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Delphi Murders Trial Day 10 Afternoon Wrap Up:

It was the longest day we've had since this trial began. In the afternoon, we heard the confessions Richard Allen made to prison guards at the Westville Correctional Facility where he was held for more than a year.

-We heard first from John Galipeau who was the former warden at Westville
-He went through what Allen's was life was like there
-Allen was on suicide watch for most of his time there
-He would have "suicide companions" watching him and monitoring what he did and said

-Galipeau said initially other inmates were monitoring Allen but that changed after he started acting "erratic"
-Prison guards took over as his suicide companions
-Galipeau said Allen started washing his face in the toilet and pooping in his cell

-Then Allen wrote a "request for interview" form which said "I'm ready to officially confess to Killing Abby and Libby"
-Here's a recreation we did during a viewing of exhibits last week:

-During cross examination, defense attorney Brad Rozzi pointed out that the area Allen was in was maximum security and house inmates who had conduct violations
-Rozzi reminded everyone that Allen was a pre-trial inmate and not convicted of a crime

-Galipeau told Rozzi he had never heard of a "safekeeper" (aka pre-trial inmate) being held in a pod like that in his 28 years with IDOC
-Galipeau said that because Allen was on suicide watch, he had more limitations than other inmates and was watched at all times

-Rozzi tried to ask about Galipeau being fired from the Department of Corrections but McLeland objected and Judge Gull agreed because it was outside the scope of what McLeland had asked about
-We then heard from 8 prison guards who were Allen's suicide companions

-All of them heard Allen confess to the murders in some sort of fashion
-Officer Michael Clemons heard Allen say "I'm glad nobody gave up on me after I killed Abby and Libby"
-Also heard Allen say "I'm not crazy, I'm only acting like I'm crazy"

-During cross, Rozzi asked if he heard Allen mention specific details? The answer was no.
-Clemons told Rozzi that other inmates would call Allen a "baby killer" and would tell him to kill himself
-During re-direct, Clemons said he didn't think Allen was crazy

-Next was Michael Robert who heard Allen say "I want to confess. I know a lot more"
-He also said "I killed Abby and Libby. My wife wasn't involved"
-He also heard Allen talking to himself saying "why are you doing this? Do you know god?"

-Allen also said things like "I'll take some KFC", "Am I already dead?" and "Can I go home? Am I in jail"
-During cross examination, Robert said he witnessed Allen smear his poop on the walls of his cell
-Roberts also saw him bang his head on the wall until it was bruised

-He also said Allen would stand in the corner and run naked
-Next was James Early
-He heard Allen say "I am ready to confess. I swear to god I killed Abby and Libby. Fuck me running"
-During cross, Early said he saw Allen penetrate himself with a spork

-Early also witnessed Allen drink from his toilet
-When Rozzi asked Early if it would be detrimental to someone's mental health to be in those conditions? He said yes
-Officer John Miller heard Allen say "funniest joke is how I killed them"

-Allen also told Miller he killed his family and grandchildren
-Miller said Allen told him a "bear claw" was hypnotizing him.
-Miller told the jury he didn't think Allen's mental health issues were genuine
-Then came Brandon Fisher who heard the most detailed confession

-Fisher says Allen said "he killed two girls in Delphi with a box cutter and threw it in the CVS dumpster"
-Fisher says Allen also said "he was going to rape them but panicked and killed them instead"
-He was banging his head on the wall while making some of these statements

-During cross, Rozzi began to ask about Fisher being fired from IDOC for providing false info but prosecutor objected and it was sustained
-Fisher told Rozzi he thought Allen was putting on an "act"

-Fisher said Allen would bang his head on the door while asking people to read the bible to him
-Fisher said Allen would also pretend he was in medieval times
-Allen also rubbed his poop on his face and left it there for two hours while in Fisher's presence

-Officer Raymond Smith said Allen told him "I killed those two girls so I have to kill myself"
-Smith also witnessed Allen standing in the corner of his cell naked and singing "God Bless America"
-Smith said Allen then began masturbating in front of the door

-Last was Jason Bedwell who works at the Wabash Valley prison where Allen was moved
-Said he heard Allen say "I'm sorry for what I did. Sorry for killing the girls" while he was laying down and crying
-Rozzi pointed out that there is no recording of that statement like the others

-For reference, here's the change Allen underwent while in prison
-In motions to get him moved, which were eventually granted, Allen's lawyers said Westville was like a prison of war camp
-They included these pictures as part of their evidence

-Jury was sent out around 6:30
-Many of them were looking at the clock towards the end of day
-Confessions we didn't hear about today are the ones Allen supposedly made to his family members
-We'll see if that comes up tomorrow