Paul B. Allen, 59, is identified as one of the 25 itinerant laborers killed in the Sutter County killing spree attributed to farm-labor contractor Juan Vallejo Corona. Court documents place Allen’s murder in mid-May 1971, with the prosecution alleging it occurred sometime between May 2 and May 13; a ledger seized from Corona’s home later showed May 15 beside Allen’s name. On May 12, labor contractor Byron Shannon saw Allen in lower Marysville with Jona R. Smallwood and Elbert J.

T. Riley; Corona drove up, offered them work, and all three accepted and left in his pickup. Shannon never saw them again. Allen’s remains were recovered during the late-May to early-June 1971 discovery of bodies buried in orchards; forensic evidence linked Allen to Corona, including a ledger entry with Allen’s name and hairs found on a post-hole digger that matched victims’ head hair.

Does anyone have memories of Allen, his last known whereabouts, or information that could shed light on his movements in May 1971?