Murder Of Debbie

2021-09-10 19:10:18 Written by Jones Jay

Deborah Ann Wolfe, often referred to as "Debbie," was born on June 19th, 1957. She was a 28-year-old nurse and living four miles on the outskirts of Fayetteville, North Carolina, with her two dogs, Morgan and Mason.

Murder Of Debbie

On December 25th, 1985, she stopped her shift and assumably went home to her isolated cabin. Although strenuous hours at work, she loved her occupation. She was loyal and very dedicated to her craft. There was nothing out of the ordinary.

 

The following morning Debbie was scheduled to work, but she never arrived. This was uncharacteristic of her; she hardly ever missed a day at work. If there were instances of her being absent, Debbie would be responsible and inform her employees. The hospital made tries to call Debbie numerous times, but their actions were fruitless. Since they weren't receiving a response, they decided to call her mother, Jenny Edwards.

 

Out of concern, Jenny and her friend, Kevin Gorton drove to Debbie's home. As they came, the two instantly noticed things weren't right. Her property was an absolute mess. One perplexing account was of the many empty beer cans lying around her yard. Again, this was unorthodox, because Debbie was the type of person who was organized, tidy, and very neat. She took a lot of pride in keeping things maintained.

 

The two dogs, just as the rest of Debbie's life, were well taken care of and always had them chained up if she was away. On this specific occasion, however, they were unchained and running loose. They were also noticeably hungry as if they hadn't been fed for a while.

 

Sensing danger, Jenny, and Kevin proceeded into Debbie's home. What they noticed was more or less a disaster. Several belongings of Debbie's were out of place, scattered on the floor as if the place was vandalized. Also found was Debbie's nursing uniform strewn about on the kitchen floor.

 

While continuing to browse around, Jenny and Kevin saw Debbie's answering machine blinking with unheard messages. One specific voicemail was a male stating to Debbie that he was concerned, hoping she wouldn't miss any more days at work. They found this to be unbelievably odd and simply a false accusation.

 

Debbie hadn't been absent from work in quite some time. Furthermore, the timing of this voice message was strange. Not only was it --not-- from her actual employer(s), but at the time Debbie's phone received the message, she should have already been well into her scheduled shift for a few hours.

Murder Of Debbie

Afterward, before calling authorities, Jenny and Kevin made a few more rounds through Debbie's property, which also included a pond closely nearby. Unfortunately, nothing turned up. Jenny then phoned The Cumberland County Sheriff's Office, speaking to the Captain, Jack Watts, who soon dispatched authorities to their location.

 

When officers came they had their bloodhound dogs scour the region hoping to find Debbie or pick up a scent at the very least, but that was to no avail. Much more baffling was the conduction of the inquiry on the property. The authorities didn't even notion the idea of having the pond searched, stating that they (assumed) Jenny and Kevin had already done that before they arrived, although it was impossible due to lack of means, tools, and overall accessories.

 

While conducting their inquiry, Jenny recalled that two men had Debbie from a relationship standpoint. Along with that, Debbie was very open to her friends and family. These two men were known throughout the people close in Debbie's life. Even more intriguing was the fact that these two male people were volunteers at the local Veteran's hospital. At one point, she was asked out for a date that Debbie rejected, with the reason that she currently had a boyfriend.

 

After the police gained knowledge of these two males, they instantly became suspects in Debbie's disappearance. One of the individuals denied taking a polygraph test but did provide an alibi for his whereabouts, which checked out. Shortly after, he left town for a week (or more). The other male volunteer was questioned as well, but he nevertheless was cleared also.

 

Jenny was beginning to feel a sense of frustration at the lack of professionalism and incompetence from The Cumberland County Sheriff's Office and hired her ate divers to look in the pond f proof. favays later on January 1st, Kevin Gorton went back to Debbie's property. With him was his friend, Gordon Childress, who had prior experience with rescue work. As they were looking around the pond, only two minutes passed by when they stumbled upon a set of two different footprints and marks on the ground that suggested something or someone was dragged.

 

Gordon rapidly went into the pond and that was when the finding of Debbie's deceased body was found. Moreso, she was seemingly put inside of a 55-gallon oil barrel that Debbie owned to store firewood in.

 

Despite the disagreements and trust issues with local police, their only choice was to contact them and it was soon confirmed to be Debbie. The next day the coroner released information he found during the postmortem. His conclusion stated that no drugs or alcohol were in Debbie's system, and there weren't any signs of foul play (despite empty beer cans on her property).

 

With the results from the postmortem, the police officially ruled Debbie's death as an accidental drowning. Jack Watts, the Captain, even shared his ry on the matter. He expressed that he firmly believes Debbie was outside playing with her dogs (which is why they were still loose outside) and slipped, falling into the water and unable to climb out.

 

Additionally, he even rejected how Debbie was discovered, claiming there wasn't even a barrel, to begin with. Friends and family were astonishingly outraged by this statement, with Gordon reaffirming intently on how and where he found Debbie.

 

The story doesn't end there, unfortunately. Because of the first shock of her daughter's passing, Jenny overlooked some key pieces of information that she wasn't aware of until months later when she was allowed to examine the clothes Debbie had on at the time of her death.

 

What she soon knew was that the clothes Debbie had weren't her own. She had a bra that was three sizes too big for her, pants that were extremely long for Debbie's height, and then the shoes. Debbie wore a size seven in women's, but she had on size six men's Nike shoes which would be extremely too big for her.

Murder Of Debbie

With this alarming information, friends and family members are convinced Debbie's death was a result of homicide, with her mother adamantly thinking the killer to be the male who left a voice message on the answering machine.

 

The Cumberland County Sheriff's office thinks otherwise and has told the family this man was interrogated, but there wasn't any proof that could remotely prosecute him of any form of criminal charges.

 

Still, to this day, Debbie Wolfe's death is ruled as an accidental drowning. Her family disagrees, but according to the police, this is a case that is closed.