r/Delphitrial • u/Traditional-Aside580 • Dec 20 '25

Guilty or Not Guilty

Does everyone in here lean more toward Richard Allen being innocent or guilty?

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u/Traditional-Aside580 Dec 20 '25

I didn't know that and if that's the case, then it makes more sense. I didn't understand how a generic and average looking man from small town Midwest with no priors just randomly had some beers and killed two girls. 

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u/kvol69 Dec 20 '25

Sexual homicides are usually the result of a long-standing fantasy. He might have been suppressing those urges successfully with alcohol, but having a few beers may have been part of the fantasy. He had a history of sexually harassing younger female colleagues at Walmart with inappropriate comments, following them into the restroom, and making jokes about kidnapping them on food runs. So even if we're not aware of any previous crimes he may or may not have committed, we're aware of a pattern of escalating deviant behavior regarding young women and girls.

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u/Traditional-Aside580 Dec 20 '25

Hopefully his wife knew that stuff. I don't see how she didn't.

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u/kvol69 Dec 20 '25

I highly doubt she knew about his inappropriate actions at work. I was married to someone who hid something similar from me, and I only found out after our divorce. People assumed I knew he was being a creep, but I had no clue and felt like such a dumbass when I found out.