Hey everybody welcome back to Cold Case Murder Mysteries. I'm your host Ryan Kraus

returning for another installment of madness as we yet again find ourselves

with a sensational Delphi update since the arrest of 50-year-old Richard Allen for the murders of Abigail Williams and Liberty German.

This time we actually have the affidavit of probable cause, or at least a redacted version, giving the public its first insight into how

Alan ended up on the suspect list as well as some details about what led to his

arrest. Now I was going to conclude the examination

into the Long Island serial killer this week

with a full episode,

but with all due respect,

that case is basically the equivalent of Al Capone's vault.

The premise is really interesting, and the lead up to opening the door is suspenseful.

But once inside, the case is mostly an empty room. I did two full days of

research on the case for an upcoming episode and afterward I couldn't think of

one thing to talk about because the substance just isn't there.

The Shannon Gilbert angle is very intriguing and worthy of analysis,

but beyond that gateway to finding the bodies, I don't have anything to analyze.

In all honesty, it's a case that the police seemingly don't want to solve, and various reasons from keeping their own shady dealing secret to simply denying they have a serial killer on the loose.

It is and has always been an uphill battle to get law enforcement to care about sex workers,

especially in affluent places like Suffolk County Long Island.

I don't feel a genuine effort has been made to solve the case and don't believe

there will be one moving forward. As soon as they discovered the first four bodies,

they immediately shut down the search in a situation in which they obviously would have found many more bodies in the next day or so.

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