Allen Carl Warner was 21 when he vanished from Cape May County, New Jersey, in late August 1973. An honor roll student entering his fourth year at the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science, he was raised in Wildwood Crest, was a good swimmer, and familiar with boats. He stood 6 feet 2 inches with blond hair and blue eyes.

On August 27, 1973, North Wildwood police last saw him. The next day he took his father’s small outboard boat from a marina on Ocean Drive and did not return. That same day the boat was found adrift about two miles off the Atlantic coast with his personal items and identification aboard but no sign of him. The Coast Guard and New Jersey Marine Police searched the area; the sea was reportedly calm that day.

Investigators have considered suicide, voluntary disappearance, and foul play. A skull found in 2006 was DNA-tested and excluded as a match. The drug charge from the arrest the day before his disappearance was later dropped. No conclusive evidence has resolved what happened to Allen.

If anyone knew Allen, his routines, or saw the boat on August 28, 1973, please share information with the Cape May County Prosecutor’s Office.