The Murder of Debbie Thompson
This is a case that is local to the area in which I now live. I did not live here at the time so it was not one that I was familiar with. Generally one of the benefits to researching a crime in this area is the fact that there is a database that has newspaper articles that were published. However, it was not as helpful in this case because although the crime happened in 1989 the database becomes sporadic from about 1990 and they do not currently keep that up to date. This meant I was limited to the information I could find elsewhere for the most part. Not only did this disappoint me for blogging purposes but also investigative purposes. I have a lot of questions about this case and I was hoping the local newspaper articles could help. On August 1, 1989 Debbie Thompson was found beaten, strangled, stabbed and naked in the front room of her Evansville Indiana apartment. Her husband had just left the day before for his two week National Guard training. Examiners woul...