In the summer of 1983, a routine burglary call in Burton, Michigan, turned into a tragedy that would be remembered for decades. On the night of July 5th, Patrolman Terry Lee Thompson, a 32-year-old officer with the Burton Police Department, responded to an alarm at a local store. An alarm monitoring company had detected voices inside the building and promptly alerted both the store manager and the police.
Upon his arrival, the store manager unlocked the premises, allowing Officer Thompson
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