Episode description

In April of 1994, an 18-year-old woman was abducted from her job in upstate New York. After rumors spread that she had been buried in the woods, and the potential wrongful imprisonment of the prime suspect, police revealed that the young woman was hiding pertinent information from her inner circle that may have led to her death. This is the story of Heidi Allen.

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CASE SOURCES

1. Oswego County News: https://www.oswegocountynewsnow.com/news/updated-heidi-allen-age-progression-revealed/article_0c2af730-dd26-11ec-8c66-53f817c33a63.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=user-share&fbclid=IwAR2Ts1UM4qparQNmNRB72qW-eI_hQ4KfwDRD0HKXfCD51VqZ1s2DxWMonYM

2. Oswego County News: https://www.oswegocountynewsnow.com/news/25-years-later-heidi-allens-legacy-lives/article_cb8b86de-5599-11e9-bc1b-739b7c259080.html

3. NBC3: Heidi Allen Files: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=og0BPi48DGQ&t=31s

4. Oxygen: https://www.oxygen.com/dateline-secrets-uncovered/crime-news/gary-thibodeau-dies-in-prison-claims-innocence-in-heidi-allen

5. Democrat & Chronicle: https://www.newspapers.com/image/138330626/?terms=%22heidi%20allen%22&match=1

6. Syracuse: https://www.syracuse.com/crime/2018/08/gary_thibodeau_dead_kidnapper_of_heidi_allen_dies_in_prison.html

7. Unsolved Mysteries blog: https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Lisa_Ziegert

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12. Cinemaholic: https://thecinemaholic.com/where-are-tonya-priest-and-richard-thibodeau-now/

13. Pall Times: http://heidiallenarticles.blogspot.com/2017/03/breckenridge-arrested-for-alleged.html

14. Oswego County News Now: https://www.oswegocountynewsnow.com/news/updated-heidi-allen-age-progression-revealed/article_0c2af730-dd26-11ec-8c66-53f817c33a63.html

15. Syracuse: https://www.syracuse.com/crime/2015/02/jennifer_wescott_claims_she_lied_about_heidi_allen_kidnapping_to_satisfy_friends.html

16. Syracuse: https://www.syracuse.com/news/2014/10/thumper_steen_described_as_a_violent_braggart_capable_of_kidnapping_heidi_allen.html

17. Syracuse: https://www.syracuse.com/news/2014/07/who_was_heidi_allen.html

18. Syracuse:

https://www.syracuse.com/crime/2015/09/heidi_allens_relative_reveals_bracelet_mystery_implicates_michael_bohrer_in_1994.html

19. Syracuse:

https://www.syracuse.com/news/2015/09/heidi_allens_mother_dies_on_what_wouldve_been_the_kidnapping_victims_40th_birthd.html

20. Mass Live: https://www.masslive.com/news/2019/10/lisa-ziegert-killer-gary-scharas-confession-letter-i-was-fascinated-by-abduction-and-bondage-from-an-early-age.html

21. Syracuse Herald Journal: http://heidiallenarticles.blogspot.com/2016/02/sharon-thibodeau-innocent-of-perjury.html