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Deems A. Toby Thulin

Case from Tyler, MN dated Sep 29, 1983

Victim Details

Deems A. Toby Thulin

Male

Tyler

MN

1983-09-29

37

Deems

A. Toby Thulin

07/13/2026

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On September 29, 1983, Deems A. 'Toby' Thulin, a 37-year-old loan officer from Tyler, Minnesota, was tragically killed. Thulin was shot in the throat while sitting inside a vehicle in the driveway of an abandoned dairy farm owned by the Jenkins family near Ruthton, Minnesota. The incident also involved Rudolph 'Rudy' Blythe, the 42-year-old president of the Buffalo Ridge State Bank, who was wounded in the car and subsequently shot multiple times as he attempted to flee.

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  • MURDER ON THE FAMILY FARM (Published 1986)
  • MINNESOTA MURDER SUSPECT WAS AN APPARENT SUICIDE (Published 1983)
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    I've been thinking a lot about the car in which Thulin and Blythe were attacked. It's such a chillin... ...Read More
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