UNSOLVED HOMICIDE: THELMA MOONEY

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When an elderly Ohio woman is brutally killed by an intruder in her own home, the crime shocks her family and community alike. Investigators attempt to solve a crime unlike any other their small town has ever seen in this episode of Last Seen Alive.

Thelma Mooney was 85-years-old when she was murdered in her Ironton, Ohio home in 2007. She was a beloved mother and grandmother. Image source: Ohio Attorney General’s Office.
The red marker indicates the location of Thelma’s home, where she was murdered. Her killer committed the crime without waking any of her neighbors. Image source: Google Maps.

Sources used to research this episode:

Thelma J Mooney Unsolved Homicide (Ohio Office of the Attorney General)

Unsolved, but Not Forgotten (Michelle Goodman / The Ironton Tribune)

Police: Ironton Woman Murder Victim (Kenneth Hart / The Independent)

Longtime Council Member Dies at 93 (The Ironton Tribune)

Grandson, Wife Jailed in Death (The Lima News)

Judge to Allow Mooney’s Statements (The Ironton Tribune)

Charges Dropped in Ironton Homicide Case (David E. Malley / The Herald Dispatch)

Mooney Freed (The Ironton Tribune)

Jason Mooney Chronology (The Ironton Tribune)

Woman Turned Tragedy Into Way of Helping Others (Billy Bruce / The Ironton Tribune)

False Confessions: An Integrative Review of the Phenomenon (Welner M, DeLisi M, Janusewski T. / Behavioral Sciences & The Law)

If you have any information about the murder of Thelma Mooney, please call the Ironton Police Department at 740-532-2338. Or, submit a tip via the Ohio Attorney General’s online tip form HERE.

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