CO Deborah Tomlinson, 19,GRAND JUNCTION, bound, sex.assaulted & strangled, 27 Dec.1975,*reopened*

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1975 murder of Grand Junction teen gets renewed attention
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — Police in a western Colorado city have reopened an investigation into an unsolved 1975 homicide.

The Daily Sentinel reports that the Grand Junction Police Department is "actively investigating" the 1975 murder of 19-year-old Deborah Tomlinson.

Police say Tomlinson's body was found Dec. 27 following numerous unanswered phone calls to her apartment in the city 243 miles (391 kilometers) west of Denver.

Police say Tomlinson was found partially clothed in the bathtub of the apartment, where she had been bound, sexually assaulted and strangled.

 

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Detective Uses New Technology In Hopes Of Cracking 43-Year-Old Cold Case
March 25 2019
"The cold case is gaining new attention thanks to a Grand Junction police officer who picked up the case and is working on it during his days off. His commitment to the family and a gut feeling someone out there has information that could help them solve this once and for all is what is driving Cpl. Brandon Ludwig to work the case again… even after years in the cold case file.

“Her family deserves justice, and I am eager to do whatever we can now using new technology to find who is responsible for this,” Ludwig told CBS4."

Deborah Tomlinson (credit: Grand Junction Police)

New DNA evidence techniques may help detectives to uncover the truth behind what happened.

“Investigators back in 1975 did a really great job preserving evidence in this case. Even though DNA testing wasn’t even an option for them back then, we have lots to test now,” he added.

 

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Colorado Cold Case Files - Case Detail: Deborah Tomlinson

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Deborah Kathleen Tomlinson
Case Details
Case Type: Homicide

Case Status: OPEN

Incident Date: 12/27/1975

Occupation:

Agency: Grand Junction Police Department

City: Grand Junction

Date of Birth: 06/11/1956

County: Mesa
Date of Death: 12/27/1975
Agency Case #: 75-6192
Age: 19
Judicial District: 21st Judicial District
On December 27, 1975, Deborah Tomlinson was found in her apartment, 1029 Belford Avenue, lying partially clothed in a bathtub. She had been sexually assaulted, bound and strangled. A gash on her forehead suggests she may have fought with her attacker. Authorities have no evidence a weapon was used. A woman who managed the apartment complex found Tomlinson's body around 6:00 P.M after using a pass key to enter the locked unit. The manager had become worried after repeated phone calls were not answered and the bedroom window was left open and the toilet left running. Anyone with information regarding this case, is asked to please contact the Grand Junction Police Department.

If you have any information about this case, please contact:
Grand Junction Police Department

 

[LadyL]

I hope her murderer is scared looking over his shoulder every minute. LE is coming for you.

 

[leilarose68]

Deborah Tomlinson's case has been solved through genetic genealogy by Parabon Nanolabs! The perpetrator was a man named Jimmy Dean Duncan who died in 1987. He was never a suspect, was 26 at the time of her murder and was a Colorado native.

RIP Deborah

Grand Junction Cold Case Murder Of Deborah Tomlinson Solved After 45 Years