On Thursday, Jan. 16, 1992 15-year-old Debra "Debbie" Grabher left her home in Salt Lake City, Utah around 6:30 a.m to go to West High School where she attends. Her mother got worried when Debbie didn't arrive home that night. They had just moved to the area and Debbie hadn't made many friends yet.
Around 8 that night Debbie's mother called the police. She knew that Debbie wasn't the type to not call her to tell her where she was. She found out early the next morning that she never even arrived at school on Thursday.
The next day someone witnessed something strange. A white man who looked like he may have been a transient was pushing a grocery cart with a large number of blankets wrapped around something large. The witness thought it was suspicious and called the police.
By the time the police arrived at 743 W. South Temple the man was already gone. He had removed the blanket pile and placed in a pile of debris in an open field. The suspect left on foot. Inside police found Debbies body.
Her cause of death is unreleased. It's believed she was found almost after she was murdered and had been held for 20 hours.
There was no evidence of a struggle or anything on the sidewalk where she would have walked to school. It's believed she was kidnapped and killed close to home as her body wasn't abandoned far from it.
Debbie at the time was living in a duplex with her mother and her partner. Debbie was described as a good girl and wasn't involved with trouble or drugs.
Two blankets that wrapped her one was pink and one was green. The pink one seemed to be a bedspread. The green one seemed to have not been used as a blanket and may be used as a rug. It had cigarette burns, grease, and was extremely dirty with the bottom cut off.
The man was white and around 180 lbs. He had long hair and seemed to look transient. He was wearing a very long and very thick green army coat and a brand new pair of Outback Boots. He left a foot print at the scene.
Debbie's life didn't involve trouble or drugs. There was a house behind her families though had questionable characters coming in and out. It had been raided due to illegal activity happening there. Incidents of drugs, assaults and other illegal activity happened at the home.
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Whomever wrote the case synopsis regarding Debra Grabner should consider taking some basic writing classes, its absolutely atrocious, and confusing...
ReplyDeleteOn Thursday, Jan. 16, 1992 15-year-old Debra "Debbie" Grabher left her home in Salt Lake City, Utah around 6:30 a.m to go to West High School where she attended. Her mother got worried when Debbie didn't arrive home that night, since they had just moved to the area and Debbie hadn't made many friends yet.
ReplyDeleteAround 8 that night Debbie's mother called the police. She knew that Debbie wasn't the type to not call her to tell her where she was. The next morning her mother learned that Debbie had never even arrived to school Thursday morning.
The next day on Friday Jan. 17th A witness called into the police department to report some strange activity. She told them she saw a white man who was pushing a grocery cart with a lot of blankets that seemed to be wrapped around something inside of the shopping cart.
The victim was tied up inside several sheets and blankets then placed in a shopping cart and taken to 743 W. South Temple. The victim was removed from the cart and dragged to a pile of debris in an open field. The body was covered with debris and the suspect left on foot. She had been wrapped in a pink and a green blanket. The pink one seemed to be have been used as a bedspread and the green may be used as a rug. It had cigarette burns, grease, was extremely dirty, and the bottom was cut off.
The Medical Examiner Office determined the manner of death to be homicide. The immediate cause of death is known and being withheld for investigative reasons.
There was no evidence of a struggle or anything on the sidewalk where she would have walked to school. It's believed she was kidnapped and killed close to home as her body was abandoned not far from her home.
Debbie at the time was living in a duplex with her mother and her mothers partner. Debbie was described as a good girl and wasn't involved with drugs or anything that could lead her to getting in trouble.
The witness described the man as white and being around 180 lbs. He had long hair and looked homeless. He was wearing a very long and thick green army coat and a brand new pair of Outback Boots. He left a foot print at the scene but nothing came of this evidence.
This is still an open case and the Salt Lake City Police Department is seeking information