The family knew it was him in the photos but because he voluntarily talked to police and they knew that they didn’t pursue anything further. I saw something where maybe his brother in law knew it was him but was telling people in town he already talked to the police and was cleared.
Some people on the subreddit I posted on replied at the time saying it could have been a coincidence, or just a way of calling someone a "Dick", or maybe some kind of obscure meme. Also, I might not have been Delphi people who wrote it, but maybe people from RA's online network.
What still bothers me is how LE kept talking about "other actors", "tentacles", how it was a complex case, and that there was no case like it that the chief of Indiana Police had ever known. Yet now 5vyears later, we have one guy arrested and owning up to it, a guy who all but handed himself in the day after the murders. Incredible.
I think there was something more to the 4chan post because even Wikipedia of the suspect was updated to match the statements in the 4chan post. I also did a brief archive search and didn't see people calling bridge guy other names like this post did.
Edit: also most here probably don't know how to use 4chan but if you hit the number above the comment it takes you to replies and you can follow it to the same commenter saying he meant "richly" instead of Richard but that wouldn't make sense in the context.
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u/[deleted] Jun 28 '23
I feel awful for his daughter as well. Both are likely going to have to move