MI MI - Debra Wilson, 30, Zeeland, 23 Dec 1987

bessie · Jul 31, 2014

Dec. 24, 1987 Deb Wilson, stabbed to death near her Holland Township backyard at 4159 144th Ave. Investigators believe she was in her house and ran from her assailant, traveling through her backyard and an open gate into a field, where her body was found. Police arrested and charged Delwin Jay Berkompas with perjury related to the case. Berkompas pleaded no contest to the charge and last month was sentenced to five years' probation, which ends in 2018, according to state records. Bennett said the primary suspect died. This case officially remains open.

Read more: http://www.hollandsentinel.com/article/20130218/News/302189869#ixzz396JlByOi

Brotherfudz · Apr 5, 2022

Read that the detective said the case was solved but the suspect died before getting charged. I’ve seen him named but haven’t seen any mention of evidence, does anyone have any info?

Richard · Apr 5, 2022

Debra Lynn Wilson, age 30
Murdered 23 December 1987

Debra was last seen by relatives around 8 p.m. on the evening of December 23, 1987 in Zeeland, Ottawa County, MI.Â Her husband, Rock, who was working second shift at Sintered Metal Products in Zeeland, called her and told her he was going to a Christmas party after work. When he arrived home he found all of the lights on in the house and an open sliding door that led to the back yard. He called his father, Hardee Wilson, to help search and eventually Rock found Debra’s body fully clothed next to a trailer about 120 feet from their house at about 5:30 a.m., December 24, 1987. There were no signs of forced entry, and police said they could not determine if she had been forced or carried to the location where her body was found. Neither robbery nor sexual assault appeared to be a motive.

Return Ottawa County Sheriff Gary Rosema indicated in a Dec. 2016 interview that the case had been solved, that Mrs. Wilson’s killer was David Oudemolen, and that Oudemolen died before he could be charged.

LINK:

Debra Lynn Wilson–SOLVED

Brotherfudz · Apr 5, 2022

Richard said:
Debra Lynn Wilson, age 30
Murdered 23 December 1987

Debra was last seen by relatives around 8 p.m. on the evening of December 23, 1987 in Zeeland, Ottawa County, MI.Â Her husband, Rock, who was working second shift at Sintered Metal Products in Zeeland, called her and told her he was going to a Christmas party after work. When he arrived home he found all of the lights on in the house and an open sliding door that led to the back yard. He called his father, Hardee Wilson, to help search and eventually Rock found Debra’s body fully clothed next to a trailer about 120 feet from their house at about 5:30 a.m., December 24, 1987. There were no signs of forced entry, and police said they could not determine if she had been forced or carried to the location where her body was found. Neither robbery nor sexual assault appeared to be a motive.

Return Ottawa County Sheriff Gary Rosema indicated in a Dec. 2016 interview that the case had been solved, that Mrs. Wilson’s killer was David Oudemolen, and that Oudemolen died before he could be charged.

LINK:

Debra Lynn Wilson–SOLVED

Wondering what evidence led them to Oudemolen

Richard · Apr 5, 2022

Brotherfudz said:
Wondering what evidence led them to Oudemolen

...Newly retired Ottawa County Sheriff Gery Rosema has had a long and illustrious career. He’s been in law enforcement for 43 years, 42 of them with Ottawa County. ...

... There were a cluster of open homicides when he took over as sheriff in 1993…and there have been others since. Many of those cases have been solved in a very public way: the Gail and Rick Brink murders, the Jana Kelly murder. But there is one the that was quietly solved: the Dec. 24, 1987 murder of Debra Lynn Wilson. There were no newspaper headlines or breaking news alerts because the murderer–David Oudemolen–died before he could be charged. Here is the story (it begins at about 31:50)...

See the video at link below:

January 1, 2017 — A sheriff’s career review and case updates: the Deb Wilson murder has been solved; two others may be soon

MI MI - Debra Wilson, 30, Zeeland, 23 Dec 1987

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