In Memory of Thea Alexandria Allen

Name: Thea Alexandria Allen Age: 23 Occupation: Art History major DOB: unknown POB: unknown Hair: auburn Eyes: green Height: 5�6� Weight: 110 lbs Identifying Marks: scarlet Japanese kanji tattoo Place of Residence:. Boston, Mass Hobbies: sailing, hiking, rock climbing, gardening, watercolor. Languages: English, enough French and Spanish to get by, can curse fluently in several others Family: Mother � Alma Allen.  Both Thea and her older brother Morgan are adopted. Seat: Row 21 G

Background: Thea grew up with a rather Bohemian lifestyle.  Taken from the orphanage at a very young age along with her brother, she grew up in the Florida Keys, spending her days in the sea and strolling the beaches and laid back streets of their island home.  Their adopting mother had been a well known college professor before putting her career on hold to have children and both Thea and her brother were always well ahead of their classmates in school thanks to the knowledge their mother fed into their lives on a daily basis.  School was therefore always more of a social event for Thea than any hard work.  There was never any question that both siblings would both go to college however and so when Morgan began his junior year of high school, their mother moved them all back to Boston to further that goal.

It would have been hard to find a greater culture shock within the same country and while Morgan drew into himself, Thea found her own way of coping by falling in with, if not the �wrong� crowd, certainly the rough one.  She learned the back streets and hidden neighborhoods of Boston like the back of her hand and in a few years she followed her brother to Boston University, a year ahead of her classmates.  It wasn�t very surprising that both siblings ended up with art degrees.  Morgan with a double major in Photography and Journalism, and, a few years later, Thea with a major in Art History, and a minor in Art Psychology.  By the time she graduated, Morgan�s prints were beginning to be seen in shows around the world and he was starting to make a name for himself.  Unsure if she wanted to follow her mother�s prodding and get a Master�s in Art so that she could work at the museum of her choice or not, Thea decided to take a year off and backpacked around North America with a group of friends instead.

Her impromptu �walkabout� ended in Seattle where she caught a plane at her brother�s invitation to fly out to Japan to see him.  His first stand alone art show was opening and he wanted her with him.  He didn�t want her seeing the show however.  Thea did anyway.  What she saw shook her very badly.  So did what occurred between them after her brother had found out what she�d done.  Thea caught an early flight back to Seattle without mentioning it to anyone and has been trying to put the pieces of her life back together before she gets home and has to face her mother.