1986 cold case finally closed with life sentence for killer | Columbia News
Thomas McDowell was sentenced to life in prison for breaking into a Lexington County home to kidnap and kill 4-year-old Jessica Gutierrez in the 1986 cold case.
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Thomas McDowell was sentenced to life in prison for breaking into a Lexington County home to kidnap and kill 4-year-old Jessica Gutierrez in the 1986 cold case.
A fingerprint was the key evidence presented in the trial for the 1986 kidnapping/murder case of 4-year-old Jessica Gutierrez on Feb. 7 in Lexington County.
Thomas McDowell was accused of the abduction and killing of Jessica Gutierrez, a 4-year-old from Lexington County.
Witnesses took the stand Feb. 6 for the trial in the murder case of a 4-year-old girl, who was killed nearly 40 years ago in Lexington County, SC, but solved in 2022.
SC prosecutors zero in on Thomas McDowell in kidnapping and murder of Jessica Gutierrez. Will he testify at his Lexington County trial?