Thursday, May 9, 2013

On This Date in Minnesota History: May 9

May 9, 1963 – Torn, blood-stained trousers believed to have been worn by Carol Thompson’s murderer were found today about seven miles north of Elk River, and about seven miles west of the area where the Luger pistol used to bludgeon the victim was recovered on April 30. The blue pants were torn in half, separated at the crotch, and the two pieces found about three miles apart.

According to Chester Goenner, Sherburne county sheriff, “one of the pockets of the trousers bore the name Anderson written in [indelible] ink in longhand and clearly legible.” 

“One of the men indicted by the Ramsey county grand jury on first-degree murder charges in the Thompson murder [was] Dick W. C. Anderson.”

St. Paul Dispatch; “Trousers in Thompson Slaying Case Found, Stains On Cloth May Be Blood”; May 10, 1963; pp. 1 & 2.


Murder of Carol Thompson; see March 6, 2013 blog


Gun handle pieces found at the scene of Carol Thompson’s murder identified; see April 9, 2013 blog


Thieves admit to stealing and selling gun used in Carol Thompson murder; see April 17, 2013 blog


Suspects arrested in Carol Thompson’s murder; see April 19, 2013 blog


Suspect implicates another as actual murderer in Carol Thompson case; see April 21, 2013 blog


T. Eugene Thompson represented one of the suspects in his wife’s murder; see April 23, 2013 blog


Pistol used to bludgeon Carol Thompson found; see April 30, 2013 blog


T. Eugene Thompson walks out on grand jury; see May 2, 2013 blog


Getaway car in Carol Thompson murder located; see May 3, 2013 blog


Suspect in Carol Thompson’s murder confesses, implicates T. Eugene Thompson; see June 20, 2013 blog


T. Eugene Thompson arrested in his wife’s murder; see June 21, 2013 blog


T. Eugene Thompson’s role in wife’s murder revealed to public; see June 22, 2013 blog

Minn. Supreme Court affirms T. Eugene Thompson’s conviction; see Jan. 7, 2014 blog

Minn. Supreme Court denies T. Eugene Thompson’s attempt to collect wife’s insurance death benefits; see Feb. 10, 2014 blog

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