Detective uses help of father, a retired investigator, in cracking 1981 cold case killing
Gregory Thurson, 64, of Eugene, Oregon, is now charged with murder in the death of John Blaylock, 51, the Griffith Police ...
How the cop son of cold-case detective solved the murder and arrested suspect 40 years later
Forty years after his father worked as a detective on the original murder investigation, a police officer has now solved the ...
Cigarette leads to man’s arrest in 1981 Indiana cold case: documents
An Oregon man was recently extradited to Northwest Indiana in the 1981 killing of another man, and a cigarette discarded by ...
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Police May Have Solved 1981 Cold Case
Officers say the 51-year-old Blaylock was found partially naked and beaten to death at his apartment on November 3rd, 1981.
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Man arrested 40 years after murder of Indiana man, police say
The story goes back to 1981, when 51-year-old John Blaylock was found dead in Griffith, Indiana. No suspect was ever ...
Discarded cigarette leads to man’s arrest in 1981 cold case killing, Indiana cops say
It was DNA found on a discarded cigarette by Burnham, Illinois, police that helped police determine which brother was the suspect, police and WGN reported. The cigarette’s DNA d ...
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Eugene man facing murder charge in connection to 1981 cold case in Indiana
A man who had been living in Eugene is facing a murder charge in Indiana after police in the town of Griffith blew open ...
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Genealogy technology connects 64-year-old to 1981 Griffith cold case
Decades after John Blaylock was beaten to death in his bedroom, detectives used a blood sample found in his bathroom and ...