re: Delphi, IN Murders Trial Thread

Haven't read through the whole thread, but is the consensus that he most likely did it but not enough evidence to convict?

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Haven't read through the whole thread, but is the consensus that he most likely did it but not enough evidence to convict?

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Pretty much. No evidence of anyone else being there. He matches the description from some witnesses and the guy from the phone video, for the most part. He’s one of the only people confirmed there that day.

Beyond that, very little to no evidence of anything including anyone else being there. As far as I’ve seen.

If it wasn’t him, the killer was a damn ghost.

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Haven't read through the whole thread, but is the consensus that he most likely did it but not enough evidence to convict?

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Opinions vary and have been subject to change as time went on. Also, this wasn't televised, so what we have to go on are reports from folks who were in the courtroom.

Part of me wonders, and maybe this came up, that when the girls were first found that maybe the crime scene was contaminated by civilians and emergency services to the point there was no longer any usable evidence? I just don’t see how basically in the woods they had no evidence at all of anyone else but the girls being there. I mean did they even have evidence of the girls walking there?

Seems crazy to me that there wasn't any footprint evidence. It was muddy, surely there were prints left.

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I always wonder if they take a quick vote first to see where folks stand and then start going over evidence relative to people's opinions. This was a long trial with a lot of testimony.

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This is what we did on the civil trial that I was a juror on. It was initially 8-4 in favor of one side and after a few hours of going through emails/documents one eventually flipped to give us the 9 we needed for a verdict.

I have been following this case for many years, ever since the "Down The Hill" podcast was referred to me. I wasn't sure this moment would ever come. I truly have no idea what is about to happen.

If a verdict is in, I think it's guilty.

It doesn't appear the jury got hung or if they did, it never required the judge to call everyone back to court to further instruct them to give it another try. I thought that might happen.

I think it will be guilty but that he probably stands a decent chance on appeal.

State's case seemed very weak. I think he probably did it but it sure seemed there was plenty of room for reasonable doubt. The only damning thing seemed to be him him confessing about seeing a white van, although the guy who was driving the white van had a sketchy timeline.

No physical proof that it was him on the video or that he was the one who was at the crime scene. No DNA, no eye witnesses placing him there, only a somebody somewhat matching the description.

I don't have X, so I can't see those results.

If this was a hung jury, the judge would have instructed them to try longer when they first reported they were hung. At least, that's how things usually go.