What Google searches from Richard Allen reveal
Nov 01, 2024
DELPHI, Ind. – As the prosecution rested its case against Delphi murders suspect Richard Allen, prosecutors submitted one final exhibit to the court.
The state had asked the court to admit Allen’s Google search history into evidence. The defense objected and Special Judge Fran Gull took it under advisement. On Thursday, she allowed the prosecution to submit the evidence to the jury.
FOX59/CBS4 reporter Max Lewis noted that the searches weren’t read aloud in court and witnesses offered no testimony about them.
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Allen is charged with four counts of murder in the February 2017 deaths of Abby Williams and Libby German near the Monon High Bridge. Police arrested him in October 2022. Friday will mark the 13th day of testimony, as the defense calls its witnesses and makes its case that Allen is innocent.
The searches are from Allen’s Gmail account and were done on one of his devices.
On Oct. 2, 2022, less than two weeks before he was initially questioned in the case, Allen searched for the “65+ best kidnapping and hostage movies ever made.” Other searches from the same day included “man held hostage by teen” and “movie about a man being held against his will.”
On Oct. 17, 2022, he searched ABC News for an article about the Delphi murders. That would have been four days after investigators initially questioned him about the case.
On May 27, 2020, he searched for a story about rebuilding the Monon High Bridge. In May 2021, he searched for shooting ranges.
Allen also searched multiple times about the Delphi case, according to the records. On Aug. 4 and Aug. 5, 2022, he did five searches for “Delphi murders update.” That’s just a couple months before he found himself at the center of the case.
Between January 2022 and April 2022, Allen did a general search for “Delphi” 11 times. Also in April 2022, he searched “should I die now?”
It appeared Allen had an interest in disturbing movies. On April 27, 2022, he searched for “insidious” and “horrifying” things to watch. In another search from June 2023, he looked for the “most f***** up thing to watch on Netflix,” according to the analysis.