Heidi Marie Allen was born in 1975 to Susan K. Searles Allen and Kenneth W. Allen. Heidi's father, Ken, worked at the cement plant. Her mother, Sue, was a teaching assistant. Purple was her favorite color as a little girl. She shared her dad's love of fresh pickles from the garden. She had an older sister, Lisa Allen Buske. The two sisters, Lisa said, were "more like best friends than sisters". The pair would have "sister days" each Thursday, Buske said, a time to hang out, shop, watch movies or television — anything to carve out some quality time together. "That was our day regardless of her class schedule or work schedule, or my work schedule, we got together," Lisa said. "Thursday was our day."
"She was a happy person," Lisa said. "Any of her friends would tell you she had a contagious smile. She was always smiling. School friends knew Allen as the "Tower of Power." At 5-foot-9, she was a force on the volleyball court. She was also a goalie on the soccer team. She played for Bishop Cunningham High School in Oswego, NY. When the high school closed in 1992, Allen enrolled in a program at Onondaga Community College "OCC" in Syracuse, NY that allowed her to finish high school and start college at the same time.
Heidi Allen's days started at 6 a.m. and didn't end until well after midnight. The 18-year-old would rise with the sun most week days and drive 45 minutes to her classes at OCC. At the end of her classes, she would drive back home to New Haven in Oswego County for her night shift at the D&W Convenience Store. Allen finished work around 10:30 each night, but her day was far from done.
"She never called in sick a day I could think of," said Brett Law, Allen's boyfriend. After work, Heidi would stop at his house, often ironing his clothes for work the next day. Then Heidi would head home and finish her schoolwork. She told her boyfriend that she hoped to have children at 30. She planned to be a teacher or counselor. Allen was about to get a degree in human services at OCC. She had sent out 150 resumes applying for jobs counseling and teaching. She'd already found her niche helping children, it seemed. When Allen was an intern at Mexico Academy and New Haven elementary school, she formed a support group for children whose parents were divorced called "Banana Splits."
The things Heidi had, she worked for. She'd had jobs since she was 15. She bought her own car, a 10-year-old Pontiac. When she wanted contact lenses and a perm for her hair, she paid for them, herself, her mother said. Heidi was the kind of kid who never missed curfew. At the convenience store, Allen asked the owners to let her make Saturday "Family Movie Night." They agreed and she rented out kids' movies for 99 cents instead of the usual $1.99.
The last night her parents saw her, Heidi Allen had dinner at their house. Heidi had moved in next door to help out her grandmother, who had begun relying on a walker to get around. She brought her parents an Easter basket. And after dinner, she went with her boyfriend to bring a basket to his niece.
Heidi was abducted from her shift at the D&W Convenience Store on Easter Sunday in 1994, and is presumed dead. Her grandmother joined her in heaven in 1999, and her mother in 2015. People who never knew her know the story of her, a bridge and a community garden bear her name in New Haven, NY.
"She was a happy person," Lisa said. "Any of her friends would tell you she had a contagious smile. She was always smiling. School friends knew Allen as the "Tower of Power." At 5-foot-9, she was a force on the volleyball court. She was also a goalie on the soccer team. She played for Bishop Cunningham High School in Oswego, NY. When the high school closed in 1992, Allen enrolled in a program at Onondaga Community College "OCC" in Syracuse, NY that allowed her to finish high school and start college at the same time.
Heidi Allen's days started at 6 a.m. and didn't end until well after midnight. The 18-year-old would rise with the sun most week days and drive 45 minutes to her classes at OCC. At the end of her classes, she would drive back home to New Haven in Oswego County for her night shift at the D&W Convenience Store. Allen finished work around 10:30 each night, but her day was far from done.
"She never called in sick a day I could think of," said Brett Law, Allen's boyfriend. After work, Heidi would stop at his house, often ironing his clothes for work the next day. Then Heidi would head home and finish her schoolwork. She told her boyfriend that she hoped to have children at 30. She planned to be a teacher or counselor. Allen was about to get a degree in human services at OCC. She had sent out 150 resumes applying for jobs counseling and teaching. She'd already found her niche helping children, it seemed. When Allen was an intern at Mexico Academy and New Haven elementary school, she formed a support group for children whose parents were divorced called "Banana Splits."
The things Heidi had, she worked for. She'd had jobs since she was 15. She bought her own car, a 10-year-old Pontiac. When she wanted contact lenses and a perm for her hair, she paid for them, herself, her mother said. Heidi was the kind of kid who never missed curfew. At the convenience store, Allen asked the owners to let her make Saturday "Family Movie Night." They agreed and she rented out kids' movies for 99 cents instead of the usual $1.99.
The last night her parents saw her, Heidi Allen had dinner at their house. Heidi had moved in next door to help out her grandmother, who had begun relying on a walker to get around. She brought her parents an Easter basket. And after dinner, she went with her boyfriend to bring a basket to his niece.
Heidi was abducted from her shift at the D&W Convenience Store on Easter Sunday in 1994, and is presumed dead. Her grandmother joined her in heaven in 1999, and her mother in 2015. People who never knew her know the story of her, a bridge and a community garden bear her name in New Haven, NY.
Heidi Marie Allen was born in 1975 to Susan K. Searles Allen and Kenneth W. Allen. Heidi's father, Ken, worked at the cement plant. Her mother, Sue, was a teaching assistant. Purple was her favorite color as a little girl. She shared her dad's love of fresh pickles from the garden. She had an older sister, Lisa Allen Buske. The two sisters, Lisa said, were "more like best friends than sisters". The pair would have "sister days" each Thursday, Buske said, a time to hang out, shop, watch movies or television — anything to carve out some quality time together. "That was our day regardless of her class schedule or work schedule, or my work schedule, we got together," Lisa said. "Thursday was our day."
"She was a happy person," Lisa said. "Any of her friends would tell you she had a contagious smile. She was always smiling. School friends knew Allen as the "Tower of Power." At 5-foot-9, she was a force on the volleyball court. She was also a goalie on the soccer team. She played for Bishop Cunningham High School in Oswego, NY. When the high school closed in 1992, Allen enrolled in a program at Onondaga Community College "OCC" in Syracuse, NY that allowed her to finish high school and start college at the same time.
Heidi Allen's days started at 6 a.m. and didn't end until well after midnight. The 18-year-old would rise with the sun most week days and drive 45 minutes to her classes at OCC. At the end of her classes, she would drive back home to New Haven in Oswego County for her night shift at the D&W Convenience Store. Allen finished work around 10:30 each night, but her day was far from done.
"She never called in sick a day I could think of," said Brett Law, Allen's boyfriend. After work, Heidi would stop at his house, often ironing his clothes for work the next day. Then Heidi would head home and finish her schoolwork. She told her boyfriend that she hoped to have children at 30. She planned to be a teacher or counselor. Allen was about to get a degree in human services at OCC. She had sent out 150 resumes applying for jobs counseling and teaching. She'd already found her niche helping children, it seemed. When Allen was an intern at Mexico Academy and New Haven elementary school, she formed a support group for children whose parents were divorced called "Banana Splits."
The things Heidi had, she worked for. She'd had jobs since she was 15. She bought her own car, a 10-year-old Pontiac. When she wanted contact lenses and a perm for her hair, she paid for them, herself, her mother said. Heidi was the kind of kid who never missed curfew. At the convenience store, Allen asked the owners to let her make Saturday "Family Movie Night." They agreed and she rented out kids' movies for 99 cents instead of the usual $1.99.
The last night her parents saw her, Heidi Allen had dinner at their house. Heidi had moved in next door to help out her grandmother, who had begun relying on a walker to get around. She brought her parents an Easter basket. And after dinner, she went with her boyfriend to bring a basket to his niece.
Heidi was abducted from her shift at the D&W Convenience Store on Easter Sunday in 1994, and is presumed dead. Her grandmother joined her in heaven in 1999, and her mother in 2015. People who never knew her know the story of her, a bridge and a community garden bear her name in New Haven, NY.
"She was a happy person," Lisa said. "Any of her friends would tell you she had a contagious smile. She was always smiling. School friends knew Allen as the "Tower of Power." At 5-foot-9, she was a force on the volleyball court. She was also a goalie on the soccer team. She played for Bishop Cunningham High School in Oswego, NY. When the high school closed in 1992, Allen enrolled in a program at Onondaga Community College "OCC" in Syracuse, NY that allowed her to finish high school and start college at the same time.
Heidi Allen's days started at 6 a.m. and didn't end until well after midnight. The 18-year-old would rise with the sun most week days and drive 45 minutes to her classes at OCC. At the end of her classes, she would drive back home to New Haven in Oswego County for her night shift at the D&W Convenience Store. Allen finished work around 10:30 each night, but her day was far from done.
"She never called in sick a day I could think of," said Brett Law, Allen's boyfriend. After work, Heidi would stop at his house, often ironing his clothes for work the next day. Then Heidi would head home and finish her schoolwork. She told her boyfriend that she hoped to have children at 30. She planned to be a teacher or counselor. Allen was about to get a degree in human services at OCC. She had sent out 150 resumes applying for jobs counseling and teaching. She'd already found her niche helping children, it seemed. When Allen was an intern at Mexico Academy and New Haven elementary school, she formed a support group for children whose parents were divorced called "Banana Splits."
The things Heidi had, she worked for. She'd had jobs since she was 15. She bought her own car, a 10-year-old Pontiac. When she wanted contact lenses and a perm for her hair, she paid for them, herself, her mother said. Heidi was the kind of kid who never missed curfew. At the convenience store, Allen asked the owners to let her make Saturday "Family Movie Night." They agreed and she rented out kids' movies for 99 cents instead of the usual $1.99.
The last night her parents saw her, Heidi Allen had dinner at their house. Heidi had moved in next door to help out her grandmother, who had begun relying on a walker to get around. She brought her parents an Easter basket. And after dinner, she went with her boyfriend to bring a basket to his niece.
Heidi was abducted from her shift at the D&W Convenience Store on Easter Sunday in 1994, and is presumed dead. Her grandmother joined her in heaven in 1999, and her mother in 2015. People who never knew her know the story of her, a bridge and a community garden bear her name in New Haven, NY.
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