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30-Year-Old NJ Cold Case Leads To Alleged Killer Who Has Since Died
A 30-year cold case investigation has led to identifying the alleged killer, who has since died, authorities said.
The multi-agency probe "conclusively identified John Pelletier, formerly of Barnegat Township, as the individual responsible for the murder of Deborah 'Debbie' Ann Bloomquist, 30, of Ocean Township (Monmouth County), in Barnegat in 1991," Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said.
Pelletier passed away in North Dakota in 2015, he said.
On Oct. 26, 1991, the body of a young woman, later identified as Deborah Ann Bloomquist, was discovered in a heavily wooded a…
