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Hi, and welcome back to The
Unseen Podcast, a podcast dedicated to missing

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people, unresolved cases, and UK
true crime. This is episode seven of

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twelve missing person cases throughout December,
and today we're going to be covering the

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disappearance of seventeen year old Jeffrey Allen
in nineteen eighty two on the Isle of

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Wight. This episode is about a
missing person and so does not contain any

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descriptions of violence. However, listener
discretion is always advised. The Isle of

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Wight is an island and county off
the coast of Hampshire. Many people travel

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across from the island to the mainland
by ferry, and tourism is a big

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part of the economy, with many
people visiting the island every year. Equally,

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many residents of the island visit the
mainland and there is quite an easy

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and accessible route for this travel.
In nineteen eighty two, seventeen year old

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Jeffrey Allen lived on Yaveland Close on
the Isle of WAYI Yaveland Close is located

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in the area of Sandown, which
is described as a seaside town with a

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pier and sandy beaches. Sandown also
has many amenities such as cafes and restaurants,

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along with museums and gardens. Yavland
Close is a series of neat bungalows

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located to many of these town center
amenities. Jeffrey Allen lived in the Close

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with his family and attended Sandown High
School. Jeffrey's mum is named Anne,

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although in some reporting she is listed
as being named Rosemary. More recent reporting

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has named her as Anne, so
I will do the same. She would

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later tell the BBC about Jeffrey,
saying he was a bit of a rascal

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and into mischief, almost out of
my control. Really, he was a

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loving, loving son, but probably
stubborn. Like his mother. Jeffrey seemed

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to be an average teenager who sometimes
pushed the boundaries, but was relatively close

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to his family. On the twenty
eighth of August nineteen eighty two, while

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his mum was working away for business, Jeffrey's sister would later say that Jeffrey

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told her before leaving the house that
day that he was planning ongoing camping with

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two friends on the mainland. Jeffrey
then left the home. It was later

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on that Jeffrey's family would realize that
he had not returned. It reported that

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Jeffrey had left home previously for several
weeks at a time, and so while

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this was worrying for his family,
there was perhaps not the immediate concern that

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there would have been if this had
been the first time that he had disappear.

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It did, however, start to
become a worry when he had still

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not returned and had not made contact
with his family or friends. His mum

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would later say that the pair had
had an argument before he disappeared. She

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stated that they had a phone call
and that she told him some home truths

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and that some harsh things were said. Anne later said about what happened so

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many times, I think it was
my fault. Should I have dealt with

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things differently. When it became clear
that Jeffrey hadn't returned, his family contacted

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police and an appeal was made for
information about his whereabouts. This appeal was

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made in around November nineteen eighty two, and they appealed for anyone with information

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to come forward. They also explained
that like Jeffrey's family, they were concerned

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about his welfare, given that at
this point he had been missing for around

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three months. It is reported in
the County Press newspaper that The missing person

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appeal does state that Jeffrey went missing
in May nineteen eighty two. However,

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the police appeal states that this happened
in August nineteen eighty two. It seems

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as though his disappearance did occur in
August, as articles such as that from

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the BBC also report this. It
was stated that he had left home before,

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However, it's unclear if this was
the reason why he had not been

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reported missing earlier. Police made inquiries
into Jeffrey's disappearance and tried to locate him.

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There did not seem to be any
indication where Jeffrey had gone, with

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only the information that he had gone
camping to go on. Police issued a

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description of Jeffrey in case he was
seen in an article from the time in

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nineteen eighty two. He was described
as five feet eight inches tall, of

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medium build, with blonde or brownish
color collar and hair, and a freckled

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complexion. He is described as having
a distinctive tattoo of a swallow along with

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the name Lee on his upper left
arm. He also had a one inch

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scar on his chin. Police explained
that despite making extensive inquiries into Jeffrey's whereabouts,

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they were unable to locate him.
While Jeffrey had just vanished, it

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was unclear what exactly had happened,
and more recently, police would state that

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no evidence exists to suggest he was
the victim of a crime. His family,

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however, were desperate to know what
happened to him, and in the

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years that have followed they have not
given up trying to find out where he

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is. Since his disappearance, there
have been several theories put forward for what

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could have happened to him. One
of these possibilities was that Jeffrey had perhaps

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moved to Cyprus or to London,
as this had reportedly been something that he

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had spoken about. Another more disturbing
theory was that Jeffrey had perhaps been killed

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in a fire at a place called
black Pan Farm in Nearby Lake, a

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village in Sandown Bay. Police did
look into this as a serious tip,

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and they examined all the debris that
was found there. They found no evidence

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to suggest that Jeffrey had been there
or any harm had come to him.

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These theories must have been horrific to
have to hear about and agonizing for his

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family. The years passed in Jeffrey's
disappearance without evidence emerging, and in two

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thousand and five, Jeffrey's family once
again appealed for information. The next year,

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the Missing Person's Helpline published an age
progression photograph of what Jeffrey would have

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looked like at the time. This
photograph was shown at the Isle of Wight

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Festival in the hope that it would
drum new information. In twenty twelve,

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Jeffrey's mum, Anne spoke to the
BBC on the thirtieth anniversary of his disappearance.

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She discussed how difficult not knowing where
her son was for all these years,

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and echoed many of the sentiments of
other loved ones of the missing.

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She stated, it's heart wrenching whenever
you go out in the car you think

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you see him. I just hope
he's happy somewhere as a family, and

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sometime will think of me. After
thirty years. Maybe he had suffered violence

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and he's dead, but you don't
want to accept that because then you have

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nowhere else to go. I still
want closure. If he's dead, then

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at least I can grieve, and
explained that she has tried to stay positive

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for the rest of her family,
her son and daughter, grandchildren and great

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grandchildren, and she said, going
through this has affected her. She said,

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you can't keep on and on,
you just hurt yourself more. I

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don't know where I can go from
here, just hoping someone somewhere can tell

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me they've seen him. Since Anne
has never given up trying to appeal for

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information for her son, and the
newest age progression photograph shows what Jeffrey would

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look like at the age of fifty. It has now been over forty years

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since Jeffrey went missing and it's so
crucial that people know about his disappearance and

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anyone that can help comes forward,
a spokesperson for Hampshire Police stated to the

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BBC in twenty twelve. Several reviews
of the case have been carried out by

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detectives. More recently, routine proof
of life checks were made on police and

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other official databases, along with the
storage of DNA samples for comparison. No

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evidence exists to suggest mister Allen was
the victim of a crime, although there

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is no new information to investigate at
this time. Police welcome the ongoing efforts

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of family, friends, charities,
the community and the media in maintaining awareness

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of the case to encourage any fresh
information which may lead to the location of

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Jeffrey Allen. There is not a
lot of information available in Jeffrey's case.

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However, it's clear that his family
are desperate to find him, and that

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his mum has continued to try and
keep his case in the public eye.

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Jeffrey's family deserve answers and they just
want to know what happened to him.

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If you know anything about Jeffrey Allen's
disappearance on the Isle of Wight in nineteen

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eighty two, please contact police on
one oh one or contact the charity Missing

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People. Jeffrey's missing person profile will
be linked in the show notes. Thank

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you for listening to episode seven of
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