Missing
Katherine Joy Allen
Allen, approximately 1996
Date and time person was reported missing : 06/12/1996
Missing location (approx) :
Denver, Colorado
Missing classification : Endangered Missing
Gender : Female
Ethnicity :
Black
DOB : 11/12/1953 (67)
Age at the time of disappearance: 42 years old
Height / Weight : 5'2, 115 pounds
Medical conditions : Allen has a history of abusing alcohol and drugs, mainly crack cocaine and heroin.
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: African-American female. Black hair, brown eyes. Allen may use the names Katherine Baucom and/or Katherine Joy. She has a scar near her right eye and a mole on her right cheek. Her ears are pierced.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Allen was last seen in Denver, Colorado on June 12, 1996. She was living in the Ahwahnee Motel in the 8500 block of east Colfax Avenue at the time, and trying to stabilize her situation. She has children, but didn't have custody of them due to her drug and alcohol abuse and other problems in her life.
On June 2, ten days before her disappearance, she called a relative and said someone was after her because they had stolen some drugs, and she needed help. She never showed up for her child's high school graduation later that month as promised, and her children fear she may have been murdered. Her case remains unsolved.
Other information and links : ncy
Denver Police Department
720-913-2000
September 2021 updates and sources
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