Case Details
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- Missing Since:
- Missing Since 12/13/1985
- Missing From:
- Missing From Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Classification:
- Classification Non-Family Abduction
- Gender:
- Male
- Race:
- Race Black
- Date of Birth:
- Date of Birth 12/05/1969 (55)
- Age:
- Age 16 years old
- Height and Weight:
- Height and Weight 5’8, 140 pounds
- Clothing/Jewelry Description:
- Clothing/Jewelry Description A black jacket and blue jeans.
- Distinguishing Characteristics:
- Distinguishing Characteristics African-American male. Black hair, brown eyes. Allen has a lump on his left shoulder and a scar on his forehead. He is bowlegged. One of his front teeth was chipped or cracked at the time of his 1985 disappearance. Allen’s nicknames are Squeak and Squeaky.
- Details of Disappearance:
- Allen disappeared in Philadelphia on December 13, 1985. His mom, who worked two jobs, called home at 7:30 am and 3:30 pm that day but got no answer. When she finally got home late that night, she found her daughter locked out – Allen had the only key and was gone.
There’s confusion about whether Allen went to school that day. Some reports say school let out early, his mom says he didn’t go, but a friend says they rode the subway together and Allen got off a bus on Woodland Avenue to see a girl. That’s the last anyone saw him.
Police don’t think Allen ran away. He left all his clothes and $50 birthday money behind. He liked rap music and basketball.
Years later, police tried to talk to Allen’s friends again, but many couldn’t be found. Allen’s case might be connected to another unsolved disappearance of a Bartram High student, Christine Green, also from 1985. Both cases remain mysteries.
- Agency:
- Philadelphia Police Department 215-685-1173
- Source Links:
This person was missing Missing Since 12/13/1985