Deborah Atrops
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O'Connell's partner called Bob Atrops.
A few minutes later, police found Debbie's body face down in the trunk.
Police say Debbie had been strangled and there were no signs of sexual assault.
There was mud on her coat and shoes, the front passenger tire, and the steering wheel of the car.
Law enforcement scoured her vehicle for evidence.
O'Connell and his partner went to Bob's house to tell him they had found his wife's body.
A witness who saw Bob later that day told the cold case team he was very calm, much more calm than I would expect.
It wasn't consistent with a grieving estranged husband.
Debbie's stepfather, Ed Holland, says her mother, Gloria, who was close to Debbie, was overwhelmed with grief.
Police searched outside Bob's home for any further clues.
Bobbitt said Debbie was last there about a week before her murder.
Police took photos of the tire tracks outside his house and collected soil from his driveway and lawn.
Police never found any tire tracks that matched Debbie's car on Bobbitt's property.
But he wasn't the only man in Debbie's life.
Since she had moved out five months before, Debbie had been dating, and those relationships were complicated.
You were always sort of by his side, right?
It was great growing up with my dad.