On the morning of December 11, 1981, 19-year-old Kimberly Jane Miller and her 21-year-old husband, Thomas E. Tommy Miller, were found shot multiple times at close range in their trailer in Kokomo, Indiana. Kimberly was pregnant at the time. Both had been killed with a .38 caliber pistol in what was described as an execution-style slaying.

Investigators uncovered a connection to the local marijuana trade. Tommy Miller distributed for a wholesaler named Marvin Bieghler, who allegedly believed Tommy had been an informant after a major distributor was arrested. Dimes were found placed near each body, interpreted as a reference to dropping a dime. Witnesses, including Bieghler’s associate Harold Scotty Brook, said Bieghler had made threats and spoke the night before about ‘‘blowing away’’ the suspected informer.

Marvin Bieghler was arrested, tried, and in 1983 was convicted on two counts of murder; the jury recommended the death sentence and the judge imposed it. Does anyone have information about the Millers’ lives in Kokomo or about leads that were pursued in this case?