03-05-2011, 10:14 PM
April 16, 2009
TELL CITY — Perry County Prosecutor Robert Collins announced that on April 15, 2009, a Perry County Grand Jury handed down indictments against two cousins for their involvement in the 1997 murder of Deborah Ann Mills-Cioe.
The grand jury indicted Thomas E. Lane, 36, of 7076 Alamo Road, Tell City, and his cousin Thomas D. Lane, 37, of 303 Washington Street, Gentryville, for murder, felony murder, and attempted rape.
Twelve years ago on March 3, 1997, Deborah Mills-Cioe’s body was found near Tobinsport on Highwater Road in Perry County. She was reported missing on Feb. 28, 1997. Deborah died from exsanguination (loss of blood) after receiving a deep cutting wound to the left side of her neck. Her death was ruled a homicide.
In 1997, Indiana State Police investigators were unable to establish enough probable cause to arrest anyone for Deborah’s murder. Leads and additional information on the crime grew cold in the years immediately following her death and a number of the original investigators retired. However, detectives and troopers at the Jasper Post continued to keep Deborah and her family in mind. Throughout the past 12 years, officers continued to explore aspects of Deborah’s murder through witness statements and evidence. In 2008, Indiana State Police investigators and crime lab personnel, utilizing federal grant money to work overtime to investigate “cold” cases, discovered significant leads in the case. The murder was assigned to Detective Chris Cecil, who began reviewing and following up on the leads.
Detective Cecil presented the case to Prosecutor Collins, who requested a grand jury convene to review the evidence. The grand jury convened on April 13. Shortly after the indictments were handed down on Wednesday, Indiana State Police arrested Thomas E. Lane and his cousin Thomas D. Lane without incident. The two cousins were transported to the Perry County Jail where they are being held without bond.
“We would like to thank the Indiana State Police for their on-going dedication in pursuing justice for Deborah. We have been praying for this day for over 12 years and we, as her family, can finally begin to seek closure," her family said in a statement released for the ISP.
Assisting agencies were the Tell City Police Department and the U.S. Marshal’s Service.
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TELL CITY — Perry County Prosecutor Robert Collins announced that on April 15, 2009, a Perry County Grand Jury handed down indictments against two cousins for their involvement in the 1997 murder of Deborah Ann Mills-Cioe.
The grand jury indicted Thomas E. Lane, 36, of 7076 Alamo Road, Tell City, and his cousin Thomas D. Lane, 37, of 303 Washington Street, Gentryville, for murder, felony murder, and attempted rape.
Twelve years ago on March 3, 1997, Deborah Mills-Cioe’s body was found near Tobinsport on Highwater Road in Perry County. She was reported missing on Feb. 28, 1997. Deborah died from exsanguination (loss of blood) after receiving a deep cutting wound to the left side of her neck. Her death was ruled a homicide.
In 1997, Indiana State Police investigators were unable to establish enough probable cause to arrest anyone for Deborah’s murder. Leads and additional information on the crime grew cold in the years immediately following her death and a number of the original investigators retired. However, detectives and troopers at the Jasper Post continued to keep Deborah and her family in mind. Throughout the past 12 years, officers continued to explore aspects of Deborah’s murder through witness statements and evidence. In 2008, Indiana State Police investigators and crime lab personnel, utilizing federal grant money to work overtime to investigate “cold” cases, discovered significant leads in the case. The murder was assigned to Detective Chris Cecil, who began reviewing and following up on the leads.
Detective Cecil presented the case to Prosecutor Collins, who requested a grand jury convene to review the evidence. The grand jury convened on April 13. Shortly after the indictments were handed down on Wednesday, Indiana State Police arrested Thomas E. Lane and his cousin Thomas D. Lane without incident. The two cousins were transported to the Perry County Jail where they are being held without bond.
“We would like to thank the Indiana State Police for their on-going dedication in pursuing justice for Deborah. We have been praying for this day for over 12 years and we, as her family, can finally begin to seek closure," her family said in a statement released for the ISP.
Assisting agencies were the Tell City Police Department and the U.S. Marshal’s Service.
http://washtimesherald.com/archive/x1155963640
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