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In the late summer of 1986, a dedicated public servant named Thomas Eric Gahl, a 38-year-old United States Probation Officer, met a tragic and violent end. On the morning of September 22nd, Gahl, a husband and father to two young sons, traveled to a residence in Indianapolis, within Marion County, Indiana. His purpose was a routine home visit with a recently released probationer, a 41-year-old man with a documented history of mental illness. The objective of the visit was to administer a drug te ...Read More
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Victim Details

Probation Thomas Eric Gahl

Male

White / Caucasian

Marion

IN

1986-09-22

38

Probation

Gahl

01/16/2026