Sheree Allen was last seen alive at the (former) Colonial Motel in downtown Salt Lake City on January 23, 2005. The next night, her body was found in a dumpster in West Valley City, Utah wrapped in trash bags. There have been several viable leads in the case, but none have ever resulted in charges or arrests.
Courtesy of Utah Cold Case Coalition
Episode Info
If you have any information about Sheree’s murder, you’re asked to reach out to the Utah Cold Case Coalition at 385-258-3313. Or you can call the West Valley City Police Department or the Utah Department of Public Safety’s cold case tip hotline at 833-377-7233.
Photos of Sheree Allen. Courtesy: Utah Cold Case Coalition
Photos of Sheree Allen. Courtesy: Utah Cold Case Coalition
Lillie Allen poses with daughter Sheree’s cold case playing card. Courtesy: Utah Cold Case Coalition
A still of B-Roll from KSL-TV’s coverage of Allen’s murder. Courtesy: screenshot from KSL-TV website
A photo of the trash bin Sheree’s body was found in behind a strip mall in West Valley City, Utah. Courtesy: Utah Cold Case Coalition
A flyer about Sheree’s case from the West Valley City Police Department Facebook page
Episode Source Material
- Utah Bureau of Criminal Identification: Sheree Allen.
- The Justice Files: ‘Who killed my daughter?’ by ABC4’s Marcos Ortiz.
- KSL-TV. 11 years after woman’s body found in dumpster, police seek info to solve cold case. By Natalie Crofts.
- Gephardt Daily. Police seek leads in 2005 cold case killing in West Valley City. By Tim Gurrister.
- Deseret News. Obituary: Sheree Allen. By Deseret News Staff.
- Deseret News. Dumpster yields body of woman. By Pat Reavy.