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Deborah Sheppard, a 23-year-old woman, was a marketing major at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois. She was just two weeks away from graduating when she was tragically murdered on April 8, 1982. Her body was discovered in her apartment by a friend, and authorities later determined that she had been sexually assaulted and strangled to death.

For nearly 25 years, the case remained unsolved until advancements in DNA technology led investigators to Timothy Krajcir, a convict ...Read More
Victim Details

Deborah Sheppard

Female

Black / African American

Carbondale

IL

1982-04-08

23

Deborah

Sheppard

11/28/2025