Jane Louise Janey Allen was 13 and from Royal Oak, Michigan when she left on August 7, 1976, to visit her boyfriend in Auburn Heights. After the visit she chose to hitchhike home instead of accepting a ride from his mother and never made it back; her father reported her missing the next day.

On August 11, 1976 a young woman’s body was found floating in the Great Miami River near Miamisburg, Ohio, nearly 200 miles from where Jane disappeared. Her hands were tied behind her back with strips of a white t-shirt and her ankles were bound. The autopsy concluded cause of death was carbon monoxide poisoning, suggesting she had been held in the trunk of a car; she was already dead before entering the water. A note in her pocket led to her identification as Jane Allen.

Her murder remains unsolved. A 1978 report said there was no connection between her death and the Oakland County Child Killer cases, though some have noted similarities; no arrests or suspects have been publicly named. Anyone with information about Jane, her movements on August 7, 1976, or the vehicle that might have transported her is asked to come forward.