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Phillip PJ Banka

Case from Alamogordo, NM dated Mar 12, 2015

Victim Details

Phillip “PJ” Banka

Male

White / Caucasian

Alamogordo

NM

2015-03-12

33

Phillip

PJ Banka

06/21/2026

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In a tragic turn of events on March 12, 2015, the community of Alamogordo, New Mexico, was shaken by the violent deaths of Phillip "PJ" Banka, a 33-year-old Caucasian male, and his girlfriend, Jessica R. Thompkins, age 30. The pair were found deceased from gunshot wounds inside a home, a devastating outcome of a domestic dispute that had escalated to a deadly confrontation.

The narrative of that fateful evening unfolded as an act of calculated violence. Terrick L. Thompkins, the ex-husban ...
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  • Alamogordo jury found Terrick L. Thompkins guilty of double-murder.
  • Thompkins sentenced to life for murdering ex-wife and her boyfriend
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