The alleged telephone testimony of the Delphi murder suspect to his wife was played out in court

Delphi, Indiana, murder suspect Richard Allen he allegedly confessed to the crime during numerous phone calls to his wife from prison, which were played to the jury on Thursday.

During one conversation, Allen told his wife, Kathy, “I did it. I killed Abby and Libby.”

“No, you didn’t,” she said. Allen replied, “Yes, I did.”

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– Why would you say that? – Kathy said. “I know you didn’t do it. Something’s wrong.”

In another conversation, Allen told his wife, “I think I’ve lost my mind. … You have to know that I did it.”

She replied, “No, no. You are sick.”

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Allen is charged with murder Libby German, 14, and Abby Williams, 13, on a hiking trail in February 2017. He pleaded not guilty to murder.

In a separate conversation, Allen told his wife: “If I get the electric chair or the death penalty, will you be there for me? I killed Abby and Libby.”

During another conversation, Allen said, “I did it, Kathy. I did it. Do you still love me?”

She replied, “Yes, I know. But you didn’t do it.”

“I don’t want to upset you. I’m sorry,” Allen told his wife. “I don’t know what I’m doing. I don’t know if I’ve lost my mind.”

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“I feel like I’m already in hell,” he told her later in the conversation. – I don’t understand what’s going on.

Allen too he allegedly confessed to prison officials and a prison psychologist, according to their testimony. However, Allen’s mental state in custody has come into question.

This week, a psychologist testified that Allen could be classified as suffering from a serious mental illness. Allen was placed in solitary confinement for 13 months, which she believes can have a detrimental effect on a person’s mental health.

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The psychologist stated that she believed Allen suffered from “situational psychosis” in prison. She said Allen would have episodes of psychosis followed by remission.

According to testimony from correctional officers, Allen’s strange behavior in custody included banging his head against a wall, washing his face in the toilet, refusing to eat, eating paper, smearing feces in his cell and smearing feces on his face for two hours.

Prosecutors say that on the day of the murder, Libby and Abby saw a man behind them on the bridge and Libby began recording on her phone. The man – known as “Bridge Guy” from a publicly released recording of his voice – pulled out a gun and ordered the girls to “go down the hill,” prosecutors said.

Indiana State Police Trooper Brian Harshman, who said he overheard 700 of Allen’s conversations and monitored his text messages and video calls, testified Thursday that after listening to the calls, he believed Allen was the voice in the recording of Libby “the bridge guy.”

The psychologist testified that Allen told her he told the girls to “get down the hill” and was going to rape them, but then he saw something – a person or a van – and was surprised.

Harshman told jurors he believed Allen was surprised by a van belonging to resident Brad Weber. Weber, who lives near the crime scene, owns a 2000 Ford Econoline pickup truck. Harshman said the time it would have taken Weber to get home from work matched the time of the murders.

Defense attorney Brad Rozzi said police never checked how many vans were registered in the county at the time of the murder. Rozzi also noted that many people, including Weber, were suspected of being the man in the “bridge guy” music video.

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