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Willie Allen, 56, was found shot to death and face down near a pump station on Race Street in Portsmouth, Virginia, on January 10, 2017. Allen was a long-time city employee who had been called to the site to check an alarm; his wallet and other personal items were missing and investigators said text messages may have been sent from his phone after he was dead.

Snowy footprints led away from the scene to a nearby convenience store, where surveillance showed a man in camouflage leaving about the time of the killing. That person was identified as Andre Debrough, described in reports as a former co-worker of Allen’s and the ex-boyfriend of Allen’s step-daughter. Investigators say Allen had warned Debrough to stay away from his step-daughter, and that Debrough had been fired from city employment. Debrough was arrested and charged in connection with Allen’s murder; the trial ended with a not guilty verdict after brief jury deliberations.

If anyone knew Willie Allen, his routines at work, or saw activity around the pump station or the convenience store on January 10, 2017, please share what was seen.