MI MI - Anna Allen, 39, St Ignace, 4 Feb 1980

[Gardener1850]

Anna Joyce Allen
Mackinac County, Michigan
39 year old white female

Height (inches)	64.0
Weight (pounds)	110.0

Brown Hair
Hazel Eyes

last seen wearing a light blue snow suit, dark blue jacket

Circumstances: Last seen on 2/4/1980 at a bar in St. Ignace known then as the Homestead. At approximately 9:30 pm she got up from her table, said she would be right back and was never seen again. She left her cigarettes, purse and groceries inside her car in the parking lot.


https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/33708/

 

[CastlesBurning]

Still missing, 40 years later...

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

 

[ChatteringBirds]

Her photo from NamUs:


May her whereabouts be discovered soon.

 

[Angelsunday]

wow. I never heard of this case. Granted I was five in 198o, but St Ignace isn't too far from where I grew up. Not to be critical of the UP, but we don't have a great track record of solving murders and missing person cases. So sad for her family and friends-to wonder and worry all these years what happened to her.

 

[Luckyzmom]

How very sad to just seemingly vanish

 

[ChatteringBirds]

I know it's been decades and it's unlikely her case will be solved, but I think it deserves to be remembered.

Information from:
Anna Joyce Allen – The Charley Project

Anna Joyce Allen


Above: Allen, circa 1980

Missing Since: 02/04/1980
Missing From: St. Ignace, Michigan
Classification: Endangered Missing
Sex: Female
Race: White
Age: 39 years old
Height and Weight: 5'4, 110 pounds

Clothing/Jewelry Description:
A light blue snowsuit and a dark blue jacket.

Distinguishing Characteristics:
Caucasian female. Brown hair, hazel eyes. Allen smokes cigarettes.

Details of Disappearance:
Allen was last seen at The Homestead, a bar in St. Ignace, Michigan, on February 4, 1980. At 9:30 p.m. she left her table, saying she would be right back. She never returned and has never been heard from again.
Allen left her car behind in the bar's parking lot, with her cigarettes, groceries and purse inside it.
Few details are available in her case.

Investigating Agency:
St. Ignace Police Department 906-643-8877

 

[ChatteringBirds]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

By bringing people, information, forensic science and technology together, NamUs helps resolve cases.

www.namus.gov

For the record, could someone please list Anna's known rule-outs? Sorry to say it, but I guess we could look at known Jane Does...

 

[cheemsg]

I think she might be this Jane Doe? No info but 5 hours away, decomposed remains found in water two months after her disappearance, worth a shot?
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

 

[HopeRains]

 

[HopeRains]

Petoskey News-Review, 14 Feb 80, pg 2

This article seems to indicate she had her purse (or a purse) with her. The case details indicate a/her purse was found in the car.

 

[cheemsg]

Maybe there was a purse she was carrying but another purse in her car?

 

[Andreee]

I think she might be this Jane Doe? No info but 5 hours away, decomposed remains found in water two months after her disappearance, worth a shot?
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

Yes but not sure how it can be confirmed if so. At any rate you could always submit Anna as a possible.

 

[Andreee]

Being she was in a snowmobile snowsuit I cant seem her walking very far. Wonder if she was married as it doesnt say anywhere. Maybe on a family ancestor site. Not much to go on.

 

[HopeRains]

Wonder if she was married as it doesnt say anywhere.

Don't know - but the article I posted referred to her as Mrs. Allen.

 

[ekardh]

I think she might be this Jane Doe? No info but 5 hours away, decomposed remains found in water two months after her disappearance, worth a shot?
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

Not a bad shout. Have you submitted it as a potential match?

I think Anna died by drowning, either accidentally or suicide.