Thomas Underwood, a 27-year-old Jacksonville resident, was robbed and murdered on January 12, 1986. The case remained unsolved for years with no suspects identified and no arrests, leaving his family without answers.

A confession from inside the prison system eventually named the killer. Michael Durocher, already serving a life sentence for another murder, admitted to killing Underwood and said the robbery escalated to a fatal encounter. Durocher was later tried and sentenced to death for Underwood’s murder; he was ultimately executed for an earlier triple murder.

The confession provided a name and a legal resolution after a long cold case. Did anyone in Jacksonville in 1986 know Thomas Underwood or have information about the robbery that led to his death?