Blind Faith Killer in 1984 Exposed

The 1984 murder-for-hire case in Toms River, New Jersey has finally confessed of killing Maria Marshall after 30 years of silence. She was shot at point blank range with a .45 caliber automatic pistol. She received two bullet wounds at the back of her neck killing her immediately.

According to her husband, Robert Marshall, they were at a picnic area on Garden State Parkway when he pulled over to check the tires on his car. When he approached towards the rear, someone came up behind him and struck him on the head making him unconscious. When he became conscious, he found his wife already dead at the front seat of the car.

During the investigation, the police officers found Robert Marshall's story not adding up. Base on the witnesses statements Robert Marshall wanted to kill his wife of 20 years as her death would enable him to collect the insurance money so that he can pay up his debts. He laid out this plan to Billy Wayne McKinnon promising to pay him $65,000 if he can carry out the murder of his wife. In exchange, McKinnon brought Larry Thompson to New Jersey to do the deed. Their strategy was to let Thompson staged a robbery and murder of Maria Marshall. Because of these evidences, he was later convicted for murder-for-hire charges of his wife.

Thompson on the other hand denied having anything to do with the murder. His family gave an alibi that he accompanied his son at the dentist in Louisiana at the time of the murder. It would be impossible for him to be in two places at the same time. With this alibi, he was found not guilty of the charges against him. However, he was then charged guilty for killing Deana Montgomery back in 1979.

30 years later, the murder of Maria Marshall still remain unsolved until Thompson confessed of committing the crime. He admitted to Prosecutor Joseph Coronato for shooting the victim. He also stated that the alibi given at the time of the crime was false.

Finally the family of the victim can now find closure after this new developments.