PA PA - Allen Briscoe, 16, Philadelphia, 13 Dec 1985

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[h=1]Allen Briscoe Jr.[/h]
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Allen, circa 1985; Age-progression to age 39 (circa 2008)



  • Missing Since 12/13/1985
  • Missing From Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Classification Non-Family Abduction
  • Date of Birth 12/05/1969 (48)
  • Age 16 years old
  • Height and Weight 5'8, 140 pounds
  • Clothing/Jewelry Description A black jacket and blue jeans.
  • Distinguishing Characteristics African-American male. Black hair, brown eyes. Allen has a lump on his left shoulder and a scar on his forehead. He is bowlegged. One of his front teeth was chipped or cracked at the time of his 1985 disappearance. Allen's nicknames are Squeak and Squeaky.


[h=3]Details of Disappearance[/h] Allen was last seen in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on December 13, 1985. Every day his mother would call home from work at 7:30 a.m. to make sure he and his sister were awake and getting ready for classes at Bartram High School. When she called that morning, no one answered. She called again at 3:30 p.m., an hour after school was out, and still no one answered.

Allen's mother was working two jobs at the time and didn't arrive home until 11:30 p.m. She discovered Allen's sister had come home at 11:00 p.m., but she was locked out because only Allen had the house keys, so she had gone to her grandmother's home. He has never been heard from again.

There are reports that Allen's school closed early on the day of his disappearance. His mother doesn't believe he went to school at all that day, but police records indicate he was at school at some point during the day, along with a friend. The two of them rode the subway around Philadelphia all day, then came back to their own neighborhood by bus.

Allen's friend stated he last saw him exiting the bus at Woodland Avenue, and Allen told him he was going to see a female friend. This is the last confirmed sighting of him.

Authorities don't believe Allen ran away from home. He left all his clothes behind, as well as $50 his mother gave him as a birthday present, and he had not spoken of any plans to leave home. His mother stated his hobbies in 1985 included rap music and basketball, and she described him as a picky eater.

Authorities have attempted to re-interview Allen's friends in recent years, but owing to the passage of time many of them cannot be located.

Allen's case may be linked to the disappearance of Christine Green, who was also a student at Bartram High School and also disappeared in 1985. Neither case has been solved.

http://charleyproject.org/case/allen-briscoe-jr

https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/5881/
 
I am very familiar with this area, and was even in that area around this time frame. Bartram was a rough school. I would guess he lived somewhere in West Philly and bussed to Bartram. If I run into some old friends, maybe I will ask if they ever heard of this guy. The trolley runs near there too. I think it is the 11 Trolley or possibly the 13.
 
From what I read, the two cases ae not related unless Cristine's boyfriend is one of Allens friends and he's somehow involved in both dissapeafences. I feel like Allens friend knew more then he's telling, or that he could be involved somehow. Allens mother worked alot and Allen had alot of freedom to be oustide, he was also 16 so that means he may have been involved in things his mother didn't know like a lot of teens. If they would re-interview his friends again im sure someone is talking this time.
 

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