Arrest and Trial
Allen was arrested on August 24 on multiple charges. Witnesses linked him with the May 18 attack, leading to Allen's indictment on charges of battery, burglary, and unlawful confinement. He was also charged with arson and burglary (from the June 2 incident), as well as the murder of Ernestine Griffin. As it happened, Lavern Hale had been a neighbor of Allen's, living directly behind his house, and he remains a suspect in her murder, based upon the killer's modus operandi. He was also a suspect in 11 other cases, each involving robbery or assault of elderly victims in their homes around Indianapolis.
He was found guilty of burglary and felony battery of the May 18 assault, and sentenced to 88 years in prison. On June 11, 1988, he was sentenced to death by lethal injection for the murder of Ernestine Griffin. On August 30, 1988, he was placed on death row, where, as of 2010, he remains awaiting ruling by a U.S. District Court on a petition for writ of habeas corpus.
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