Tyler Allen Was on CU-Boulder Campus While He was Missing: Police

Boulder police said University of Colorado student Tyler Allen, who returned to his off-campus apartment Sunday morning, had been on the university’s campus since he was last seen April 11.

Allen, a Western Springs native, told Boulder police he wasn’t a victim of a crime.

Allen’s roommates called his parents early Sunday morning to report Allen had returned to the apartment on his own after he saw his missing person poster on campus, the Allen family wrote on Facebook. He had not known about the search efforts to find him.

He was in a Boulder hospital as of Sunday, “recuperating well.” The family has not elaborated on what Allen was doing while he was missing.

Chancellor Philip P. DiStefano of Colorado University released a statement announcing Allen’s return and thanking police and volunteers who helped search for him.

“The campus and Boulder communities rose to the occasion to support one of our own and demonstrated the care and commitment that defines our university,” DiStefano wrote.

Before Sunday, Allen was last seen April 11, in Boulder, and his friends had last heard from him by text a few days later. His family reported him missing on April 18. A prayer service was held for him Thursday in Western Springs.

“We would like to express our profound thanks to everyone in Boulder, the fantastic detective’s office, the university community, the students, the media in Colorado and Chicago and friends and strangers far and wide who have joined together with us in this effort to find our son,” the family wrote. “We couldn’t have faced this crisis without you and we are without words to express to you the depths of our gratitude.”

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