Vanished: Allean Logan disappeared 13 years ago, and case is still unsolved According to the Black and Missing Foundation, located in the District, 30 percent of missing persons in the United States in 2008 were persons of color. "A lot of time in our community, our people just don't know what to do, so we're providing them with that knowledge and tools about what to do, from A to Z, if your loved one is missing," said group co-founder Derrica Wilson, a former police officer. D.C. police say there are 30 unsolved cases involving missing people of color in the city. Today, The RootDC continues its occasional series "Vanished," which looks at the cases of local African Americans who have gone missing but were not featured by media outlets. The aim is to give the families who grieve a voice and to offer information to the community that may help solve these cases. Our profile is of Allean Logan, who went missing from her Southwest Washington neighborhood nearly 14 years ago. On the morning of Sept. 15, 1999, Sabrina Logan got a frantic call from her daughter, Stephanie Logan. Sabrina's sister, Allean Logan, wasn't answering her phone. Could Sabrina go over to Allean's home in Southwest Washington and see if she was okay, Stephanie asked. When Sabrina got there, she heard Allean's infant son, Jerome, crying through the locked door. Worried, Sabrina rushed to get an apartment manager. When the door swung open, she found Jerome sitting in his chair. Allean, 36, was nowhere to be found. "You could tell his diaper was soaking wet, like he had it on a couple of hours," Stephanie Logan recalled her mother telling her. No one has seen or heard from Allean since. Nearly 14 years later, there are still more questions than answers. Allean's family says she never would have left Jerome alone. They say she would have taken personal items such as Jerome's stroller, her cigarettes, her keys and her shoes if she planned to leave and never return. "Sometimes, it gets kind of depressing," Stephanie, 41, said. We just miss having Allean around. She had a real uplifting spirit. Police say they have been looking for Logan for more than 13 years. But the search went cold many years ago because neighbors have been reluctant to give information. Still, investigators press on and have collected DNA from the family. They recently released an updated missing-person flier, hoping it will lead to information that will solve the case. When Logan disappeared, she was 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighed about 118 pounds. She has a medium brown complexion, brown eyes and black hair. She was last seen wearing a T-shirt and black pants. Relatives say that Logan's disappearance has been hardest on Jerome, and it is his pain that crystallizes the pain of the entire family. She left behind another son, Vincent, who is now 19, as well as her mother, 81, and eight siblings.