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Case Description

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In the early morning hours of January 16, 1992, the life of 12-year-old Nathan McMurry Thomas, a White male, was tragically cut short in his Portland, Oregon home. The night began with police investigating a burglary in the neighborhood. A police dog tracked the suspect to the Thomas family's residence, where a window had been forced open.

Officers alerted the family, and Nathan's mother discovered the intruder, Bryan Templin French, 20, in her son's bed, holding a knife to the boy's thro ...Read More

Victim Details

Nathan McMurry Thomas

Male

White / Caucasian

Portland

OR

1992-01-16

12

Nathan

McMurry Thomas

04/13/2026