Richard Allen confessed to shooting Abby and Libby. They were killed with a blade. He confessed to acts there is no evidence occurred. He got basic facts of the crime wrong. He made over sixty confessions while prison doctors diagnosed him as gravely disabled and psychotic, while IDOC forcibly injected him with antipsychotics, and while he was held in the most restrictive solitary cell in a maximum-security prison for thirteen months — far beyond the thirty-day limit IDOC's own policy imposed for inmates with his mental health diagnosis. Before solitary, Allen wouldn't break. According to the defense filings, Detective Holeman lied to him for over an hour during the arrest interrogation. Allen said: "I am not going to say something I did not do." Five months in the hole changed that. By April 2023, he weighed 135 pounds, was confusing nightmares with reality, and believed he'd started World War III. When his lawyers begged for a transfer, the prosecutor allegedly mocked their concerns on the same day IDOC designated Allen gravely disabled. Dr. Westcott's 127-page evaluation ruled out faking and concluded the psychosis was caused by solitary. Allen's first confession to his wife wasn't "I did it." It was "I think I did it." The jury heard the confessions but never heard the audio of his psychotic episodes and never heard the expert who would have called them false. Then there's the document that started it all. The search warrant rested on Detective Liggett's probable cause affidavit. According to the appellant's brief, that affidavit allegedly misrepresented what witnesses told investigators. Betsy Blair described Bridge Guy as a young man in his twenties with poofy brown hair — nothing like Allen, who was 44 with a crew cut. The defense says Liggett kept her jacket description and cut the rest. Blair reportedly told him these were two different men. Allen reportedly said he didn't know what he was wearing. The affidavit allegedly said he admitted to a blue Carhartt. Without this warrant — no search, no gun, no bullet match, no arrest, no confessions. An appellate court will decide. Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePod This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice. #Delphi #RichardAllen #DelphiMurders #FalseConfessions #SolitaryConfinement #SearchWarrant #AbbyAndLibby #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #JusticeForAbbyAndLibby