Missing
Woodrow Judge Allen
Allen, approximately 2001; Bruce Edward Day
Date and time person was reported missing : 12/13/2001
Missing location (approx) :
Nokomis, Alabama
Missing classification : Endangered Missing
Gender : Male
Ethnicity :
White
Age at the time of disappearance: 25 years old
Height / Weight : Unknown
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: Caucasian male. Allen's nickname is Token.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Allen's mother reported him Missing location (approx) : Nokomis, Alabama on December 17, 2001. She said she last saw him on December 17. He was last seen walking away from the home of a friend, Donald David Clemmons, on Nathan Road. He was going through wooded area toward his own residence in a nearby trailer park. He has never been heard from again.
In January 2002, Bruce Edward Day was stopped by the police while driving on Highway 31 in Nokomis. Clemmons with him in the vehicle. When authorities searched the car, they found methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia. Day was charged with possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia, as well as two counts of attempted murder and two counts of shooting into an occupied vehicle.
He allegedly shot three times into a vehicle on James Road on October 28, 2001. The vehicle was occupied by Allen and his sixteen-year-old niece at the time. This was six weeks before Allen disappeared. He was scheduled to testify against Day about the shooting, but he vanished before the trial. Day was later found not guilty of attempted murder, but guilty of reckless endangerment, and was sentenced to a year in jail.
Clemmons is not considered a suspect in Allen's disappearance. Day was charged with Allen's murder in October 2009. A photo of him is posted with this case summary. In March 2012, he pleaded guilty and was sentenced to twenty years in prison. He will only actually serve three years, however, followed by seven years on probation.
Foul play is suspected in Allen's disappearance due to the circumstances involved.
Other information and links : ncy
Escambia County Sheriff's Office
September 2021 updates and sources
NorthEscambia.com
WKRG 5
The Brewton Standard
The Atmore Advance
Who Got Arrested?
October 12, 2004. March 21, 2018; two pictures added.
Interactive Missing Person Search Map
