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Anatomy of Murder

Apartment #13

Anatomy of Murder

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True Crime

4.818.2K Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2021

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

A man murdered inside his own home. Would an everyday hand towel be the thing that helps police finally answer the question: was this a robbery gone wrong or something much more personal? For episode information and photos, please visit https://anatomyofmurder.com/

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0:00.0

Yeah, I have any idea why we're up here to talk with you about the murder of this guy.

0:08.0

Oh, I don't know the place I'll call you out.

0:12.0

How many years have you lived with this?

0:14.0

It's almost been 30 years.

0:19.0

So did you stow the day?

0:22.0

I don't know if you did tell us.

0:34.0

I'm Scott Weinberger, investigative journalist and former deputy sheriff.

0:39.0

I'm Anna Sige-Nikolasi, former New York City homicide prosecutor and host of investigation discoveries through conviction.

0:46.0

And this is Anatomy of Murder.

0:54.0

Hey guys, before we get started today, you can keep up with what we are doing in a little bit more about AOM by following us on social media.

1:01.0

Instagram at Weinberger Media. For me, at Anna Sige-Nikolasi, we're also on Facebook, Twitter and the other social platforms too.

1:12.0

Today's case would eventually fall into the capable hands of veteran homicide prosecutor, Denise Yokem,

1:18.0

and she detailed the facts and what would be a difficult road to justice.

1:24.0

We're going back for this case to 1985 to Montclair, California.

1:29.0

For those of you not familiar with Montclair, it is a small city that is suburban.

1:35.0

It is made up of mostly apartments and single-story residences. It's pretty close to LA, closer to a small city.

1:43.0

Pomona has a higher crime rate than Montclair, but it is the city right next door to Montclair.

1:49.0

So when people think of Montclair, well, it's a great place to raise a family and people don't really associate a lot of crime with Montclair.

1:57.0

Warren Thompson is 50 years old, married with two children, his wife Hazel, his son Val 20 and his daughter Wendy was 12 years old.

2:06.0

They were living together in an apartment in the city of Montclair, a two-story apartment, number 13.

2:15.0

Val, the oldest, was living part-time with the grandparents in a nearby city, but they seemed to be a very close family.

2:24.0

Warren Thompson was suffering with a lot of different health issues, forcing him out of full-time employment.

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