Deborah Pearson’s remains were found on June 12, 1989, along the eastbound side of Interstate 640 in Knoxville. The Knoxville Police Department opened a homicide investigation, but the circumstances of her death were not immediately clear and the case grew cold.

No suspects or arrests are known from the information provided, and her death remains listed as an unsolved murder on the City of Knoxville’s website. Few details about her life or the events leading up to that June discovery are available.

Does anyone who lived in Knoxville in 1989 or who knew Deborah have information that could help bring clarity to what happened?