Silent Exit: Eva Gwendolyn Allen

In this episode of Hunting 4 Answers: In 2017, Eva Gwendolyn Allen vanished without a trace, leaving behind a chilling mystery that still haunts those who loved her. No clear leads, no last-minute goodbyes—just an eerie silence that begs the question: What really happened to Eva? As we retrace her final known moments, we explore unsettling details and troubling possibilities. Did she choose to disappear, or did something far more sinister take place? Anyone with information about Eva's case should contact the DeKalb County Police Department at 770-724-7715.

This is the story of Eva Gwendolyn Allen. 

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Hunting for Answers is a production of the Black Effect
Podcast Network and iHeartRadio. Welcome to Hunting for Answers, a
true crime podcast. I'm your host, Hunter and today we're
diving into a case that is both heartbreaking and baffling.
A sixty seven year old woman gone without a trace

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from a group home meant for safety. Now it stands
as the center of a haunting mystery and a trail
that for years has led to nothing but dead ends.
This is the story of Eva Gwendolen Allen. July fourth,

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twenty seventeen, while most of America was celebrating Independence Day
with fireworks and family gatherings, something deeply unsettling was happening
in Lithonia, Georgia. Eva Gwendolen Allen, a mother, a grandmother,
and a woman struggling with bipolar disorder, was seen for

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the last time at her group home, located at three
six six' Nine, snappingersrote just off Of interstate twenty around
one a. M she was supposed to be safe, there
but in the early hours of the, morning she simply.
Vanished she wasn't carrying a, purse she wasn't wearing her,

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eyeglasses and she left behind her medication pills she needed to.
Survive no one saw her, leave no one heard anything,
unusual and no, one not even her, caregivers could explain
how a vulnerable woman in need of constant care around
the cloth could just. Disappear Eva allen wasn't just any missing.

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Person she was someone who required medication to manage her health.
Conditions without, it she could become, disoriented, confused even vulnerable to.
Danger her family was. Terrified her, Daughter Abromonica, allen knew
something was wrong the moment she stopped hearing from her.

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Mom eva had been placed in the group home for
her own safety after an alarming incident in which she
was found wandering along the. Highway it was supposed to
be a place of, protection but now it had become
the last known place she was seen. Alive the police,

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searched the family, Searched flyers went, up and calls were,
made but the answers they never. Came eva's cell phone
remained active for. Days the family called and, called, hoping
praying that she would pick, up but After july, ninth twenty,

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seventeen the calls. Stopped the phone went, silent just Like.
Eva there was no sign of foul play at the group,
home no evidence of a break, in and no. Disturbances
it was as If eva had walked away, willingly or

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as if someone had helped her, leave but why and
where would she? Go years have passed And Eva allen
is still. Missing her family is still, searching and the
questions still. Linger Was eva? Confused did she walk away

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in the middle of the night unaware of where she was?
Going or did someone take advantage of her vulnerability someone saw?
Something but without any new, Leads eva's case remains a
devastating mystery and avoid that her family is left to.

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Endure at the Time eva, vanished she stood five feet
to a is, tall weighing about one hundred and twenty,
pounds and was last seen wearing a maroon, shirt black,
pants and possibly a red. Scarf she has a large
burned scar on her arm from her elbow to her,

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wrist and typically wears, eyeglasses though she left them behind that.
Night Eva allen's case remains. Unsolved my thoughts and prayers
are with her family and, friends AND i hope that
one day they're able to get the answers that they.
Deserve anyone with information About eva's case to contact that

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The Cabb County Police. Department their contact information can be
found in the description box. Below as we wrap up this,
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