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Jerry Dean Thomas

Case from Cleveland, OH dated Jan 23, 1981

Victim Details

Jerry Dean Thomas

Male

White / Caucasian

Cleveland

OH

1981-01-23

43

Jerry

Dean Thomas

07/18/2026

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Jerry Dean Thomas, a 43-year-old white male, tragically lost his life on January 23, 1981, in Cleveland, Ohio. He was found strangled in the basement of his home, with the cord of a hairdryer used as the murder weapon. Thomas was the mother of a 12-year-old girl who had been the target of an attempted rape by their neighbor, Reginald Perkins, in December 1980. It is believed that Thomas had recently discovered the assault on her daughter, which may have been the motive for her murder.

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