Allen's former prison psychologist said she advised Allen not to talk about the case but at some point, began receiving confessions from Allen regarding the killings.
DELPHI — Day 11 of the Delphi Murders Trial began with the state's 38th witness, Monica Wala. Wala was the lead psychologist at Westville Correctional Facility and cared for Allen.Allen faces multiple counts of murder in the February 2017 deaths of Abby Williams and Libby German.Wala said during visits with Allen, she would take notes on a pad and then transfer those notes into an electronic database. Wala began seeing Allen as a patient in November of 2022.
'Wala discussed Allen's behavior with Allen. Wala told the jury that Allen said he knew it didn't make since to eat his own feces.Wala said that Allen didn't present being psychotic, that he was inconsistent and she believed he was 'sane.'She also monitored Allen for situational psychosis which she described as would last about a month and then the patient returns to normal. She gave him games to occupy his mind and placed him on constant suicide watch.
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