Heidi Allen Missing 1994 Case Has A New Turn In The Investigation

Publish date: 2024-05-14

Heide Allen went missing in April 1994, and it was reported that she was still missing.

Heidi was an 18-year-old who worked as a part-timer at a convenience store in New Haven, New York, and the authorities say she went missing in the middle of her shift. 

The missing case was filed around three decades ago, and over the years, the case has taken many turns. One man was convicted of her missing case, but the case remains to be unsolved.

Adding more, Allen’s whereabouts and what happened to her at the time she went missing are still unknown.

According to an October 2022 report, the Oswego County Sheriff’s Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation are still “considering the matter to be an open case.” As of 2022, the authorities are still working to find the remains of the missing woman. 

Hiedi was reported to go missing at around 8 AM, and sources say that she opened the store around 5:45 AM. She was with her boyfriend, but he left when other employees and people began to arrive at the store. 

Dateline: Secrets Uncovered on Oxygen had re-air the episode titled “The Informant” in an attempt to look again at the case of Heidi Allen. The episode was scheduled for Wednesday, November 16, 2022, at 7:00 PM ET. 

In the episode, Heidi’s sister, Lisa Buske, explained that Heidi’s boyfriend would stay with her until the area was crowded. It was reported that Richard Thibodeau was the last person to enter the store that morning before Allen went missing. 

In the case, Richard’s brother, Gary Thibodeau, was convicted. In court, he recalled that time and said he went to the store for two boxes of cigarettes. Gary kept his innocence and died in prison. 

When people arrived at the store, they realized Allen was missing, but her car was parked, so they called the Deputy for the investigation. Richard also called the authorities as he was worried about the 18-year-old girl missing. 

A witness mentioned that there was a van parked during the incident and that Richard drove a van that day which matched the description given by the witness. The police checked the surveillance footage that starred Gary and Richard to be the only ones before she went missing. 

This evidence was enough to get both of them arrested, but Richard was acquitted while in the trial of 1995, the Jury declared Gary to be responsible for Allen’s disappearance, and he was sentenced to prison. 

Gary had an alibi and was arrested for drug-related charges. While Gary was in custody, the cellmates informed them that Gary had admitted to killing Allen as a part of an unsuccessful drug deal. 

After some years, the investigation brought a new turn in the case as Heidi was working as a teen drug informant under the false name “Julia Roberts.

Two years before the incident, the identification card was lost for whom she was working, letting the authorities assume she was an informant. 

Gary’s defense team was unfamiliar with this evidence, and it might or not change the proceeding of the case. Gary’s lawyers took the case to the highest court, but he was found guilty and died in jail. 

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