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Other Blog Articles About Debbie Key Bad Dream House by John Allore Walking around Carrboro, I sometimes run into the detectives who are working the Deborah Key case. I see them at the grocery store, or in the summer at a fourth of July party - sometimes in the fall at the Halloween festival. The officers are always with his kids. We talk about how we should get our girls together. Then I’ll say something like, “anything ever happen with Deborah Key?”, and then this look of disappointment crosses their face. Clearly the case disturbs them. They were so sure the body would be on our property. No one can understand how - in a town the size of Carrboro - someone can just disappear. I have been troubled by the same thought. Read from the beginning
The Muse At Sunset by Forrest Covington I spent most of the day attending a court hearing. The issue was whether police had used improper methods obtaining a confession in the murder case of my friend Debbie Key. The suspect, Andrew Dalzell, had been induced to confess- after seven years of stonewalling- by a very clever ruse. In this post, I wondered if it had been too clever by half. Unfortunately, the judge thought it was. All Dalzell's statements, both before and after he was read his rights, were thrown out. Without his confession, there is no case against him. Read More