r/DelphiMurders • u/Southern_Sweet_T • Apr 27 '26

Help me understand!

New to this case and feel like I must be missing a lot of info. How is it possible this Allen guy never committed any other crimes? No history of anything? Nothing violent, not even a bar fight or something? And just escalated to double murder? And then never did it again? This is truly mind blowing to me. I’m sure this guy did it but it’s just so shocking this guy went from zero to double homicide.

And what is the suspected motive? He just always wanted to do it and finally had the opportunity? He snapped?

I’m so very confused.

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u/The2ndLocation Apr 28 '26

Um, no. People dont start killing strangers in their mid forties.

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u/JoeBarra Apr 29 '26

Then Richard Allen was the first 🙂

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u/The2ndLocation Apr 29 '26

Oh, so none. Great, that makes zero sense.

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u/Plenty-rough Apr 29 '26

Why are you acting like he's a serial killer? People commit stranger murders every day. Every. Single. Day.

Also....we don't know what may have happened that was never reported, or not found yet.

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u/The2ndLocation Apr 29 '26

Why are you acting like people with no violent history start murdering strangers in their mid 40's? 

And if you have to support your argument with nonsense like "maybe he killed other people that we dont know about" then you dont have much of an argument. 

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u/iowanaquarist Quality Contributor Apr 29 '26

Why are you acting like people with no violent history start murdering strangers in their mid 40's? 

And why are you acting like it's absurd, given the fact that we know it happens?

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u/Plenty-rough Apr 29 '26

OK, people with no violent history kill people every day. Jesus, do you watch the news? Good day to you sir.

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u/iowanaquarist Quality Contributor Apr 29 '26

(PDF) Survival of the Recidivistic? Revealing Factors Associated with the Criminal Career Length of Multiple Homicide Offenders https://share.google/i0s7tysakPCcL6UPN

This has data that makes it clear older first time murders are not even all that rare...

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u/The2ndLocation Apr 29 '26

Not starting in midlife?????? When you are old no one wants to explore a new hobby.

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u/iowanaquarist Quality Contributor Apr 29 '26

I hope I never get that old. Luckily, I haven't got to that point yet.

I know many people over 40 that have picked up new hobbies -- some have even ruined their lives with a new hobby.