Mansfield Police Chief Jason Bammann said the cold case of Debra Lee Miller, a local waitress beaten to death with an oven grate in her apartment on April 29, 1981, was reopened in 2021 to account ...

Investigators believe the 68-year-old Vanest knew that authorities were also planning to charge him with the 1981 murder of Debra Miller. “This is a sad and tragic case. Although, the closing of ...

For 43 years, the murder of Debra Miller haunted the town of Mansfield. The 18-year-old waitress was found brutally beaten to death in her apartment on April 29, 1981. Her case remained a mystery ...

establishes proof beyond a reasonable doubt that Vanest committed the murder of Debra Miller on April 29, 1981. Because of this, we now consider the case closed." Vanest, who was 25 years old and ...

establishes proof beyond a reasonable doubt that Vanest committed the murder of Debra Miller on April 29, 1981. Because of this, we now consider the case closed." "Over the past 40 years ...

The story began to unfold on April 29, 1981, when 18-year-old Debra Miller was found beaten to death inside her apartment in Mansfield. The brutal murder would go unsolved for the next four decades.