Seems like some local radio stations were commenting daily how weak the State’s case was. But I wasn’t following it myself.
The state’s case was VERY strong - a few of their points:
Allen confessed a total of 62 times (wife, mother, jailers, warden, psychiatrist, etc)
A shell that ballistically matched his gun was found at the murder scene. In an interview, he was asked if he had loaned his gun to anyone or if anyone else had access to his gun .... answer was ‘no’.
He disclosed details of the crimes that only the murderer would know (a white van went by on the road near where he had the girls- he had planned to rape them, but after the van went by, he was spooked & just killed them - van & timing checked out)
He put himself at the park during the relevant time period (voluntarily spoke with a ranger after girls found)
Multiple witnesses who were in the park that day ID’d him as “Bridge Guy”
He had clothes that matched Bridge Guy’s
He admitted killing the girls by cutting their throats with a box cutter & throwing it away in a dumpster at work (CVS - pharmacy tech)
I’m sure I forgot a few things. The defense was what was ‘weak’.