Jay Thompson

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Case Facts

Gender: male
Country: USA
Location: Petersburg, Indiana, USA
Date of birth: October 28, 1963
Age at first offence: 18
Characteristics: robbery, burglary, juvenile
Victim profile: William Hilborn, 72, and Mary Hilborn, 65
Method of murder: St abbing with knife
Date(s) of murder: March 8, 1981
Years active: 1981
Date of arrest: —
Status: Sentenced to death
Sentenced to death on March 18, 1983.

Case Summary

Case summary

Richard Dillon was identified by a Deputy Sheriff as near the property at the time of the murders. When questioned, Dillon said he was not in Petersburg, but was in Princeton at the home of a friend, Jay R. Thompson.

The murder weapon, a knife, was later found at Thompson's car. Dillon later gave a complete confession admitting that he and Thompson had committed the Burglary and that he (Dillon) stabbed both victims.

They gained entry by requesting to use the telephone. Dillon was armed with a buck knife and stabbed both Hilborns. Both men then forced Mrs. Hilborn, by holding a knife under her chin, to obtain money for them. Dillon then stabbed her again and, when she fell to the floor, cut her throat.

Thompson then stabbed both victims with a folding knife to insure that both were dead. The pathologist testified that the fatal wound to both Hilborns was made with a knife similar to the folding knife.

Dillon testified for the State. Thompson was waived from Juvenile Court to be tried as an adult.

Trial

Conviction

Conviction: Murder; Murder (Jury Verdict Against Death Penalty).

Sentencing

Sentencing: March 18, 1983 (Death Sentence).

Aggravating circumstances

Aggravating Circumstances: b(1) Burglary, Robbery; Prior Murder Conviction.

Mitigating circumstances

Mitigating Circumstances: 17 years old at the time of the crime.

Appeals

On Remand: Thompson resentenced to 120 years imprisonment by Special Judge Henry N. Liest in Harrison County.

Other details

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