{"id":88537,"date":"2026-06-29T18:00:44","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T22:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/cold-case-1996-wilmington-homicide-of-debra-minor-revisited\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T18:00:44","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T22:00:44","slug":"cold-case-1996-wilmington-homicide-of-debra-minor-revisited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/cold-case-1996-wilmington-homicide-of-debra-minor-revisited\/","title":{"rendered":"Cold Case: 1996 Wilmington Homicide of Debra Minor Revisited"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Investigators are shining a new light on a decades-old homicide from Wilmington, Delaware, as authorities revisit the 1996 death of 38-year-old Debra Minor.<\/p>

According to records from the New Castle County Division of Police, the incident occurred in the early morning hours of June 29, 1996 \u2014 at around 1:30 a.m. Officers from the New Castle County Division of Police, along with investigators from the State Fire Marshal’s Office, were called to 102 East 40th Street in the Pennrose community of Wilmington.<\/p>

Debra Minor was 38 years old at the time of her death. Her case has gone unsolved for nearly 30 years.<\/p>

Authorities have not released additional details about the circumstances surrounding her death at this time. Anyone with information related to this cold case is encouraged to come forward and contact investigators.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Authorities are revisiting the 1996 death of 38-year-old Debra Minor, who was killed in Wilmington’s Pennrose community nearly three decades ago. New Castle County Police and the State Fire Marshal’s Office originally responded to the scene in the early morning hours of June 29, 1996. The case remains unsolved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":88536,"comment_status":"open","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":[29,831],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-us-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/news-1782770443961.png?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-n21","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":53257,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wilmington-murder-from-2012-remains-unsolved-police-seek-information\/","url_meta":{"origin":88537,"position":0},"title":"Wilmington Murder from 2012 Remains Unsolved, Police Seek Information","author":"Admin","date":"April 16, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"New Castle County Police are still investigating the fatal shooting of 22-year-old Jalil Johnson in Wilmington's Edgemoor Gardens neighborhood over a decade ago. 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