
The Backpack in the River: Why Kelly Allen's Life Unraveled
The Backpack in the River: Why Kelly Allen's Life UnraveledA bright orange child's backpack, a gallon freezer bag sealed with the air pressed flat, and a school permission slip dated six years earlier - found in the Ashford River days before anyone reported Kelly Allen missing. What does it mean that a 45-year-old woman’s carefully organized life left behind a child's pack packed with deliberate care, and who put it in the water?In this episode, you will hear how investigators pieced together timelines from surveillance footage, a trotline recovery, lab estimates, and household details to ask…
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