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Debra Fulton

Case Date: 10/31/1981

Age: 16

Sex: Female

Race: Caucasian

County: Lake

Location of Offense: Grand Calumet River beneath the Calumet Avenue Bridge near Spohn Middle School.

Circumstances: On 10/31/1981, Halloween night 1981, Debra Fulton, age 16, left her house at 5644 Walter Street, Hammond Indiana near Hammond Tech High School.  She was wearing a sweater, jeans and was headed to the Roller Dome Rink. That was the last time her family saw her, she did not return home after curfew. Her body was found Sunday November 1st, by the Grand Calumet River beneath the Calumet Avenue Bridge near Spohn Middle School.

If you have information that can help solve this case, please contact Lt. Mike Nemcek with the Hammond Police Department at mnemcek@hammondpolice.com

You can also contact the Indiana State Police Cold Case team at 800-453-4756 or email the Cold Case team at ispcoldcase@isp.in.gov.

Please help Debras family get answers in this case.


Anyone with information concerning any of these cases, please contact:

Indiana State Police
District Investigative Commander
1550 East 181 Ave.
Lowell, IN 46356
1.219.696.6242 or 1.800.552.8917