In July 2006, a 34-year-old woman and mother of two daughters named Allison Jackson Foy disappeared in Wilmington, North Carolina. The last time anyone saw her was when she left the Junction Pub and Billiards right before it closed.
Her loved ones searched for her for almost two years. In the spring of 2008, human remains were discovered in the woods about three miles from the pub. The police believed that the remains belonged to Allison. Later, DNA tests showed that they were a match.
But then, authorities found a second set of remains just 1o feet away. They were in that location only about half the time that Allison’s body was.
Eventually, the second set of remains was identified as 42-year-old Angela Rothen. She had been missing for nine months before her body was found. Both women were stabbed to death.
Investigators thought that the deaths of the two women were connected. It could be the work of a serial killer on the loose. They have questioned persons of interest, but no arrests have been made, and the investigation is still ongoing.
Allison’s family hired a private investigator, who received an email from a woman named Susan Iannone. According to Susan, the word around town was that her husband, Tim, was somehow involved with Allison’s disappearance.
At the time of Allison’s disappearance, Tim Iannone lived right near the pub and was working as a cab driver. He had a criminal record dating back to 1979, mostly to do with larceny and embezzlement.
After a woman accused him of assault, he was charged with second-degree kidnapping and assault with a deadly weapon in 2007. The crime occurred less than 100 yards from where Allison and Angela’s bodies were discovered in 2008.
Tim agreed to plead to a lesser charge of “crime against nature.” As a result, he was given just 36 months of supervised probation.
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In June 2008, the Wilmington Police Department obtained a search warrant on Tim’s home, vehicles, his previous residence, and any cabs he had driven at the time of the killings.
They didn’t find any evidence tying him to the murders. He was able to pass a polygraph and provided his DNA to the police. He was officially no longer a suspect in November 2008.
In 2021, the Wilmington Police Department submitted a DNA testing kit from a case in 1996 in which a woman had been beaten, assaulted, held against her will, and abandoned on the side of the road.
The DNA belonged to Tim Iannon. In November 2021, he was arrested. He was convicted in 2022 and sentenced to a minimum of 48 years in prison.
No one has been charged for Allison’s or Angela’s murders, but Allison’s sister, Lisa Valentino, believes that the murderer is currently in prison.
Lisa can’t rest until her sister and two nieces get justice. In the meantime, she has dedicated herself to helping other families in similar situations. She volunteers for the CUE Center for Missing Persons in New Jersey.
Anyone with information about the case is urged to contact the Wilmington Police Department at 910-343-3600.
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