The Murder of Emogene Thompson - 669

About this episode

The episode discusses the murder of Emogene Thompson and the investigation that implicated a police officer.

April 16th, 1993. Sugar Hill, Georgia. Emogene Thompson was found dead inside her vehicle. Investigators soon learned that a police car was seen at the crime scene on the night of the murder, leading them to suspect their own officer Michael Chapel, who responded to a burglary report at Emogene’s home days earlier. For special episodes and outtakes from Justin & Aaron visit: patreon.com/generationwhy Audible subscribers can listen to all episodes of Generation Why ad-free right now. Join Audible today by downloading the Audible app. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

People in this episode

Hosts: Justin, Aaron

Topics covered

• murder
• investigation
• true crime
• law enforcement
• Georgia

Keywords

• Emogene Thompson
• Michael Chapel
• murder investigation
• true crime
• Georgia

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Sugar Hill, Georgia

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