NY NY - Heidi Allen, 18, New Haven, 3 April 1994

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'Last updated June 9, 2022; age-progression updated.'
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''Allen, circa 1994; Age-progression to age 46 (circa 2021); D & W Convenience Store
  • Missing Since04/03/1994
  • Missing FromNew Haven, New York
  • ClassificationEndangered Missing
  • SexFemale
  • RaceWhite
  • Date of Birth09/14/1975 (48)
  • Age18 years old
  • Height and Weight5'9 - 5'11, 145 pounds
  • Clothing/Jewelry DescriptionA gray sweatshirt with a plaid SU logo imprinted on the front, light blue jeans, size 9 or 10 white sneakers, and possibly an eighteen-inch gold chain necklace with a heart and diamond pendant.
  • Distinguishing CharacteristicsCaucasian female. Light brown hair, blue/hazel eyes. Allen has a one-inch scar on her right knee and a freckle-type birthmark between her buttocks. Her ears are pierced. Allen wears contact lenses or eyeglasses with Renaissance metal frames.

Details of Disappearance​

Allen was employed as a clerk at the D & W Convenience Store located at the intersection of New York State Routes 104 and 104B in New Haven, New York in 1994. A photo of the store is posted with this case summary. Allen opened the business by herself at approximately 5:45 a.m. on April 3, 1994. The last transaction was recorded on the cash register at 7:42 a.m.

A passerby flagged down a sheriff's patrol unit outside the store at approximately 8:15 a.m. and reported that the business was open but unattended. An extensive search produced few clues as to Allen's whereabouts and she has never been heard from again.

The ensuing investigation revealed that Allen was most likely taken against her will from the store. Her jacket, purse and car keys were left behind in the store when she vanished, her maroon station wagon was undisturbed in the parking lot, and money was found in the cash register and on the counter.

Richard Thibodeau was charged with Allen's kidnapping in May 1994, one month after she was last seen. Richard's brother, Gary Thibodeau, was arrested on the same charge in August 1994, three months later. Richard was the last customer known to be in the store before Allen vanished. He says he purchased two packs of cigarettes at 7:30 a.m. and left.

Gary was convicted of first-degree kidnapping in Allen's case in June 1995 and sentenced to 25 years to life in prison. Richard was acquitted of all charges in September 1995. Gary attempted to appeal his conviction, but was denied in 1999. He is expected to remain incarcerated until 2020.

Prior to her disappearance, Allen's cousin, Melissa Searles, gave her a gold bracelet with her name on it. Searles stated the bracelet mysteriously turned up inside an envelope in her mailbox in 2004, but she didn't tell the police or anyone else about it for years. The reasons for her silence are unclear.

Allen's abduction got additional attention the summer of 2014, when investigators dug up the floor of a collapsed cabin looking for her body. They didn't find anything in the search, however. Her mother died in 2015 at the age of 66, on what would have been Allen's 40th birthday.

Allen was about to graduate from Onondaga Community College with a degree in human services when she disappeared; she hoped to get a career in education or counseling. Foul play is suspected in her disappearance.''
 
Feb 12 2024
Heidi M. Allen

Heidi was born on September 14, 1975. She is a white female who is 5 feet 11 inches tall and weighs 145 pounds. Her hair is brown and her eyes are blue.
Heidi is a college student reported missing under unknown circumstances. She was last seen at the DW convenience store in New Haven, NY on April 3, 1994. Heidi was last seen wearing a grey sweatshirt with plaid lettering, blue jeans and white sneakers. Additional photo is age progressed to 35 years old.
The Oswego County Sheriff's Office is investigating. Contact the NYS Missing Persons Clearinghouse at 1-800-346-3543 if you have any information.
 
The van would have been crushed in the scrap yard in New York, and the crushed remains of the vehicle, which likely contained the remains of Heidi, would have been taken to a landfill somewhere in Canada. Nothing will ever be found. It's horribly sad.

Assuming this is true, wouldn't they still at least find something in the cabin? What about the skull?
 
Assuming this is true, wouldn't they still at least find something in the cabin? What about the skull?

It's hard to say honestly, three different cadaver dogs that were brought to the scene all alerted on the presence of human remains, but no actual skeletal remains were found during the dig. If they did bury her there, it was only for a short period of time, and they certainly made sure nothing was left behind when they moved her again.
 
April 4, 2024 article


[…]

WRGB aired the "Heidi Allen Files" special in 2019, detailing a year-long investigation that revealed a hidden document in the case.

The investigation continues and anyone with information into Allen's disappearance is asked to contact the Oswego County Sheriff's Office at (315) 349-3411.

[…]
 
The Oswego County Sheriff's Office is still married to the Thibodeau angle, appealing for clues in Gary Thibodeau's hometown of Fitchburg, Massachusetts.


Authorities said they were able to determine that the Thibodeau brothers were in New York at the time of the kidnapping and that they later traveled to Fitchburg with a third person, Sharon Raposa, Gary's wife.

To this day, authorities have not been able to determine a clear motive.

"It could've been random, it could've been a crime of opportunity," Bucher said.

One early theory, that Allen was involved in criminal activity, proved unfounded, the lieutenant said.
 
To this day, authorities have not been able to determine a clear motive. "It could've been random, it could've been a crime of opportunity," Lieutenant Bucher said.

I can think of a few motives for Heidi's kidnapping.



 
To this day, authorities have not been able to determine a clear motive. "It could've been random, it could've been a crime of opportunity," Lieutenant Bucher said.

I can think of a few motives for Heidi's kidnapping.




Gee, get rid of her, or face stiff sentences under Rockefeller drug laws?

I can guarantee that's how the convo among the conspirators went down, including some lowlifes in local LE.
 

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