Natalie Morales

Debbie Atrop's body on her coat.

They found mud on her shoes.

They were muddied as well.

So they were trying to match the sample of mud specifically and also trying to verify the tire tracks.

Now, they never could verify her tire tracks on his driveway.

A lot of people, a lot of friends were visiting in the time that he reported Debbie missing.

Obviously, a lot of people very concerned about Debbie.

So police were never able to definitively say whether or not

Debbie had come back to the house based on tire tracks.

She was living, as I said, in this whole other apartment.

She was also involved

in an entirely new relationship with a man named John Pearson.

Friends said that Debbie was very afraid of Bob finding out that she was already dating this guy, John Pearson, with somebody she worked with.

And Bob apparently knew her boss.

They were good friends.

So it wouldn't be, you know, too crazy for him to find out.

But Debbie's friend, Tammy Nelson, also said back in 1988 that Bob Adrops

had a temper that he had actually had choked her, according to Debbie, shortly before she moved out.

And, you know, she had even told friends, if something happens to me, Bob did it.

amount of detail to remember you know yeah i mean it was a very detailed description of what was in the trunk um you know john told police even how could a body even fit in the trunk which kind of strange like that words to say he thought the trunk was too small and so i asked the prosecutors allison brown and chris lumen about that take a listen