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The March 1963 murder of St. Paul wife and mother Carol Thompson shocked the Twin Cities as few local crimes have. Despite community fears of a homicidal maniac, investigators soon focused on T. Eugene "Cotton" Thompson, the victim’s husband, as their prime suspect.
- How Did Carol Thompson Die?
- Who Killed Carol Thompson?
- Is T. Eugene Thompson Dead Or Alive?
Carol Ann Swoboda Thompson was born to Otto Swoboda and Antonia “Tonia” Valenta Swoboda on October 11, 1928, in Saint Paul, Minnesota. She married prominent attorney Tilmer Eugene Thompson of Saint Paul in Minnesota and had four young children, ages 6 to 13, as of March 1963. A neighbor said, “She was, in many ways, the prototypical early 1960s wif...
According to news reports, the investigators found pieces of the Luger pistol’s grip in the Thompson residence, which led them to Dick W.C. Anderson, an ex-convict from Michigan, in April 1963. He quickly confessed to the police that he was hired by a former Twin Cities prizefighter, Norman J. Mastrian, on behalf of Carol’s husband, Tilmer. Court r...
Both Dick and Norman were found guilty of first-degree murder charges in May 1963 and were sentenced to life in prison after being convicted. Tilmer faced the same fate at the hands of a Hennepin County District Court jury on December 6, 1963, and was sentenced to life. His son, Jeffrey “Jeff” Thompson, the chief judge for Minnesota’s Third Judicia...
Sep 1, 2015 · T. Eugene Thompson is dead. The man behind one of Minnesota’s most infamous crimes of the 20th century — the contract murder of his wife, Carol, in March 1963 — died Aug. 7 at his ...
T. Eugene Thompson. Tilmer Eugene " Cotton " Thompson (August 7, 1927 – August 7, 2015) was an attorney from Saint Paul, Minnesota who hired a hit man to kill his wife. In December 1963 he was sentenced to life in prison. He was paroled in 1983 and died on his 88th birthday, August 7, 2015.
Sep 3, 2015 · September 03, 2015 at 8:48 PM. Share. ST. PAUL - T. Eugene Thompson is dead. The man behind one of Minnesota’s most infamous crimes of the 20th century - the contract murder of his wife, Carol, in March 1963 - died on Aug. 7 at his condominium in Roseville. He was 88.
Feb 25, 2013 · PUBLISHED: February 25, 2013 at 11:01 p.m. | UPDATED: November 6, 2015 at 5:37 p.m. James Vculek still remembers Minnesota’s crime of the century, the March 6, 1963, murder of Highland Park...
Sep 5, 2015 · On Dec. 6, 1963, after deliberating for 12 hours, a jury of six men and six women convicted Mr. Thompson, a leading local criminal defense lawyer, of first-degree murder after a bungling hit...
