Herbert Allen, known as Herb, was 78 and living in Cleveland when he was last seen on Thanksgiving Day, November 23, 2006. A retired tool and die maker and a Collinwood High School graduate, he led a quiet, solitary life and regularly attended weekly breakfasts at the Vasa Lodge. Friends became concerned after he missed his meetings; the alarm was not raised for several weeks.

On December 12, 2006, Allen’s 1995 minivan turned up in New Mexico in the possession of a former tenant, Terry White, who said Herb had loaned him the vehicle. Police found a .22 caliber rifle and bloodstains on a passenger door, and investigators discovered that White had been using Allen’s credit cards during a cross-country trip. A note on Allen’s refrigerator said he was going on a trip and had asked a tenant to handle landlord duties, but authorities could not confirm the note was written by him. White was later sentenced for being a felon in possession of a firearm and for unauthorized use of the credit cards, but he was never charged in connection with Allen’s disappearance.

Herbert Allen has never been seen or heard from again and his body has not been recovered. Does anyone have information about Allen’s last days in Cleveland or about his interactions with the tenant who reported receiving responsibility for the property?