Allen M. Peters was 27 when he vanished from a Fairmont City, Illinois grocery store on Thursday afternoon, February 25, 2016. Around 3:00 p.m. he was involved in a disturbance at the Foodland; before police could intervene he was seen running from the store and heading into a nearby wooded, swampy area. He was last seen wearing a camouflage jacket, a camouflage shirt, and blue jeans.

At the time he disappeared Peters was described as a white male, 5 feet 10 inches, about 160 pounds, with brown hair, blue eyes, and a scar on the left side of his chest. St. Clair County search teams mounted at least three large searches using K9 units and multiple agencies focused on the difficult terrain behind the store but found no trace of him. Investigators noted nighttime temperatures and the treacherous landscape as concerns; there was also a traffic warrant out for his arrest when he fled, though authorities did not consider that offense sufficient explanation for his long absence.

No one has reported seeing or hearing from Allen since that day and the case remains unsolved. Did anyone in the Fairmont City area ever see Peters near the woods that afternoon or notice unusual activity around the Foodland that day?