense to be in. Frankly, I felt they even left some kind of salient points on the table that may have helped them, like talking about the lack of blood in his car. After what we heard, Sarah Carbaugh said, you know, that that could have been something. But again, they didn't want to focus on that. They just wanted to yell about how they didn't like Sarah Carbaugh in the end.

[Kevin Greenlee]

Yes. And they. It was clear to me that what they wanted was a hung jury. And so I would go so far to say is that it felt to me after watching this trial, that the only two plausible outcomes were either a conviction or a hung jury, because that was their strategy. And so when word came today that the jury had reached their verdict, I felt it was absolutely clear that it was a conviction.

[Anya Cain]

Yeah. We knew immediately it would be a conviction. There was no way this jury was going to acquit him after what we saw. Not after the case that the prosecution put on. And frankly, the case that the defense put on. We knew verdict equals. Equals guilt. There's no way around that.

[Kevin Greenlee]

Yes. And was the defense when it was a hung jury, which is a lack of a verdict?

[Anya Cain]

Yeah.

[Kevin Greenlee]

So I think this may be as good a place as any in the program to note that Anya and I have been following this case rather closely for many years. We have talked to literally hundreds of people from all sides of this behind the scenes. We sat in that courtroom for virtually every moment of the trial. I think we missed one session, one afternoon session. We heard everything the prosecution put forward. We heard everything the defense put forward. And after digesting all of that, I'm convinced that the jury made the right decision. Richard Allen killed Liberty German and Abigail Williams. He is guilty of these crimes.

[Anya Cain]

Richard Allen is guilty as sin, in my view. No. Yeah. I mean, I don't. I don't know how you sit through what we sat through and come to any other conclusion. Frankly, this was not close. We kept open minds going into this process. We've both gone back and forth at different times about what we think of the strength or what we've thought of the strength of the case against Allan and whether or not we felt he could be guilty. Frankly, we've never talked about that on the show because you shouldn't care what we think prior to us hearing everything in court. Okay. Because that our opinions don't really matter in that sense. But having sat through that trial, having looked at all the evidence, having heard the arguments, it was not close. It was not even a little bit close.

[Kevin Greenlee]

No, it was very clear. No reasonable doubt remained. And what I think is interesting, there are a number of people out there who I think were surprised by this verdict. Particularly people. Well, there were a number of people in that courtroom and elsewhere who have made it their business to try to deceive and misinform people about the details of the case. And I'm choosing my words carefully when I say make it their business because they make money off of it. And so I think a lot of people have been misinformed about the strength of the evidence in this case. And maybe, I think we're gonna do another episode tomorrow and maybe as part of that, we should include like a brief overview of the evidence because it is very, very compelling and no reasonable doubt remains. This man is guilty. He did it.

[Anya Cain]

Yeah. I've been appalled and disgusted that there's this cottage industry within true crime of people just going around and sort of like, doing this. I don't know. I don't. I don't understand what they get out of it except for money and attention, which I guess, you know, it's motive enough in this situation, but it's disgusting to see. And I feel bad for their audiences because they're duped by, by this nonsense. You know, you think a lot of.

[Kevin Greenlee]

People, a lot of good people who happen to be listening to dishonest people without perhaps fully realizing it, are assuming, oh, Indiana is corrupt. Carroll county is corrupt. All these investigators are corrupt. The prosecutor is corrupt, the judge is corrupt, maybe a family member did it, all these ridiculous things. And the fact is, this is a clear cut case.

[Anya Cain]

Yeah, this wasn't close. I mean, what do you even want to talk about now? I'm just I'm in. I'm sort of in shock a little bit that this is all over. I really thought it might get hung and then we might end up kind of going through the whole thing again. I felt the thing that kind of made me feel like it might not, it might end in a mistrial was the fact that it was going on for so long. At the same time, I also felt that this jury was very, very engaged and very much paying attention and asking incisive questions. So that kind of also made me wonder, maybe they will come to some sort of conclusion.

[Kevin Greenlee]

One thing I want to say is Anya and I did not get in to the courtroom this morning when the verdict was revealed. We were not there.

[Anya Cain]

No, we. And frankly, we did not try at that point. I mean, rowdies or just, you know, it. We, we felt a duty and an obligation to at least try to get into all the sessions of court. We didn't succeed, but we came close. And that was because again, bad actors spinning things and then people who are not bad actors who are trying their best, who may not understand things, there's people in the traditional media where they're trying their best to be accurate, but they don't have the context and they just, they might say, hey, this person did that. And it's like, oh, we got the name wrong. You don't know what you know. So we tried because that would be factual information that would be being spun or hidden. And we felt the need, we need to go and shine a light on what's going on. But with a verdict, I'm not going to be like friggin fighting with people in the crowd to get in there. You can't spin a verdict. So we kind of were like, let's just, you know, if people want to elbow their way into that, fine. We don't need to be part of the circus anymore.

[Kevin Greenlee]

So we were not in there, but we talked with a person who was in there and this individual gave us a detail that I found haunting and I got permission to share it with you all. After the guilty verdicts are read, a pair of handcuffs are fastened to Richard Allen and he's cuffed. And this person looked up at the clock. The moment the, this person heard the cuffs close on Richard Allen's wrist. And it was 2:32pm and 2:32pm on February 13, 2017, is the moment that Libby's phone stopped moving. So it feels like there's something poetic about that there.

[Anya Cain]

There absolutely is. We also heard, having spoken to a number of people who were in the room that Allen did not have any sort of outburst or emotional reaction to the news that this is something that typically defense attorneys encourage their client. Don't react, don't emote, don't do anything. Keep it cool. So it seems that, I'm not saying that that's what happened here, but, but it seems like that was at least what happened for Richard Allen. He did not, he did not cry or scream or anything like that.

[Kevin Greenlee]

We understand that other members of his family were emotional. I wonder how well prepared they were for this eventuality. I know a lot of people on the defense side were evincing a great deal of confidence in the outcome of this case. Confidence that I felt, frankly was unwarrante.

[Anya Cain]

What do you make of that? I mean, we've been hearing that going around telling people they're going to win this for, for a while, like that's gotten out there and I don't, I don't understand having seen this, where the heck they got that from.

[Kevin Greenlee]

I don't know what to tell you, Anya.

[Anya Cain]

I don't understand.

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[Kevin Greenlee]

Talk more about this in days to come. But for me, I remember often in this case there would be moments where the defense team would be saying all alpha male bluster about how great they were and how everything was going to go their way and then you don't see that in Court. And I remember, for me, a turning point was the contempt hearing back in March, which they actually won. But they won because the facts were on their side, and there wasn't enough proof for it to go the other way at that time. But watching the performance of these attorneys in court that day, I said, wait a minute. And so I've stopped having. I stopped having faith in their bluster after that.

[Anya Cain]

I know, but it's like, how did they have. I mean, was it all a show, or were they believing their own press? I don't. I don't understand it.

[Kevin Greenlee]

So we're outside. I think there's probably maybe 100, 150 onlookers who also didn't get in. Everybody has their eyes on the door because we don't know what's going on in the courtroom any more than you do. Even though it's just a few feet away from us, it's very frustrating. A YouTuber comes out. He's the first one out. His face is ashen, and he rushes off.

[Anya Cain]

Yeah.

[Kevin Greenlee]

You might be able to guess who that is. And then a moment later, a reporter comes out and cries out, guilty on counts. And where we were, at least there was a large cheer that went up from the onlookers.

[Anya Cain]

People from Delphi. People have been following it for years.

[Kevin Greenlee]

Yes. I've been told that in another part of the onlookers, people were disappointed and very upset. And it's certainly true that there were people waiting for the verdict outside who were carrying signs saying things like, we love you, Richard Allen. And just think for a moment. If you're a family member and you see people carrying signs like that, I would hope the family member just considers the messenger and doesn't give it much thought. I think most people who really follow this case would not carry signs like that.

[Anya Cain]

No, I don't think so. And I think that this is going to just further marginalize people who are on the extreme. I think I want to separate two groups here, because people where at times they haven't been convinced that he's. He's guilty based on what they've heard. I mean, I've been part of that group at times. Okay. So I'm not. I would never criticize anyone for feeling that way.

[Kevin Greenlee]

I don't mean to interrupt you, but when the PCA first came out.

[Anya Cain]

Yeah. You were very much part of that group.

[Kevin Greenlee]

I was skeptical.

[Anya Cain]

Yeah. And so, I mean, so that's why I'm saying that's no problem there. Whatever you feel. But there's a difference between that and basically treating this like it's some sort of bizarre fandom over a man who's been credibly accused of slaughtering two kids in the woods. There's a. There's a big gap between those two things. And so for the people who are doing that. What's wrong with you? I guess. I mean, I don't know. I mean, like, I don't think a lot of those people listen to our show, to be honest, but it's like, I just don't even know the motivation. Somebody needs to do some, like, serious psychological studies around true crime and why people get involved basically for this kind of spectacle, but also so they can, I guess, like, you know, make martyrs out of violent men. That's what I would be so curious to know. Like, what are the implications of that?

[Kevin Greenlee]

Yeah, it's fascinating.

[Anya Cain]

And it's not that this. I mean, it's not in this situation. I mean, Richard Allen is far from some sort of, like, interesting or charismatic or charming person. He's, by all accounts. Well, I don't know if I want to say it's. It just baffles me in this case.

[Kevin Greenlee]

In particular, I want to jump back a minute to. For a moment to what we were talking about a minute ago about the bluster of this prosecution team.

[Anya Cain]

You said bluster of the prosecution team.

[Kevin Greenlee]

I want to jump back to what I said a moment ago about the bluster of the defense team. I was getting. Pardon me, everyone. It was. It's the defense team that's had this alpha male type bluster. And the prosecution team has not been doing that. I think the prosecution team has been much more scrupulous about maintaining the gag order. They're not going out and thumping their chest and. But in fact, the defense team has been doing that. And at various times, people closely connected to the defense team have been challenging in criticizing the skills of the prosecution team led by Nick McLean. And so, in fairness, I feel it is worth saying that the defense team in this case was outlawered. I feel the prosecution team, Nick McLeland, Stacy Deener, James Lettrell, they all out lawyered. That defense team, this prosecution team, they had a strong hand, but they played it extraordinarily well.

[Anya Cain]

I thought they were. They did a very good job. And you could tell the amount of preparation and work they put into this.

[Kevin Greenlee]

Stacy Deener, she did a remarkable job. I believe she opened up the witnesses. She handled all of the family witnesses, if my recollection is correct. And she did so with compassion and care.

[Anya Cain]

Yeah. And that. And that I felt her work there started out the trial for the prosecution. I felt on the right foot were not only getting the establishment of what happened that day, but we're learning about who these girls were as human beings. And it was making the jury care about this. They're not some hypothetical kids. They're kids who belong to these families. They're still. This was devastating. They're still missed to this day. They, they had dreams, they had things they wanted to do. They should have been able to do those. They should be young women now, maybe starting their own families, maybe starting careers. They. It's, it's, it's her work sort of letting the families tell the story. I feel like a good attorney in some of these situations. They almost kind of like guide things along but almost fade into the background so the emotion and the facts can kind of carry the day. And she was able to do that. I feel like with all of these, with all of these folks.

[Kevin Greenlee]

She did that extraordinarily well. There's other things she did well too, which I'm sure we'll talk about later. But I just want to highlight that. Yes here. And before I move on from Stacy Diener, I actually learned a fun fact about Stacy Deener the other day that I think is worth noting. Stacy Deener went to the same law school as the creator of Perry Mason.

[Anya Cain]

Whoa.

[Kevin Greenlee]

So fun fact about Ms. Diener. Other member of the prosecution team, James Luttrell.

[Anya Cain]

I said it wrong. I'm sorry. James Luttrell. That was bad. So he.

[Kevin Greenlee]

Go ahead.

[Anya Cain]

Can I do it? So he, for me, a standout moment for him. He, I felt, handled a lot of the technical things, almost the science. So ballistics, that was so crucial. Ballistic. I'm going to highlight that the first. This was at the three day mini trial. But when he went with Pat Cicero, Major Pat Cicero, who is the crime scene expert, that made me cry. That was some of the most devastating testimony I've ever heard. And that also happened to in this trial. He did a great job leading him through all that where it told a story as well as gave you all the facts.

[Kevin Greenlee]

But in this trial, he gave the. He did. He handled the cross examination of the defense ballistic witness, Dr. Warren. And if the jury ended up believing and accepting what this witness had to say, it would really have harmed the prosecution's case. So it was very crucial that his cross examination be done perfectly. And he did. He did a wonderful job.

[Anya Cain]

He was very fiery during this, which was kind of amusing might be the wrong word. But he's. He seems very like, kind of lowkey, like, like just kind of like he, you, you said he's, he's a rare lawyer that doesn't love the sound of his own voice, but in this, he got a lot more aggressive and he was hitting this witness hard with a bunch of, like. It was, it was very impressive. And I felt he did serious damage to this witness's credibility at the end of the day, and that, that was obviously a huge boon to the prosecution team.

[Kevin Greenlee]

What would you say standout moment for Nick McClelland?

[Anya Cain]

For me, McLeland? I don't know. It's hard to pick. He, he. Okay, I. Can I start off by saying this. I think you and I were in the camp when all this started where frankly, I think we underestimated him. I feel like we were certainly in that camp where we were like, well, we're only aware of him doing one other really murder case. You know, we were, I think we were at times unimpressed with the probable cause affidavit when it came out. And we were, you know, sort of baffled by the fact that McClellan tried to seal that. And we, we took that as a. Well, we don't know.

[Kevin Greenlee]

We were wrong.

[Anya Cain]

We were completely wrong. We were completely wrong. He. Absolutely an apologies to him. Sorry. I guess I. It was, I mean, it was really striking. He emerged in this trial and certainly in. In pretrial hearings as well, but certainly in this trial, solidifying it as an incredible trial lawyer.

[Kevin Greenlee]

And the moment of his that I think I will again, all these prosecutors we mentioned had lots of standout moments. Perhaps the one that lingers most in my mind and that I will probably think of for a long time to come would be his rebuttal closing argument, where he talked about how Libby once told her grandmother when she grew up she wanted to help solve a crime. And he said, well, she did.

[Anya Cain]

And she brought Abby along too. Yeah. When you can tell how much I think this case has meant to him between his opening and his closing and his rebuttal at the end there. And I feel like he and his whole team have put in a lot of incredible work in this. And he did throughout a wonderful job of being sort of self effacing and charming for the jury, but also very much honing to the facts. He was not wasting time. He was direct, he was forceful. He was prompting his witnesses to kind of get to the point. And he, he brought, he, he, he really, he deserves a lot of credit for this.

[Kevin Greenlee]

And I want to talk about the investigation. More specifically, I want to talk about the fact that there are people out there who I feel have mischaracterized the investigation. And I think the investigators have gotten a lot of over the top and frankly, unfair criticism, including, I mean, one of the investig. One online crank has accused one of the investigators of trying to kill her. It's just. It's ridiculous nonsense and I think it obscures a couple of facts. One fact is that anytime human beings do something, mistakes are going to be made. Even in this podcast, I. I stumbled over my words and said something about. I referred to the prosecution when I met the defense.

[Anya Cain]

I. I miss I. After correcting you so many times, I keep on mispronouncing James Luttrell's name. So I mean it. And like, can I say, just as an example, think back to where you work. Think about any project that your work did or anything you guys had to do as a group. Was it perfect? Or were some. Were there some issues? And maybe the issues were not a big deal, but like, I'm sure you could pinpoint a few things where you're like, oh, we left a typo in there. Oh, there. There was a delay in the presentation because this happened. Anyone can understand this. It's just when you have humans, that's what happens.

[Kevin Greenlee]

And so it was not a perfect investigation. But the fact is, these people working this case who were subject to so much unfair attacks, including accusations of attempted murder and worse, these people who were harassed, who had threats made against them and their families, these people who went through all of this, they kept their heads down and they kept working the case. When I feel the easiest thing in the world would for them to do would have been to just let it be and focus on other cases. There's always other cases for the police to work. They kept working. When they got leads, they worked them as hard as they could. And when they got this lead about Richard Allen, they worked it and they worked it and they got their man. At the end of the day, I feel the Indiana State Police should be proud of the work they did on this case because they brought justice to this case.

[Anya Cain]

As should the Carroll county and the.

[Kevin Greenlee]

Carroll County Sheriff's Office, led, led now by Tony Liggett.

[Anya Cain]

I'm going to say this. When we talk about mistakes and investigations, for me, you know, I hear the term, oh, they're the Keystone cops in this case a lot. To me, when I'm looking at this, I concur with Kevin. I think the most significant error that was made Here was the fact that because of some confusion with dispatch, Richard Allen's name was written down incorrectly. So he was Richard Allen Whiteman, and that led to that tip falling through the cracks. That's a big mistake. That's a big issue. But it's one of those mistakes where I don't feel it amounts to some sort of original sin that affects every single investigator involved because they didn't know about it. I don't know how they were supposed to. They're not clairvoyant. I mean, there's not like a disturbance in the force. When something like that happens, and everyone just immediately is like, oh, wait, we got it. That just seems like a thing that can happen. And maybe if it happened to a tip where some nutty psychic was calling about Bigfoot being responsible, it wouldn't have mattered at all, but in this case, it did. When people are talking about all these other mistakes made, I don't know. I mean, I think there might be something in the idea that maybe too many law enforcement agencies were involved early on. But the thing is, you have to imagine everyone was trying to help find two lost kids at first, and then they're all around and they want to help find who murdered them. That's an understandable human impulse. When people talk about how it was a disaster of investigation, I don't feel like people can really point to a lot of specific, concrete examples that, in my opinion, raise beyond just the kind of traditional things you would see. All that being said, I want to also say one thing about someone who absolutely deserves all of the credit for riding the ship, and that person is Kathy Shank. She, by doing what she did, by giving up her own time and energy and passion for helping others, and for helping in this case with a horrible case involving children who were murdered, she turned this thing around. She made it so that these families could experience today.

[Kevin Greenlee]

Kathy Shanks is a hero.

[Anya Cain]

It's Shank.

[Kevin Greenlee]

Kathy Shank is a hero. She's a hero. And I. I think anyone who's followed this case and who cares about these girls owes her a great debt.

[Anya Cain]

I mean, just the fact that she just. Just did this, like, for free. Just what? Like, that's a caring person who cares about her community, cares about the children of her community, and she should be absolutely commended for that. She is a hero.

[Kevin Greenlee]

Earlier in this podcast, I. I said some nice things about the Indiana State Police. I think it's important to highlight the fact that when Kathy Shank saw that tip and she realized it was important, she hands it over to Carol County Sheriff Tony Lickett. I believe that time he was not yet elected sheriff.

[Anya Cain]

No.

[Kevin Greenlee]

And he knows what to do with it. He recognizes the significance of it and he works the lead along with prosecutor investigator Steve Mul. And I think, I think I mentioned this a couple weeks ago in the show whenever it was when you, when I saw Tony Liggett on the stand being cross examined by Brad Rosie and matching wits with Brad Rosie, Tony Liggett won. Oh yeah, this is a very intelligent man. When he got this information from Kathy Shank, he knew what to do with it. He worked it. And again, that's why we're here today. I think if I were a resident of Carroll county, in the mixture of all of the feelings they must be experiencing today, I hope they feel pride in their local team. They have a terrific prosecutor, they have a terrific sheriff and they have people like Kathy Shank in there too.

[Anya Cain]

Yeah, I, I completely agree.

[Kevin Greenlee]

And they have much to feel proud about.

[Anya Cain]

I agree. And you know, I, they have the Lafayette Post of the Indiana State Police and they put a lot into this detective or master trooper Brian Harshman, Detective Dave Vito. We heard from Lieutenant Jerry Holman. They were all on the stand. The amount of work and resources that these men and women have all put into this, it deserves to be commended.

[Kevin Greenlee]

And the crime scene people.

[Anya Cain]

The crime scene people, yeah, the csis, all of it. The, the DNA investigate like these forensic examiners, I mean they, they, they went at this really hard. And again, I'm not going to ever say this investigation was perfect or we should never scrutinize anybody. No, that's what we've been doing for a long time. We've been, continue to do, we've been scrutinizing and criticizing and we will continue to do so. But at the end of the day, at the end of the day they figured it out, they got it done and that's ultimately what matters to me more. And I don't.

[Kevin Greenlee]

One of my takeaways from this, from sitting through all of this testimony is really an effort like this takes such teamwork.

[Anya Cain]

Yes.

[Kevin Greenlee]

The csi, the sheriff's department, the Indiana State Police, all of these people working together and as part of the Indiana State Police. The CSI is a part of the Indiana State Police. The ballistics people.

[Anya Cain]

Well, it's this stupid. I sorry. It's a stupid myth that it's like that crime solving. Because listen, we all love the cozy mysteries, we all love the shows with the brilliant detective who comes in and elementary, my dear Watson. That's not obviously how anything works. It's a job. There are best practices. You follow those. You follow the rule book. You. You work with others. That's it. It's not some big, fancy, stupid, like, iq, like, oh, let's all, you know, it's. It's. It's a job. And. And I feel like these people did the job and they. They overcame that early error where this thing was lost. And that might have. That might have killed the effort in a lot of cases, but in this case, they threw everything into it and they got it done.

[Kevin Greenlee]

So grateful to all of them. Including Kathy Shank.

[Anya Cain]

Yes.

[Kevin Greenlee]

And, gosh, Kathy Schenk is a hero.

[Anya Cain]

Yeah. And so in terms of other things, I wanted also, were there other people you wanted to single out there, or can I move on?

[Kevin Greenlee]

Move on.

[Anya Cain]

I wanted to talk about the families of Abby and Libby and what they've been put through by this whole ordeal. And unfortunately, it's not stopped during the trial, of course. I guess that makes sense. But this is a situation where not only have they had to contend with a horrific loss that most of us cannot even imagine going through. Losing your loved one to a violent crime, losing a child or a grandchild to a violent crime, or a sister or a cousin, that's not something everyone can understand of how painful and shocking and what a shock to the system that is and what that does to you and your faith in the world and your faith in other people. Not only have they had to deal with that, but they've also had to deal with bad actors who want to work out their own personal issues on true crime cases or want to get money or attention from true crime cases, coming in and doing all manner of harm, including, but not limited to leaking and spreading around graphic crime scene images, sending graphic crime scene images to these family members, spreading rumors about these individuals, accusing family members of participating in the crime based on nothing but, like, whoa, maybe that happened. And the amount of callousness I've seen directed, and I feel like I know what it is. I know why this is happening. If this thing had gotten solved immediately, I don't think it would have happened. But people are very uncomfortable with the lack of fairness in the universe sometimes. And I think when some people, not all, but when some people see, oh, my gosh, they lost. They lost their girls and we don't know what happened, they don't like that. And so then they kind of invent a way for it to be their fault so they don't have to feel any sympathy. They just. They don't feel comfortable with it. No. It must be that they're to blame. That's. That's what I think. A lot of this impulse within true crime is driven. I mean, not. Not all of it, but that is a lot of it. And people also just love a good conspiracy. And so they cast these family members in the starring roles of that. And I think all of those people should be absolutely ashamed of themselves right now. I think they should apologize. They won't, but they should.

[Kevin Greenlee]

I. I think the family is owed apologies. The investigators are owed apologies. The town of Delphi is owed apologies. A lot of people are owed apologies that will not come.

[Anya Cain]

And yes, in the town of Delphi is the collateral damage as well, because people who. Part of the community have been accused of being part of the crime, they've been told that their. Their city is some uniquely horrific, corrupt place. That's just a. You know, every. Like. Just a fictional version of Delphi has just spread all over the place. It's a city. It's a county seat in a small Indiana county with problems like everywhere else. Probably, like problems where you live or, you know, where we live or, you know, if you scratch the surface, anywhere has problems. But when we've been there, it's. It's a lot of very lovely people. A lot of just normal people live in their lives. They're, you know, it's. It's just. It's like anywhere else in a way. And the idea that people have just been going around smearing this town for these years, it's just. It's just. It's embarrassing. It makes me embarrassed to be part of anything involving true crime sometimes, to be. To be honest, because it's like, what are we doing here? You know, like. I mean, like this. It doesn't need to be this way, but some people make it so that it is.

[Kevin Greenlee]

Yeah.

[Anya Cain]

And. But. But going back to the families, I mean, like, gosh, they've been gagged by the gag order with. With Judge Gulliver, and therefore they've not been able to defend themselves for a while now.

[Kevin Greenlee]

Yeah, and it's. It's unfortunate. The gag order, I feel, was a mistake on the part of Judge Gull for many reasons, one of which is that the defense side seems to pretty regularly ignore it with no consequence that I can see, while the people on the prosecution side, including the family members, honor it. And so their voices have been removed from the conversation for the last two years, and that is not fair to them, number one. And number two, it has degraded the quality of the conversation, because having the families be a part of the conversation elevates it.

[Anya Cain]

It does.

[Kevin Greenlee]

And we've lost that. And that is a source of frustration for me today. Today, people were hoping that. People were hoping to hear from the families. And we found that the gag order is still in place until the sentencing, which I believe is on December 20th. So their voices are still absent from this conversation, but that will change soon. And I know a lot of people are looking forward to what they have to say, and a lot of people may be nervous about what the family has to say.

[Anya Cain]

A lot of people should be very nervous.

[Kevin Greenlee]

Fair enough.

[Anya Cain]

They should. And I would say, in terms of sentencing. Yes, that's gonna be December 20th. Let's talk about Judge Gull's performance throughout all of this. Obviously, you and I have had a lot of criticism, a lot of. I think, at the beginning of our trial coverage, very loud criticism, where we. Where we've had a huge issue with the public access in this case. And, you know, if we were. If we were over the top in the beginning, I mean, we were very tired. I do still generally feel like this was not well handled in terms of that.

[Kevin Greenlee]

I. I'll go beyond that. I feel her public access, the way she handled the public access was disastrous.

[Anya Cain]

Yeah, that's fair.

[Kevin Greenlee]

Completely disastrous to the extent of being shameful and irresponsible. And I think a lot of the reason why the conspiracy theorists have flourished, a lot of the reasons why people are able to sit in that courtroom and then go on YouTube and lie about what happened in that courtroom is because there's no one checking them. And if there had been a camera in the courtroom or an audio feed in the courtroom, and all of you could have either watched or listened to what was going on in that courtroom, then these people would not have been able to get away with lying about it. And people now who have doubts about the verdict, I believe, would not have those doubts because they would have seen all the evidence that we saw. So I think the way she handled the public access was disastrous. I think the gag order was a serious miscalculation that was ultimately deeply unfair to the families.

[Anya Cain]

What do you think about her performance in the legal realm of this case minus the public access?

[Kevin Greenlee]

Generally speaking, I feel she did fine on that front. The. The. The ruling she made during the trial that I most disagreed with negatively affected the prosecution. I feel she made the decision not to allow them to show a video of Richard Allen behaving badly at Cass County Jail. And I think she should have allowed that. That hurt the prosecution. Other than that, I, I feel her decisions were, were fair and reasonable, and I feel she protected the interests of Richard Allen, including by not showing that video.

[Anya Cain]

Yeah, that was a boon to him. When people talk about how it's so outrageous that she handcuffed the defense by taking away Odinism, I just, my eyes almost roll out of my head at this point. There's been so much consternation about this, and it's a stupid theory. They did a bad job presenting it. She did them a favor. They should have been thanking her and figuring out a better theory instead of whatever we got.

[Kevin Greenlee]

If there had been cameras in the courtroom back in the pretrial hearing where they presented their Odinism theory, no one would be defending it.

[Anya Cain]

No. But a bunch of people want to show up and just say, oh, this must be good. It's like you don't know what you're talking about.

[Kevin Greenlee]

So I, I, it's inevitable that the defense is going to file an appeal. That appeal will not involve Baldwin and Rosie because they're not appellate attorneys. So expect an appeal to be filed. But keep in mind that most appeals are not successful. And just because an appeal is filed doesn't mean that it is well founded or will succeed.

[Anya Cain]

I want to add to that, when we talk about an appeal, what would be an appealable issue here? There's been a lot of, you know, pointing to the fact that Gull removed the attorneys for a time. And that to me is in fact the most dramatic moment where I could look at that and say, well, you know, like, that's, that's a pretty extreme situation. Maybe that would be an appeal. But when we talk about it and when we look at it, the Indiana Supreme Court already ruled on that, and they ruled that she was fair to Richard Allen and that essentially they undid what they felt was the mistake there, which was them being removed. I feel like the Indiana Supreme Court essentially absolved Gall there of wrongdoing. They didn't. They could have said, hey, you need to recuse yourself because you were really unfair to these guys. They did not do that. So after that, I don't know what she did that was dramatic enough. And people say Odinism. And to that I say, literally just read the transcripts for the three hearing, like, please do yourself a favor. Odinism was not going to happen. They didn't get there. The investigators who worked on that did not get there. They didn't even get to probable cause. It was not a good theory. You just because it's interesting. Doesn't mean it's the right angle. And I just. I don't know. It, it, it captured the imagination and very little else. But when, when I'm looking at this, I don't know. Yeah, I mean, they're going to file an appeal. They're going to try. I mean, the ultimate goal would be to get his conviction thrown out and get a new trial, right? Yeah, That's a long road to get there. So I guess we'll see.

[Kevin Greenlee]

I'll tell you, it's not going to happen.

[Anya Cain]

Oh, geez, you're really coming out.

[Kevin Greenlee]

No, I mean, let's be honest. Let's just be blunt. It's not going to happen. We have followed this case from the day of the arrest, the Richard Allen case. We've seen all the court files, we've seen all of the decisions goal has made. We saw everything she did in court. In my opinion, I didn't see anything that even came close to warranting a new trot.

[Anya Cain]

I agree.

[Kevin Greenlee]

I mean, do you think it's going to happen?

[Anya Cain]

No. If I'm being blunt, no. But I'm not a lawyer, so, I mean, I'm just going off of vibes just like the Internet. But I mean, I just. I don't know. People. People are going to say that and bang on about it. I'm sure they'll do some nice.

[Kevin Greenlee]

It's not going to happen and it shouldn't happen. Well, but you know, Rich Allen's rights were protected.

[Anya Cain]

People got a crowdfund off it, right? Yeah, some. Some grifting must continue, I suppose. I don't see it happening either. I can't think of anything in this trial or pre trial that would raise to that level. I just think a lot of people who don't know what they're talking about are just going to keep on acting like it's an inevitability so that they can continue to talk about it and kind of get whatever they're getting from.

[Kevin Greenlee]

That and try to stir people up. He had his day in court. He was treated fairly. The evidence was overwhelmingly against him.

[Anya Cain]

Yeah, it wasn't close.

[Kevin Greenlee]

The verdict was just. He is where he needs to be and I expect him to be there until the day he dies.

[Anya Cain]

He should not be around. Let's just say tomorrow we might do an episode where we're kind of talking about all the evidence. But I want to say today we learned about this man through the course of trial, through the defense's own experts, that he was a fragile egg who Needed women to do everything for him. His wife and his mother, they were the only things supporting him, propping him up. And that he probably had a drinking problem. Something happened on February 13th that seemed to really set him off, and he decided to go pick on people that he felt he could get away with it and sexually dominate and rape them. And he didn't care whether they were little girls or women. And he deserves to be in prison for the rest of his life for what he did to those kids. Because we've seen the aftermath of what he did to those kids. And I wish I could unsee it, but I don't think I ever will. And it's horrifying.

[Kevin Greenlee]

And we've seen also the psychic damage he's done to the community and to the families.

[Anya Cain]

What a selfish, small, pathetic man. What he has done is, you know, he wanted forgiveness for God. And I would have given someone in that position a lot of credit had they come clean, done the right thing, sought forgiveness. Maybe, maybe you disagree, maybe you think it's would never be forgiven or whatnot. And I, maybe, maybe I agree on some level. But on the other hand, I'm like, at least you're sparing everyone this farce.

[Kevin Greenlee]

The trial.

[Anya Cain]

The trial, it was a farce. They had no defense. The state had a strong case. And the fact that he couldn't even do that because. What? I don't know. He got bullied into it. I don't know. Got bullied into not going forward with at least admitting it, taking some ownership for his actions. Pathetic. Just. Just a. Those girls should be alive today, and they would be if. If not for that man who wants to sit in court and act like he's the biggest victim of this.

[Kevin Greenlee]

And I imagine it must be painful for the families to, like, go on social media and see his face spread all over the place. So maybe, maybe think about posting a nice picture of Libby and Abby instead.

[Anya Cain]

You want to end by talking about the girls, which is what ultimately I would like to end on.

[Kevin Greenlee]

Ultimately, what is important about these girls is the way they lived and their legacy.

[Anya Cain]

Yes, I know their families have made funds to help kids from that community go to college. There's a beautiful park, the Abbey and Libby Park. There's ways to donate to that, to kind of keep their legacy alive. We would encourage people to do so. It's a way for them. Their memories to continue in a positive way as opposed to how horribly their lives ended. I feel like on some level, through this trial, not. Not we got to know them a Little bit better from hearing from their family members, hearing some of that testimony. These were special kids who were. This never should have happened. What you said really haunts me the other day, what you said about you watched the video of the kidnapping and you wish it would end differently, that someone would come help them or that something else would happen or that that guy would just fall off the bridge or, like, you could just maybe jump through time and just push him off and. But you know, what you also see is that Abby's asking Libby not to leave her, and they never left each other. And I don't know, I guess, you know, you kind of go through this story hoping that whatever happened was over fast. And I don't. I don't think that anymore, having seen all the evidence, but. I don't know. They were just. They were very, very brave girls who, I think, listened to their instincts, and even though they didn't get away, they made it so that the person who did this would. Would ultimately be found and the truth would be exposed. And I don't know. I mean, that's. Knowing that Libby wanted to solve crimes one day is like, you know, she did, and so did Abby. And I just. I'm just so sorry to their families for not only what they went through with losing them, but with all of this. The circus, this online nastiness just compounding their pain. It's not. It's not. It's not right. It makes me sick. And I just. I don't. There are a lot of people who've covered this in a respectful way. There are people who came into this trial who'd never covered it before and hit the ground running and were incredibly respectful and incredibly thoughtful, and we'll. We'll sing their praises at some point. We'll talk about that. There are people who've covered it for years or who've followed it for years, and there are a lot of people doing a lot of good things, too. I want to. I want to emphasize that it's not all darkness. There's absolute light in this. Some wonderful people. But I just. At the end of the day, all of this is sort of. Nothing will bring these kids back. And that's just all you can hope for is justice. And I think that was. I think that was.

[Kevin Greenlee]

That. That happened today.

[Anya Cain]

There was justice today.

[Kevin Greenlee]

There was justice today. Let. Let's remember these girls for how they lived. And let's be grateful for all of the men and women who worked so hard in horrible circumstances in order to bring justice to those girls. A number of very good people worked extraordinarily hard and I'm grateful to them all.

[Anya Cain]

Yeah.

[Kevin Greenlee]

Because they made today possible. And we mentioned a few of them in this program and there's certainly more to say about all that. But I think we'll talk again tomorrow.

[Anya Cain]

Yeah, we will. Thanks. Bye everybody.

[Kevin Greenlee]

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[Anya Cain]

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[Kevin Greenlee]

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[Anya Cain]

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[Kevin Greenlee]

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[Anya Cain]

Yeah, I think, I think our audience will like it. And you've already met Jason if you listen consistently to our show. He's been on our show a couple times. We've been on his show. Show. He's a terrific guest. I, I say this in one of our ads about him, but I literally always, I'm like, oh, yeah, I remember when Jason said this. That really resonated. Like, I do quote him in, in, in conversation sometimes because he really has a good grasp of different complicated quotes.

[Kevin Greenlee]

To me all the time.

[Anya Cain]

I do. I'm like, remember when Jason said this? That was so right. So, I mean, I think if we're doing that, I think and, and you like us, you, you. I think you should give it a shot, give it a try. I think you'll really enjoy it. And again, he does a range of different topics, but they all kind of have the similar theme of compassion, of overcoming suffering, of dealing with suffering, of mental health, wellness, things like that. There's kind of a common through line of compassion and empathy there that I think we find very nice. And we work on a lot of stories that can be very tough and we try to bring compassion and empathy to it. But this is something that almost can be like if you're kind of feeling a little burned out by true crime. I think this is kind of the life affirming stuff that can, can be nice to listen to in a podcast.

[Kevin Greenlee]

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[Anya Cain]

Yeah. And he's got a great community that he's building. So we're really excited to be a part of that. We're fans of the show, we love it and we would strongly encourage you all just check it out, download some episodes, listen. I think you'll, you'll understand what we're talking about once you do. But anyways, you can listen to the Silver Linings handbook wherever you listen to.

[Kevin Greenlee]

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[Anya Cain]

Absolutely.