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Sheree Allen
Status: HOMICIDE
City: West Valley City
State: Utah
County: Salt Lake County
Date of birth: May 6, 1982
Date of death: January 24, 2005
Age: 22
Gender: Female
Race: African American/Black
Cause of death: Ligature Strangulation
Anniversary month: January
LEA: West Valley City Police Department
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May 11, 2026 | By: Em Meurer This story is part of a collaborative project between Project: Cold Case and the University of North Florida’s Applied Journalism class. One of Sheree Allen’s favorite things to do during her teenage years was to visit the restaurant where her mother, Lillie Allen, volunteered. They would spend time talking about life, her siblings, and anything else that was on her mind. “We’d sit and have breakfast or lunch,” said Lillie. “We would talk about what she wanted to do, her sisters and brothers, how she appreciated having brothers and sisters other than herself.” Those talks ended over 20 years ago when Sheree was found murdered on January 24, 2005, at just 22 years old. Her body was found in a dumpster behind a strip mall in West Valley City, Utah, by a man who was dumpster-diving at the time. When authorities were notified and came to investigate the dumpster, they found her body wrapped in trash bags. Investigations in the immediate... Read More
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