Deborah Atrops

I got a phone call on March 2nd of 2023 at 5 o'clock in the morning that my dad had just been arrested.

I was just in shock.

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Cold case detectives spoke to Bob Atrops again after his arrest.

Bob Atrops pleaded not guilty to Debbie's murder.

Attorney April Yates argues it's more likely Debbie's killer was her boyfriend at the time, John Pearson, than Bob.

John Pearson not only had motive, he had opportunity.

He knew where Debbie A. Tropps was going to be.

He knew about her hair appointment.

And also, he knew an incredible amount of detail about her car.

But prosecutors say Pearson had nothing to do with Debbie's murder.

Back in 1988, he told police that about a week before the murder, Bob confronted Debbie because he was suspicious she was in a new relationship.

Pearson said Debbie was afraid if Bob found out it was true, he would kill her.

The prosecution planned to call Pearson as a witness in Bob Atrop's upcoming trial.

But that would never happen.

Pearson, who had been ill and had an outstanding warrant for a DUI in Oregon, stopped responding to detectives.

When authorities located him in Arizona, five days before opening arguments were to begin, John Pearson killed himself.

John Pearson fled the state.