TX TX - Deborah Sue Agnew Williamson, 18, Lubbock, Aug 1975

[mbee37]

Were Debbie's ears cut off?

No I believe her right ear was almost severed but not all the way.

 

[CastlesBurning]

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[jenbucholtzpi]

Were Debbie's ears cut off?

Absolutely not. I have her autopsy photos and both ears are completely in tact. I don't know why her sister made this claim but it is not true.

 

[MadMcGoo]

Body of young woman in Lubbock exhumed Wednesday for 1975 murder investigation

The body of Deborah Sue Agnew Williamson was exhumed on Wednesday to obtain DNA evidence, her sister, Liz Flatt told EverythingLubbock.com. Debbie Sue was 18 years old when she was stabbed to death…

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“At the request of family members, an exhumation warrant was executed on May 10th in an effort to obtain a known DNA profile for Mrs. Williamson and to follow up on additional investigative questions. …” <more at link>

1975 cold case in Lubbock target of new search warrant

Court records obtained by EverythingLubbock.com on Tuesday revealed additional details about potential DNA evidence in the murder of Deborah Sue Agnew Williamson after her body was exhumed in early…

www.everythinglubbock.com

When Debbie’s body was exhumed on May 10, investigators collected fingernails, a hair sample and two samples of bone from Debbie’s remains, court records stated. Investigators also collected her jewelry, which included a promise ring, high school class ring, wedding band and an engagement ring. <more at link>

 

[MadMcGoo]

There has been speculation in the past that two other unsolved murders may be connected to hers; Naomi Martin (1971) and Elizabeth Price (1976). I don’t know that I subscribe to that theory, but it would be great if Debbie’s exhumation led to answers in at least one of the three cases.

Margaret Naomi Miller Martin (1916-1971) - Find a...

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Elizabeth Ann Butts Price (1931-1976) - Find a...

Born on 31 Jul 1931. Died on 10 Apr 1976. Burial Details Unknown.

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Apr 15, 1976, page 82 - Lubbock Avalanche-Journal at Newspapers.com - Newspapers.com

View the digital scanned newspaper from Lubbock Avalanche-Journal dated Apr 15, 1976, page 82.

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May 09, 1976, page 6 - Lubbock Avalanche-Journal at Newspapers.com - Newspapers.com

View the digital scanned newspaper from Lubbock Avalanche-Journal dated May 09, 1976, page 6.

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[imstilla.grandma]

Flatt was 8 when her sister was killed. Debbie had just turned 18, and she was Flatt’s whole world. This was August 1975, and Debbie was newly married, living with her husband, Doug Williamson, in a small brick house with clapboard siding in what was then a rural part of Lubbock, Texas. That night, a Sunday, was the birthday of Flatt’s father, and her parents picked up Debbie and took her with them to celebrate at the nearby Pizza Inn, where Doug was working the dinner shift.

Their family was what we now call a blended one. Flatt’s parents had each been married before, and while her father’s two children, Paula and Steve, mostly lived in Minnesota with their mother, Flatt grew up alongside the three children from her mother’s first marriage, half siblings who felt like full ones: Pam, Debbie and their older brother, Ricky. Debbie was the one, though, who became like a surrogate mother. She was older and kind but also goofy, so unlike Flatt’s stricter, less demonstrative parents but also unlike Pam, who was embroiled in teenage angst at the time, and Ricky, who was already out of the house and, everyone said, on drugs.

Flatt, Debbie and her parents ate pizza that night and then dropped Debbie back home around 8:30. Flatt remembers that she asked to stay over at Debbie’s house — something she did a number of times that summer — and that her mom said no. She remembers Debbie getting out of the car, how pretty she was — her blond hair still in the feathered Farrah Fawcett cut she got for her wedding — and then watching her disappear inside.

Podcasters Took Up Her Sister’s Murder Investigation. Then They Turned on Her. (Published 2023)

‘True crime’ has become a big business — and an emotional minefield for victims’ families.

www.nytimes.com

 

[crhedBngr]

Flatt was 8 when her sister was killed. Debbie had just turned 18, and she was Flatt’s whole world. This was August 1975, and Debbie was newly married, living with her husband, Doug Williamson, in a small brick house with clapboard siding in what was then a rural part of Lubbock, Texas. That night, a Sunday, was the birthday of Flatt’s father, and her parents picked up Debbie and took her with them to celebrate at the nearby Pizza Inn, where Doug was working the dinner shift.

Their family was what we now call a blended one. Flatt’s parents had each been married before, and while her father’s two children, Paula and Steve, mostly lived in Minnesota with their mother, Flatt grew up alongside the three children from her mother’s first marriage, half siblings who felt like full ones: Pam, Debbie and their older brother, Ricky. Debbie was the one, though, who became like a surrogate mother. She was older and kind but also goofy, so unlike Flatt’s stricter, less demonstrative parents but also unlike Pam, who was embroiled in teenage angst at the time, and Ricky, who was already out of the house and, everyone said, on drugs.

Flatt, Debbie and her parents ate pizza that night and then dropped Debbie back home around 8:30. Flatt remembers that she asked to stay over at Debbie’s house — something she did a number of times that summer — and that her mom said no. She remembers Debbie getting out of the car, how pretty she was — her blond hair still in the feathered Farrah Fawcett cut she got for her wedding — and then watching her disappear inside.

Podcasters Took Up Her Sister’s Murder Investigation. Then They Turned on Her. (Published 2023)

‘True crime’ has become a big business — and an emotional minefield for victims’ families.

www.nytimes.com

@imstilla.grandma :

Thanks for sharing this NYTimes article.

Interesting that one of her wedding albums was taken.

Praying her killer is identified soon.

JMVHO.

 

[lolz]

‘Heinous’ murder of woman in Lubbock solved after nearly 50 years

‘Heinous’ murder of woman in Lubbock solved after nearly 50 years​

The Lubbock Police Department on Wednesday announced the Metro Special Crimes Unit, along with multiple law enforcement agencies, has solved the murder of Elizabeth Ann Price, who was killed nearly five decades ago.

LPD said the suspect was a juvenile at the time of the murder, and a stranger to Price.

Police said Price was found dead at a gate house of the old Lubbock airport in the 6200 block of North Cedar Avenue on April 10, 1976. According to LPD, the scene was expansive. Evidence was collected, but police investigators were limited due to lab technology at the time.

One of the individuals, who was deceased, had DNA available to compare to police evidence. The DNA was sent back to a testing lab in Lubbock. On January 18, 2023, investigators got a match for the DNA and determined who was responsible for Price’s “heinous” murder.

Couldn't find a thread for Elizabeth Ann Price, so i thought of posting it here.
How forensic genetic genealogists helped solve a decades old Lubbock murder case