June Allen

June Allen is a fictional character who appears in the 2023 film Missing. She serves as the protagonist of the film. This character is portrayed by Storm Reid.
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== Throughout Missing ==
She is introduced as a 6-year-old girl in an archive video with her deceased father, James, who succumbed to a brain tumor not long after the video was recorded. The narrative then fast-forwards twelve years, depicting June as an 18-year-old young woman. During this time, her mother, Grace, embarks on a week-long trip to Cartagena, Colombia, with her boyfriend, Kevin. June is left under the care of Grace's friend, Heather, a divorce lawyer who harbors some jealousy regarding Grace's relationship with Kevin.
When Grace and Kevin fail to return as expected, June goes to LAX to await their arrival but becomes concerned when they do not appear. An investigation at the hotel reveals that their luggage never left. June's inquiries lead her to take matters into her own hands, utilizing various digital tools. She hires Javier, a Colombian gig worker, to assist her in her search.
As June delves deeper into the mystery, she cracks the password to Kevin's Gmail account, uncovering numerous aliases and a criminal history of scamming women for money. Believing Kevin has kidnapped her mother, June enlists Javier to search for clues in Colombia. She traces Kevin's past movements to a location in Nevada, where she speaks to a man named Jimmy, who reveals he is a pastor at a Christian rehabilitation center for ex-convicts. He informs June that Kevin has reformed and genuinely loves Grace. June eventually accesses Kevin's online dating profile, revealing that her mother was already aware of his troubled past.
FBI agent Elijah Park informs June that he received footage of a criminal group kidnapping Kevin and Grace in Colombia. June quickly exposes this as a fabricated event, discovering that Kevin had employed a lookalike actress, Rachel Page, to impersonate her mother. As the case gains national attention, Rachel confesses her lack of awareness regarding Kevin's intentions. It is later revealed that Grace had used a different name in the past, leading to online speculation about her involvement in her own disappearance.
Convinced of her mother's innocence, June's suspicions turn to Heather when she uncovers an encrypted line of communication between Heather and Kevin. June confronts Heather in an attempt to gather evidence but finds Heather's office ransacked and her computer being erased. To her shock, she discovers Heather's lifeless body in a storage closet.
Later, June watches live footage of a police raid in Colombia targeting Kevin, who is shot and killed despite surrendering. Faced with a seemingly insurmountable situation, June nearly gives up but decides to listen to her mother's past voice messages. This leads her to the password for her mother's email and a threatening email sent to Grace, which ultimately guides her to security cameras purchased by Kevin for an abandoned house, which happens to be their old vacation home in Nevada. Meanwhile, Jimmy contacts June with vital information about Grace.
Jimmy arrives and reveals himself as June's father, James. He alleges that Grace had falsely accused him and had him arrested, causing her to take June away from him. As James unwittingly discloses that he was in the same prison around the same time Kevin was incarcerated, June realizes that James and Kevin had devised the entire scheme. James was a drug addict, and his actions had put his family in danger. Grace and Heather had told June that he died of cancer to protect her. Seeking revenge, James had enlisted Kevin, whom he met in prison, to pose as a potential boyfriend to locate Grace and June.
James kidnaps June and brings her to the abandoned house, where Grace is also being held in a shed. Grace manages to escape, leaving James locked in the shed briefly. Grace and June reunite, but James locks them in a room and fatally shoots Grace when she attempts to protect June. James then tries to leave with June, but Grace mortally wounds him by stabbing him in the neck with a shard of glass. James locks them in the room once more and attempts to search for a nearby hospital on his computer but succumbs to his injuries. June, realizing that James did not turn off her laptop when he kidnapped her, uses the audio feed from security cameras to call 911, leading to their rescue by the police.
One year later, Grace has recovered from her gunshot wound, and June is in college. Their story becomes the subject of a true crime show called "Unfiction." Grace has formed a friendship with Javier, who has reconciled with his estranged son, thanks to June's introduction. The film concludes with a text exchange between June and her mother, expressing their mutual love.
== Appearances ==
*Missing (2023)
Category:Characters
Category:Missing characters
Category:Characters portrayed by Storm Reid