Robert James Allen, 53, was last seen in Grand Rapids, Michigan on May 1, 1995. He is described as a white male, about 5 feet 9 inches tall, 150 pounds, with brown hair, blue eyes, prescription glasses, a thick moustache, a burn scar on his left foot, and tattoos reading BOB on his upper right arm and a naked woman with a flag on her head on his left forearm.

Not long after Allen vanished, a man later identified as Marvin Gabrion began using Allen’s identity. Gabrion opened a post office box in Sherman, New York in Allen’s name, had benefit checks redirected there, and cashed at least one check to pay rent in early 1996. The FBI became involved and investigators came to suspect Allen had been murdered, but his body has never been found. Gabrion was arrested in October 1997 for cashing Allen’s social security checks and was later convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of another woman, Rachel Timmerman. The Allen case remains unresolved without a body or confession.

Did anyone who knew Robert in Grand Rapids in 1995 notice him after May 1 or see someone using his name?