Anne-Marie Green

We are going to discuss the case of Debra Atrops.

Now, back in 1988, the young mother was found strangled to death in the trunk of her car in Oregon.

For decades, her murder remained unsolved, and it would take 37 years to bring her killer to justice.

Joining me now is Natalie.

Hi, Anne-Marie.

Good to be with you.

Hey, Natalie.

It's always good to be with you.

This is one of those hours that I just kind of went back and forth.

I was so convinced that they, you know, that they had the right suspect and then they had the wrong suspect.

I just I was ping ponging.

If you haven't listened to the 48 Hours episode yet, you can find the full audio version just below this episode in your podcast feed.

Go take a listen and then come on back for the conversation.

Deborah, or Debbie Atrops, was last seen alive on Tuesday, November 29th, 1988.

Her husband, Bob Atrops,

first reported her missing to Oregon police when he said she never arrived to pick up their baby daughter, Rihanna, from Bob's house.

So I should point out that Bob and her, they are estranged, right?

So they have been separated.

But Bob calls the police

Like, pretty quickly after he felt that she should have been picking up their daughter, he tells them that Debbie was running about three hours late from a hairdressing appointment.