IN vs. Richard Allen

Who's Who

A running index of investigators, prosecutors, judges, corrections staff, and other personnel involved in the Delphi case from February 13, 2017 through trial and appeal. Date ranges reflect documented involvement, not necessarily full tenure.

Carroll County Sheriff's Office

Major Tobe Leazenby
Sheriff
February 13, 2017 - December 2024
  • Called off the search dogs, announced they had DNA and then took it back.
  • Completed term in 2023.
  • Testified in 2023 and 2024.
Sheriff Tony Liggett
Detective, later Sheriff
February 13, 2017 - December 2024
  • Won the Sheriff's election in 2022.
  • Testified in 2023 and 2024.
Deputy Kevin Hammond
Detective
February 13, 2017 - September 26, 2021
  • Assisted Unified Command with reviewing and clearing leads.
K-9 Deputy Drew Yoder
K-9 Deputy / Flora Fire Dept Volunteer
February 13, 2017 - unknown
  • First responder.
  • Giancola placed him at the scene on Feb 14, 2017 with him after Pat Brown found the girls.
  • Erskine placed him at the scene on Feb 14, 2017 with Kingery after Erskine found the clothes in the creek.
K-9 Deputy Darren Giancola
K-9 Deputy
February 13, 2017 - December 20, 2024
  • First responder.
  • Testified in 2024.
  • Placed Yoder at the scene on Feb 14, 2017 with him hours after Erskine placed him there with Kingery.
K-9 Deputy Spencer Kingery
K-9 Deputy
February 13, 2017 - unknown
  • First responder.
  • Placed at the scene with Yoder on Feb 14, 2017 by Erskine.
Deputy Mitchell Cantron
Deputy
February 13, 2017 - December 20, 2024
  • First responder.
  • Testified in 2024.
Volunteer Occiffer Kaffy Shank
Volunteer
March 2017 - present
  • Began volunteering in March 2017.
  • Ran interference for Ron Logan in March 2017.
  • Created an off-the-books BankOrion Box filing system.
  • Sometimes typed in email tips or officer narrative reports to Orion, sometimes printed them out, sometimes scanned them in.
  • Claims to have found Richard Allen's tip narrative in a drawer on September 21, 2022.
  • Testified in 2024.
  • Kidnapped a kid once.
  • Her daughter wrote a smut book and named one of the characters with a humiliation kink "Abby".

Delphi Police Department

Delphi Police Chief Steve Mullin
Police Chief, later Prosecutor's Lead Investigator
February 13, 2017 - December 20, 2024
  • First responder.
  • Later hired as Prosecutor McLeland's Lead Investigator in January 2020 after deleting or losing a lot of interviews from the early days of the investigation.
  • Re-Sworn in as City of Delphi Police Chief by Mayor Karmon Yates on March 3, 2025.
  • Testified in 2023 and 2024.
Shane Bernhardt
Delphi PD
February 2017 - unknown
  • First responder.
Josh Disinger
Delphi PD / Flora Fire Dept Volunteer
February 2017 - unknown
  • First responder.
JDUNNI / STKACH / CKENT
Delphi PD
February 2017 - unknown
  • First responders.

Carroll County Prosecutor's Office

Prosecutor Robert Ives
Prosecutor
February 13, 2017 - December 2017
Prosecutor Dicholas C. McLeland
Prosecutor
January 2018 - present
Deputy Prosecutor Shane Evans
Deputy Prosecutor
August 17, 2020 - May 2024
Special Prosecutor James Luttrull
Special Prosecutor (a/k/a "James Luttrell")
October 31, 2023 - present
Special Prosecutor Stacey Diener
Special Prosecutor
March 21, 2024 - present
Investigator Steve Mullin
Lead Investigator
January 8, 2020 - present

Carroll County Circuit Court

Judge Benjamin Diener
Circuit Court Judge
February 13, 2017 - November 3, 2022
Special Judge Fran Gull
Special Judge
November 3, 2022 - March 12, 2025

Carroll County Superior Court

Judge Kurtis Fouts
Superior Court Judge
February 13, 2017 - July 31, 2020
  • Also a part-time lecturer in Krannert School of Management at Purdue University.

Court of Appeals

Chief Justice Robert Altice
Chief Justice
March 12, 2025 - present

Delphi Fire Department

Fire Chief Darrell Sterrett
Fire Chief
February 13-24, 2017
  • Met with Mullin and Liggett at approx 2:30 am on Feb 14, 2017 to call off the search after his guys searched the entire area multiple times and they all decided they were confident the girls were not present on the trail.

Camden Fire Department

David Erskine
Firefighter
February 13, 2017 - unknown
  • First responder.
  • Found the clothes in the creek and then the girls.
  • Placed Yoder at the scene earlier with Kingery than Giancola testified to.
Michael Capitanio
Firefighter
February 13, 2017 - unknown
  • Turned Brad German away from crossing the creek in the early hours of Feb 14, 2017 when his dog tried to alert him of something.

Indiana State Police

Superintendent Doug Carter
ISP Superintendent
February 14, 2017 - January 14, 2025

Information Officers

Sgt. Kim Riley
February 14, 2017 - unknown
Sgt. Tony Slocum
February 2017 - unknown
Captain Dave Bursten
February 2017 - 2019
Sgt. John Perrine
March 2017 - unknown

Area 1 - Peru Post

Dave Kirkham
Retired Captain
February 14, 2017 - unknown
  • Holeman's supervisor in 2017 who was asked to provide a helicopter on Feb 14, 2017.

Lafayette Post

Sergeant Steve Buckley
Digital Media Recovery Specialist
February 14, 2017 - unknown
  • Looked at Libby's iPad on Feb 14, 2017.
  • Was tasked with locating an Odinism expert and communicated with Turco.
Master Trooper Josh Edwards
ISP Trooper
February 13, 2017 - unknown
  • Deposed on Feb 27, 2034 and questioned in regards to the phone ping reports from AT&T on Feb 13, 2017.
First Lieutenant Jerry Holeman
Lead Investigator
February 14, 2017 - present
  • Showed up on Feb 14, asked Steve Buckley to look at Libby's iPad.
  • Assisted with reviewing and clearing leads.
  • Received Richard Allen's initial tip narrative on Feb 16, 2017.
  • Ghosted Greg Ferency and Kevin Murphy when they asked for authorization to get Search Warrants for Elvis.
  • Hissy-fit arrested a witness he thought was his Kegan Kline nexus.
  • Lied about knowing who the Purdue Professor was.
  • Threatened Fortson.
  • Told Todd Click he'd go pick up Alycia Cole's goldilocks cell phone and then didn't go pick it up.
  • Illegally pinged Ang's cell phone based on provably bogus intel.
  • Testified in 2024.
ISP Trooper Jay Harper
ISP Trooper
February 2017 - retirement 2021 or 2022
  • Assisted with reviewing and clearing leads.
  • Told Elvis Fields's attorney that if Elvis doesn't take a polygraph then they can't clear him as a suspect, and then immediately cleared Elvis after his attorney said he still wouldn't take a polygraph.
  • Received the tool mark analysis report from Melissa Oberg for RA's gun on Oct 19, 2022.
ISP Trooper Larry Mote
ISP Trooper
February 14, 2017 - unknown
  • One of the first ISP Troopers logged at the crime scene.
  • Swabbed Libby's cell phone for DNA at the Lafayette Police Post before personally delivering it to Sgt. Bunner on Feb 15, 2017.
ISP Trooper Kevin Murphy
ISP Trooper
February 21, 2017 - October 1, 2019
  • Sent out with Chard Larsh in February 2017 to follow-up on leads.
  • Began assisting Greg Ferency with the investigation into the Odinist suspects in June 2018.
Sgt. Brian Olehy
CSI
February 13, 2017 - unknown
ISP Trooper David Vido
ISP Trooper
February 14, 2017 - December 20, 2024
  • Assisted "briefly" beginning on February 14, 2017.
  • Assigned as part of the "core team" in 2019.
  • Assigned to the Anthony Shots investigation in March of 2022.
  • Present at the search of RA's home in October 2022.
  • Testified in 2024.

Bremen Post

Master Trooper Jeremy Chapman
ISP Trooper
February 15, 2017 - unknown
  • Enhanced the image of "Bridge Guy".
  • Enhanced the "Down the hill" audio clip.
  • Retired in 2021.
  • Testified in 2024.
ISP Lieutenant Chad Larsh
ISP Lieutenant
February 2017 - unknown
  • Sent out with Murphy to follow-up on leads in Feb 2017.
ISP Trooper Laurie Lemler
Detective
Fall 2017 - unknown
  • Interviewed Brad Holder with ISP Trooper Roland Purdy in fall of 2017.
  • Consulted Sgt. Tony Portwood in fall of 2017.

Indianapolis Post

Sergeant Mitchell "Mitch" Blocher
ISP Sergeant
February 2017 - unknown
  • Assisted Mullin with obtaining pings from AT&T every 15 min on Feb 13 and 14.
  • Assisted Mullin with requesting China to help recover lost interviews that he discovered in August 2017, and then another batch of lost interviews he discovered in September 2017.
Stacy Bozinovski
ISP DNA Analyst
February 14, 2017 - sometime in 2017
Sergeant Brian Bunner
Digital Forensic Examiner
February 14, 2017 - unknown (possibly 2019)
  • Extracted Libby's devices in 2017 and 2019.
First Sergeant Christopher Cecil
ISP Digital Forensics
November 2019 and February 2024 - present
  • Extracted Libby's devices in 2019 and 2024.
  • Extracted Richard Allen's devices in 2022.
Sergeant Duane Datzman
CSI
February 13, 2017 - unknown
Melissa Oberg
ISP Firearm Examiner
October 14-19, 2022

Peru Post

Sergeant Jason Page
Crime Scene Photographer
February 13, 2017 - unknown

Fort Wayne

Master Trooper Roland Purdy
ISP Trooper
March 2017 - March 2018
  • Learned that Brad Holder was an Odinist from Becky Patty.
  • Interviewed Brad Holder with ISP Detective Laurie Lemler in fall of 2017.
  • Consulted Sgt. Tony Portwood in fall of 2017.
  • Consulted two Odinist cops in fall of 2017.
  • Interviewed Mary Jacobs with Greg Ferency in January 2018.

Unknown Posts

Master Trooper Brian Harshman
ISP Trooper
October 2022 - December 20, 2024
  • Worked in partnership with investigators from District 14 and the Special Investigations Division/Internet Crimes Against Children to support key aspects of the case.
  • Helped maintain continuity within the investigation and added critical context during the trial preparation phase.
  • Testified in 2024.
Trooper X
"A few months" after Purdy joined in mid-March 2017 - unknown
  • Consulted by Roland Purdy on Odinism a few months after mid-March 2017.
Sergeant Gilbert
February 14, 2017 - unknown
Task Force Officer Josue Roa
Indiana State Trooper
As early as February 27, 2017 - unknown
  • Breakroom Ballistics Exercise.

Indiana Department of Natural Resources

Lieutenant Dan Dulin
DNR Lieutenant
February 2017 - 2022
  • Interviewed Richard Allen on Feb 16, 2017 and provided RA's phone info to ISP.
  • Found bloody sticks at the crime scene on Feb 18, 2017.
  • Testified in 2024.

U.S. Marshals Service - Indianapolis

Appointed U.S. Marshal Dan McClain
unknown - at least October 31, 2022
Deputy Marshal Jeremy Clinton
unknown - at least October 31, 2022
Deputy Marshal Bill Kaulfers
unknown - at least October 31, 2022
US Marshal's Behavioral Analysis Unit
Possibly 2017 - at least April 2019

FBI

Indianapolis Field Office

Jay Abbott
Director
February 2017 - unknown
  • Doug Carter's bestie and general piece of shit who participated in the Nasser cover-up of sexual abuse of young girls.
Greg Massa
Supervisory Special Agent
February 2017 - unknown
  • Face of the FBI at the first press conference.
  • Provided resources, profile of the suspect, and put up 6,000 billboards across the country.

Merrillville Resident Agency

Nikkole Robertson
Special Agent
March 2017 - unknown
  • Wrote the Ron Logan PCA.

Terre Haute Resident Agency

Greg Ferency
Terre Haute PD / TFO
December 2017 - July 7, 2021
  • Investigated the Franks dipshits, believed they were involved in crime.

Unknown Office

Rich Davies
Special Deputy
February 13, 2017 - retirement, then returned as Special Deputy
  • First responder.
  • Breakroom Ballistics exercise.
  • Assisted Unified Command in reviewing and clearing tips.
Adam Pohl
Special Agent
February 2017 - unknown
Michael Peasley
Special Agent
At least March 2017 - unknown
  • Assisted Unified Command in reviewing and clearing tips.
Kevin Horan
Special Agent
2019 - unknown
  • Geofence analysis in 2019.
Sabric
2019 - unknown
  • Geofence analysis in 2019.

Department of Homeland Security - Greenfield Field Office

Misty Moore
DHS
December 2017 - August 2021
  • Contacted by Mary Jacobs and got the ball rolling with Greg Ferency.

LaPorte County Sheriff Department

Major Pat Cicero
CSI / Blood Spatter Expert
April 2024 - trial
  • Blood spatter expert brought on by Dicholas McLeland to raise reasonable doubt about Greg Ferency's theory about the F tree.
  • Testified in 2024.

Other Law Enforcement

Fort Wayne PD / Allen County Sheriff's Department

Officer "Low-y"
February 2017 - unknown
  • Interviewed David Riley and Fred Coghill.

Hammond Civil City (Lake County)

Sergeant Christopher Gootee
February 14, 2017 - approx 14 to 21 days later
  • Sent out with Special Agent Pohl to follow-up on leads.
  • Interviewed Brad Holder and Brad Weber.
  • Testified in 2024.

Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department

2 IMPD Officers
February 2017
  • Assisted with the search and collected/turned in spent .40 caliber casings.
Sergeant Anthony Portwood
Fall 2017 - unknown
  • Consulted by Purdy and Lemler in fall of 2017.

Purdue University Police Department

Mike Butram
Drone Operator
February 13, 2017 - unknown
  • Contacted by Carroll County Sheriff's Department on Feb 13, 2017 to use a drone to search for the girls.
Lieutenant Matt Rosenberge
At least September 19, 2023 - unknown
  • Interviewed Turco with Holeman after the Franks Memo was filed.

Rushville Police Department

Assistant Police Chief Todd Click
June 2018 - August 2021
  • Asked by Greg Ferency and Kevin Murphy to operate the recording equipment at Rushville PD in June 2018 for Elvis Fields's interview.
  • Formally recruited by Ferency and Murphy in August 2018.
  • Sent Dicholas McLeland a certified letter in Apr 2023 to make sure he knew about Ferency and Murphy's investigation into the Odinist suspects.
  • Testified in 2024.

Indiana Department of Corrections (IDOC)

Elise Gallager
DOC Attorney
At least April 2023 - unknown
Dr. Deanna Dwenger
Oversees Department of Behavioral Health, Indiana DOC
November 2022 - December 2023

Centurion (Medical Contractor)

Nicole Bridegroom
Health Services Administrator
At least April 2023 - unknown
Dr. Raychul Goldenberg-Bivens
Forensic Psychologist, Indiana State Prison
March 2023 - unknown
Dr. John Martin
Psychiatrist, Westville
November 2022 - December 2023
  • Worked at Westville Correctional Facility on Tuesdays.
  • Testified in 2024.
Dr. Monica Wala
Prison Psychologist, Westville
November 2022 - December 2023

Reception Diagnostic Center

Dr. Primeau
Psychiatrist
November 2022 - unknown
  • Worked at Westville Correctional Facility on Tuesdays.
  • Testified in 2024.

Westville Correctional Facility

John Galipeau
Warden
November 2022 - December 2023
Kenneva Mapps
Lead WCF Investigator
Corrections Officers
November 2022 - December 2023
  • Michael Clemens, C/O
  • Ethan Drang, C/O
  • James Early, C/O
  • Brandon Fisher, C/O (or inmate?)
  • Randy Jones, C/O
  • John Miller, C/O
  • Joshua Robinson, C/O
  • Michael Roberts, C/O
  • Raymond Smith, C/O
  • Timothy Weist, C/O

Wabash Valley Correctional Facility

Jason Bedwell
C/O
December 2023 - October 2024

Defense

Jason Jensen
Defense Private Investigator
February/March 2023 - October 2023
Erica Morse
Defense Private Investigator
June 23, 2023 - unknown
Christine Salzar
Defense Private Investigator
June 23, 2023 - unknown

Other / Unknown Agency

Melyssa Stewart
CJIS
  • Assisted Unified Command with reviewing and clearing leads.
Brent Ingram
February 2017 - unknown
  • Interviewed the juvenile female witnesses mentioned in the Search Warrant and PCA.
Brian Kubit (sp?)
  • Officer mentioned by Doug Carter.
Sherry Black Foundation
  • "Did analysis on the information." - Organization mentioned by Doug Carter that assisted in a criminal profile of the suspect.