Monday, August 30, 2021

Murder of Robert Lee Thorncock



On Feb 12, 1997, 40-year-old Robert Thorncock was booked in the Cache County Jail in Logan, Utah on charges of fraud and being a fugitive from Idaho. He was apparently had been arrested on suspicion of taking credit cards, wallets, and checkbooks from the purses of employees at the Bear River Health Department. He went on a spending spree with credit cards buying things like a new T.V., VCR, and other items. On February 21, 1997, Robert would escape by slipping under the security fence while outside for exercise.

On August 30, 1997, a dog would drag home an arm in Bedford, Wyoming. Apparently, the remains were disturbed when a property owner was excavating near Strawberry Creek. He would be identified through fingerprints and tattoos. Robert was shot through the head


SOURCES:

Wyoming Division of Investigations 

Deseret News

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