James L Allen  Unsolved homicide

• Case number: 1833
• Incident location: 9291 State Route 14
  Streetsboro, Ohio - Portage County
• Incident date: 11/20/1981
• Homicide date: 11/20/1981
• Date of birth: 10/21/1937
• Gender: Male
• Race/Ethnicity: White
• Height: 5'06"
• Weight: 165
• Hair color: Brown
• Eye color: Hazel
• Law enforcement agency: Streetsboro Police Department

Details

On 11/20/1981, the clerk at Portage News, James Allen was found dead inside of the business. He had been beaten and stabbed to death. Although money from the cash register as well as coins from the video machines had been taken, it is unknown if robbery was the sole motive for the murder. The victim's car was also stolen, and was later recovered approximately one mile away.

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