{"id":16239,"date":"2025-07-02T14:36:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T18:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dsp.delaware.gov\/?p=235739"},"modified":"2025-07-02T14:36:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T18:36:11","slug":"update-victim-identified-state-police-homicide-detectives-conducting-death-investigation-in-frankford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/update-victim-identified-state-police-homicide-detectives-conducting-death-investigation-in-frankford\/","title":{"rendered":"*Update \u2013 Victim Identified* State Police Homicide Detectives Conducting Death Investigation in Frankford"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Delaware State Police have identified 37-year-old <strong>Jessica Thompson <\/strong>of Frankford, Delaware, as the woman in the ongoing <a href=\"https:\/\/dsp.delaware.gov\/2025\/07\/01\/state-police-homicide-detectives-conducting-death-investigation-in-frankford\/\">death investigation<\/a> in Frankford.<\/p>\n<p>The Delaware State Police Homicide Unit is actively investigating this incident. Detectives are asking anyone with information regarding this case to contact Detective B. McDerby by calling 302-741-2821. Information may also be provided by sending a private Facebook message to the <a href=\"https:\/\/gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FDSPNewsroom&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cjason.hatchell%40delaware.gov%7C15a1443d1b6148d522f708daf5991561%7C8c09e56951c54deeabb28b99c32a4396%7C0%7C0%7C638092335083389996%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=G1P5n5dXnMod4SO6KHk4tE%2FnDpJn6HR3UwEulHkiKb0%3D&amp;reserved=0\"><strong>Delaware State Police<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0or contacting\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fdelaware.crimestoppersweb.com%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cjason.hatchell%40delaware.gov%7C15a1443d1b6148d522f708daf5991561%7C8c09e56951c54deeabb28b99c32a4396%7C0%7C0%7C638092335083389996%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=go4KTzN7W82ZJod%2FFbNbmNACCztGUMXVdZRLrRNUORU%3D&amp;reserved=0\"><strong>Delaware Crime Stoppers<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0at 1-800-847-3333.<\/p>\n<p>If you or someone you know is a victim or witness of a crime or have lost a loved one to a sudden death and need assistance, the Delaware State Police Victim Services Unit \/\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.delawarevictimservices.org%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cleonard.demalto%40delaware.gov%7C2bee11abe15c48d5660008da256833e9%7C8c09e56951c54deeabb28b99c32a4396%7C0%7C0%7C637863426719941076%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=sBPTIxr0RP1IJakpL%2FRVWtGtaibYbRrcN9tki1ncOpU%3D&amp;reserved=0\"><strong>Delaware Victim Center<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0is available to offer you support and resources 24 hours a day through a toll-free hotline at 1-800-VICTIM-1 (1-800-842-8461). You may also email the Victim Services Unit at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:DSP_VictimServicesMail@delaware.gov\"><strong>DSP_VictimServicesMail@delaware.gov<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/dsp.delaware.gov\/2025\/07\/02\/update-victim-identified-state-police-homicide-detectives-conducting-death-investigation-in-frankford\/\">*Update \u2013 Victim Identified* State Police Homicide Detectives Conducting Death Investigation in Frankford<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/dsp.delaware.gov\/\">Delaware State Police &#8211; State of Delaware<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Delaware State Police have identified 37-year-old Jessica Thompson of Frankford, Delaware, as the woman in the ongoing death investigation in Frankford. The Delaware State Police Homicide Unit is actively investigating [\u2026]<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/dsp.delaware.gov\/2025\/07\/02\/update-victim-identified-state-police-homicide-detectives-conducting-death-investigation-in-frankford\/\">*Update \u2013 Victim Identified* State Police Homicide Detectives Conducting Death Investigation in Frankford<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/dsp.delaware.gov\/\">Delaware State Police &#8211; State of Delaware<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[29],"tags":[50],"class_list":["post-16239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-homicide"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-4dV","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16187,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/state-police-homicide-detectives-conducting-death-investigation-in-frankford\/","url_meta":{"origin":16239,"position":0},"title":"State Police Homicide Detectives Conducting Death Investigation in Frankford","author":"lewisbriggs","date":"July 1, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"The Delaware State Police Homicide Unit is conducting a death investigation in Frankford after a woman was found dead yesterday. 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