Episode 60: Donald Allison - Lenado, CO | From John Doe to Donald Allison: Unmasking the Lenado Man

A man dumped in the Rocky Mountains, a pocketful of clues, and a name that was lost for decades. Who killed him, and why did nobody notice he was gone?

Episode Summary

On August 18, 1979, mushroom hunters exploring a remote forest road near Lenado, Colorado, discovered the body of an unidentified man hidden beneath tree branches down a steep embankment. He had been shot twice with a .22 caliber firearm and left in the wilderness. Investigators found maps, a wristwatch, a novel by Ernest Hemingway, and other personal belongings, but nothing that could tell them who he was.

The victim became known simply as "Lenado Man."

For years, investigators chased leads ...