DELPHI murders suspect Richard Allen made haunting admissions during his tormented months in solitary confinement, his clinical psychologist has claimed in court.
Allen, 52, allegedly relived the violent events of February 13, 2017, to the psychologist and described how best friends Libby German, 14, and Abby Williams, 13, were heartlessly knifed to death during a walk in the woods.
Richard Allen, seen in a mugshot after his October 2022 arrest, opened up about what happened the day two teen girls were killed in Delphi, Indiana, a clinical psychologist testified[/caption]
Allen is accused of killing Libby German (left) and Abby Williams (right) in February 2017[/caption]
In court Tuesday, the psychologist spoke about Allen’s mental health decline behind bars[/caption]
Day eleven of Allen’s double murder trial has passed, and more disturbing allegations against the Indiana pharmacy technician were fired off in court.
On Tuesday, Dr Monica Wala took the stand to discuss working with Allen as the Indiana Department of Correction’s lead psychologist after his arrest in October 2022.
She described horrific details of his sharp mental decline and said Allen was on suicide watch for threatening self-harm and having bouts of psychosis.
At first, when they started meeting, Wala discouraged Allen from talking about the murders and instructed him not to discuss it with anyone else.
But as the months went by, Allen opened up about what happened the day of their disappearance.
According to an April 5, 2023, patient complaint Allen said, “I killed Abby and Libby. I’m sorry.”
The suspect allegedly admitted to making sure they were dead and said they didn’t suffer.
HORROR ADMISSIONS
In that same filing, Mala reported that Allen spoke of having a sex and alcohol addiction and said he approached Abby and Libby in the park out of sexual interest.
At one point, he claimed to thinking they were 18 or 19 years old, but other times said they looked as young as 11.
Allen told Mala that he had been molested as a child and admitted to molesting children as an adult, the psychiatrist said in court.
In May 2023, Allen recounted the events of February 13, 2017, in a phone call with his wife. According to Mala, he wanted to apologize and ask for forgiveness.
Hours before the girls were killed, Allen visited his mom in a nearby town and was asked to stay for lunch but declined the invitation, he said in the phone call.
He drank three beers before heading to the hiking trails, where he stumbled upon Abby and Libby.
After following them, he fumbled with his gun and dropped a bullet before instructing them to go “down the hill” – an order that was captured in a now-horrifying Snapchat video taken on Libby’s phone.
Once they got to the bottom of the hill, Allen thought he saw a car or a man in the distance and ordered Abby and Libby to cross the creek before slashing their throats, the suspect said in Mala’s report.
He lived his life normally after the murders.
Best friends Abby and Libby’s throats were slashed after they went to a hiking trail near their homes[/caption]
‘I KILLED ABBY AND LIBBY’
On May 10, Allen called his wife again to ask if his family still loved him and talked about dying from the electric chair, according to Mala.
In the conversation, he allegedly said, “I didn’t do everything I said I did, but I killed Abby and Libby.”
After making the admission, his wife hung up.
Allen suffered from serious mental issues while he was locked in solitary confinement with no privacy and no interaction with other inmates.
At one point, Mala reported seeing papers strewn all over his cell, which she believes was evidence that prosecutors were going to use against him in court.
After witnessing the documents, Allen’s health nosedived, and at one point he was found lying in and eating human feces.
Mala believed he had an “emotional breakdown from guilt.”
After testifying, Mala was blasted by defense attorneys, who pointed out how deeply entrenched she was in the Delphi case before taking the job with Allen.
Defense’s timeline of Richard Allen’s ‘mental decline’
March 23, 2023: Allen was depressed and withdrawn and said he “was not straight in the head.”
April 4, 2023: Allen suffered from insomnia and hopelessness, was suicidal, and stated, “Death would bring relief to him.”
April 13, 2023: Allen was exhibiting “bizarre” behavior, including consuming his feces, and was suffering from a “grave disability.” The prison psychologist ordered Allen to receive an involuntary injection of psychotropic medication.
April 21, 2023: Allen’s thoughts were disjointed and he was saying “strange things.” Wala discussed that he might be considered incompetent to stand trial.
May 3, 2023: Allen said he wanted to confess details of the crime.
May 18, 2023: Allen receives another dose of psychotropic medication.
May 23, 2023: Allen was diagnosed as suffering from stress-induced psychosis.
June 8, 2023: Allen’s depression was reported to be “at its peak,” with trembling and knees buckling noted by a psychologist.
June 16, 2023: Allen receives another dose of psychotropic medication.
End of June 2023: Allen’s mental health improving.
October 2023: Allen begins proclaiming his innocence.
Attorney Bradley Rozzi claimed Mala’s interest bordered on obsession and said there was proof she followed and interacted with YouTube channels and Facebook accounts discussing the case.
The psychologist also admitted to looking up Allen in a law enforcement database and obtaining information that had not been made public.
She failed to tell her employer that she knew of the case before getting hired.
Rozzi also questioned Allen’s reported confessions and believed that his treatment in solitary confinement pushed him to make statements he didn’t mean.
Wala admitted that Allen was very fragile when grilled during the cross-examination.
The psychologist wondered at times whether Allen’s psychosis was faked but admitted that he had a serious mental illness.
She stepped away from the stand at 3:00 pm.
Twelve jurors, eight women and four men, and four alternates will determine Allen’s fate.
The jurors are holed up in a hotel and had to surrender their phones for the remainder of the trial.
Allen is facing up to 130 years in prison if convicted. Prosecutors are not seeking the death penalty.
