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Missing Utah college student Madelyn Allen found alive, 'covered in coal' in suspect's basement

Utah college student Madelyn "Maddie" Allen vanished last week and was found alive, covered in coal, in the basement of 39-year-old suspect Brent Brown.

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Utah college student Madelyn “Maddie” Allen vanished last week and was found alive, covered in coal, in the basement of 39-year-old suspect Brent Brown.

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  • A Utah college student who vanished last week was found alive and covered in coal in the basement of a 39-year-old suspect’s home, according to authorities.
  • The student, Madelyn Allen, 19, was reported missing after she was seen leaving her dorm at Snow College in Ephraim around 9:22 p.m. on Dec. 13, according to a press release.
  • He allegedly told investigators that after he picked up Allen he turned her phone off, the affidavit says.
  • “Brown said he took the phone back from Madelyn and did not allow Madelyn access to her phone again," investigators wrote in the affidavit.
  • Allen told investigators that she feared Brown was not going to let her leave the house and would overpower her if she tried.