1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:04,120 Speaker 1: Crime Alert hourly update, breaking crime news Now. I'm Drew 2 00:00:04,160 --> 00:00:07,560 Speaker 1: Nelson ahead on tonight's crime stories with Nancy Grace. In 3 00:00:07,600 --> 00:00:11,039 Speaker 1: the sixth day of Richard Allen's trial, new testimony provides 4 00:00:11,080 --> 00:00:13,840 Speaker 1: insight into how he became a suspect in the murders 5 00:00:13,880 --> 00:00:17,079 Speaker 1: of Abby Williams and Libby Jerman, the two teenagers killed 6 00:00:17,120 --> 00:00:21,320 Speaker 1: near the Monn High Bridge in Delphi, Indiana, in twenty seventeen. Allan, 7 00:00:21,440 --> 00:00:24,079 Speaker 1: age fifty two, faces four counts of murder and connection 8 00:00:24,160 --> 00:00:27,200 Speaker 1: with the girl's deaths after being arrested in twenty twenty two. 9 00:00:27,280 --> 00:00:30,720 Speaker 1: Following a renewed investigation. The jury today heard from two 10 00:00:30,800 --> 00:00:34,199 Speaker 1: key witnesses. The first was Kathy Shank, a retired Department 11 00:00:34,240 --> 00:00:37,440 Speaker 1: of Child Services employee who volunteered to help process and 12 00:00:37,520 --> 00:00:41,120 Speaker 1: organize thousands of tips related to the Delphi murders. Shank 13 00:00:41,200 --> 00:00:44,519 Speaker 1: testified that in September of twenty twenty two, while scanning 14 00:00:44,520 --> 00:00:47,320 Speaker 1: old files into a database, she found a misfiled tip 15 00:00:47,360 --> 00:00:51,360 Speaker 1: sheet from February sixteenth of twenty seventeen about a Richard 16 00:00:51,479 --> 00:00:55,680 Speaker 1: Allen Whiteman. The sheet indicated that Allan had self reported 17 00:00:55,720 --> 00:00:57,880 Speaker 1: being on the trails where Abby and Libby were last 18 00:00:57,880 --> 00:01:01,520 Speaker 1: seen around the time they disappeared. On February thirteenth of seventeen, 19 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:06,440 Speaker 1: Shank realized the name Whiteman had been mistakenly added from 20 00:01:06,480 --> 00:01:10,400 Speaker 1: Allan's address on Whiteman Drive. She immediately brought it to 21 00:01:10,440 --> 00:01:14,000 Speaker 1: the attention of the Carroll County Sheriff, Tony Liggett, leading 22 00:01:14,040 --> 00:01:16,920 Speaker 1: to a renewed scrutiny of Allan's involvement in the case. 23 00:01:17,280 --> 00:01:21,080 Speaker 1: Shank explained that she was responsible for organizing about fourteen 24 00:01:21,319 --> 00:01:24,839 Speaker 1: thousand tips and reports, filing them into cabinets, and later 25 00:01:24,920 --> 00:01:27,640 Speaker 1: scanning them into a database, although she did not read 26 00:01:27,760 --> 00:01:30,800 Speaker 1: every tip in detail at the time. The misfiled report 27 00:01:30,880 --> 00:01:33,080 Speaker 1: caught her attention because it mentioned a man on the 28 00:01:33,080 --> 00:01:35,880 Speaker 1: trail near the time of the girl's disappearance, which she 29 00:01:35,959 --> 00:01:39,520 Speaker 1: felt needed further investigation. Shank testified that the tip had 30 00:01:39,560 --> 00:01:42,720 Speaker 1: been marked as cleared and that she had no prior 31 00:01:42,800 --> 00:01:45,720 Speaker 1: knowledge of any other tips relating to Allan. The defense, 32 00:01:45,840 --> 00:01:49,200 Speaker 1: led by attorney Andrew Baldwin, questioned Shank about her process 33 00:01:49,240 --> 00:01:52,400 Speaker 1: and whether she recalled other important tips, including a report 34 00:01:52,440 --> 00:01:55,040 Speaker 1: of a man scene covered in mud and blood near 35 00:01:55,080 --> 00:01:57,760 Speaker 1: the crime scene, to which Shank replied she did not 36 00:01:57,880 --> 00:02:00,800 Speaker 1: remember The second witness to test the fight today was 37 00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:04,480 Speaker 1: Captain Dan Dulan of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, 38 00:02:04,680 --> 00:02:07,360 Speaker 1: who had interviewed Alan just days after the girl's bodies 39 00:02:07,360 --> 00:02:10,679 Speaker 1: were found. Dulan testified that Alan had self reported being 40 00:02:10,720 --> 00:02:13,560 Speaker 1: on the trails February thirteenth of seventeen and requested to 41 00:02:13,560 --> 00:02:16,919 Speaker 1: meet Dulan in a grocery store parking lot instead about 42 00:02:16,919 --> 00:02:19,840 Speaker 1: his home or at a police station. Alan told Dulan 43 00:02:19,919 --> 00:02:21,720 Speaker 1: he had been on the trails from one thirty to 44 00:02:21,800 --> 00:02:25,320 Speaker 1: three thirty and had seen three girls near their Freedom Bridge, 45 00:02:25,360 --> 00:02:28,840 Speaker 1: but no one else. Doolan explained that during their brief conversation, 46 00:02:28,919 --> 00:02:32,040 Speaker 1: which lasted about ten minutes, Alan provided his cell phone 47 00:02:32,080 --> 00:02:35,520 Speaker 1: number and driver's license information. Dulan took notes but did 48 00:02:35,560 --> 00:02:38,079 Speaker 1: not record the interview. He added that he didn't think 49 00:02:38,160 --> 00:02:40,080 Speaker 1: much of the encounter at the time and filed the 50 00:02:40,120 --> 00:02:42,959 Speaker 1: information into the system. But then in twenty twenty two, 51 00:02:43,160 --> 00:02:46,280 Speaker 1: after Shank found the misfiled report, Dulan was contacted again 52 00:02:46,360 --> 00:02:49,679 Speaker 1: by investigators to revisit the interview and search for additional 53 00:02:49,720 --> 00:02:52,919 Speaker 1: information on Alan. Dulan found that Alan had altered his 54 00:02:53,080 --> 00:02:55,800 Speaker 1: height and weight on a fishing license issued a couple 55 00:02:55,880 --> 00:02:59,720 Speaker 1: months after the murders, which he described as quote unusual. 56 00:03:00,360 --> 00:03:03,639 Speaker 1: Upon being re interviewed in twenty twenty two, Alan allegedly 57 00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:05,760 Speaker 1: changed some of the details of his story, changing what 58 00:03:05,840 --> 00:03:08,280 Speaker 1: he said was the time he was there to between 59 00:03:08,320 --> 00:03:10,760 Speaker 1: noon and two, and he changed his description of the 60 00:03:10,760 --> 00:03:14,519 Speaker 1: clothing he was wearing. On cross examination, defense attorney Andrew 61 00:03:14,560 --> 00:03:17,760 Speaker 1: Baldwin questioned Dulan on the details of Allan's statements and 62 00:03:17,840 --> 00:03:21,480 Speaker 1: whether anything in the interview struck him as suspicious. Doulin 63 00:03:21,560 --> 00:03:24,480 Speaker 1: confirmed that nothing seemed unusual at the time, and Allan's 64 00:03:24,480 --> 00:03:26,680 Speaker 1: timeline for being on the trail was consistent with his 65 00:03:26,680 --> 00:03:30,360 Speaker 1: own statements. Doulan also explained that while he gathered information 66 00:03:30,400 --> 00:03:33,240 Speaker 1: from Allan's phone in twenty seventeen, the device was not 67 00:03:33,320 --> 00:03:36,400 Speaker 1: collected or analyzed at the time and has since been lost. 68 00:03:36,640 --> 00:03:39,040 Speaker 1: Stay with Crime Alert for hour by hour updates on 69 00:03:39,080 --> 00:03:41,880 Speaker 1: the Delphi murders and catch crime stories with Nancy Grace 70 00:03:41,920 --> 00:03:44,560 Speaker 1: on Doctor Phil's Merritt Street Media tonight at six or 71 00:03:44,640 --> 00:03:47,640 Speaker 1: nine Eastern. Check your local listings for channel assignment, or 72 00:03:47,640 --> 00:03:50,560 Speaker 1: follow crime stories with Nancy Grace on your favorite podcast 73 00:03:50,640 --> 00:04:00,600 Speaker 1: app More Crime than Justice News. After this month, Old 74 00:04:00,640 --> 00:04:03,760 Speaker 1: Girl has been missing from Connecticut since December of twenty nineteen, 75 00:04:03,800 --> 00:04:06,640 Speaker 1: after her mother was found dead in their home. Vanessa 76 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:10,200 Speaker 1: Morales disappeared on December second of twenty nineteen, when an 77 00:04:10,320 --> 00:04:13,480 Speaker 1: Sonia police discovered her mother, Christine Holloway, beaten to death. 78 00:04:13,840 --> 00:04:16,640 Speaker 1: The police initially responded to the home when Christine didn't 79 00:04:16,640 --> 00:04:19,039 Speaker 1: show up for work, and upon arrival they found the 80 00:04:19,040 --> 00:04:21,840 Speaker 1: crime scene. Vanessa was not in the house. Her father, 81 00:04:21,920 --> 00:04:25,080 Speaker 1: Jose Morales, was quickly identified as a suspect and was 82 00:04:25,160 --> 00:04:28,240 Speaker 1: later charged with Christine's murder and tampering with evidence. He 83 00:04:28,279 --> 00:04:30,719 Speaker 1: remains in custody with a five million dollar bond, but 84 00:04:30,960 --> 00:04:34,200 Speaker 1: despite being charged with the murder, Morales has not revealed 85 00:04:34,200 --> 00:04:36,760 Speaker 1: what happened to his daughter, and no charges have been 86 00:04:36,800 --> 00:04:40,360 Speaker 1: filed in connection with Vanessa's disappearance. As of today, Vanessa 87 00:04:40,400 --> 00:04:43,000 Speaker 1: would be six. Her family continues to hold out hope 88 00:04:43,040 --> 00:04:45,640 Speaker 1: for answers, whether good or bad, and has made several 89 00:04:45,680 --> 00:04:49,120 Speaker 1: public police for information. They emphasized that anyone with details 90 00:04:49,160 --> 00:04:52,440 Speaker 1: about Vanessa's disappearance should come forward. The ant Sonia Police 91 00:04:52,440 --> 00:04:55,719 Speaker 1: Department has vowed to continue the investigation as well until 92 00:04:55,760 --> 00:04:59,040 Speaker 1: they know what happened to the toddler. Vanessa Morales is Hispanic. 93 00:04:59,200 --> 00:05:01,919 Speaker 1: About the time she missing, she had brown hair, brown eyes, 94 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:05,359 Speaker 1: approximately two feet two, only seventeen pounds. If you have 95 00:05:05,400 --> 00:05:09,040 Speaker 1: any information on the disappearance of Vanessa Morales, called eight hundred, 96 00:05:09,120 --> 00:05:12,279 Speaker 1: call FBI, or go to Tips dot FBI dot gov. 97 00:05:12,600 --> 00:05:15,120 Speaker 1: For the latest crime and justice news, follow the Crime 98 00:05:15,160 --> 00:05:18,200 Speaker 1: Alerts hourly update on your favorite podcast app with this 99 00:05:18,279 --> 00:05:19,679 Speaker 1: crime alert. I'm Drew Nelson.