Pearl A. Allen was 83 when she was last seen near her rural home outside Tullos, Louisiana, on April 13, 1998. A postal carrier reported seeing her that day; she was wearing a blue shirt and blue jeans and was described as a white female, 5 feet 2 inches tall, about 120 pounds, with gray hair and hazel eyes. Family members said she often walked the thickets and swamps around her property and had shown symptoms consistent with Alzheimer’s disease, though she had not been formally diagnosed.

Her family reported that she had a history of short wanderings but had never stayed away overnight. The Winn Parish Sheriff’s Office organised an intensive search for two to three weeks using helicopters, bloodhounds and cadaver dogs, but no trace of Pearl was ever found.

If anyone in the Tullos area remembers Pearl, where she walked, or saw anything unusual around April 13, 1998, please share information with the Winn Parish Sheriff’s Office.