Carol was the wife of prominent attorney T. Eugene Thompson and the mother of 4 children. She was the daughter of Otto Swoboda and Antonia "Tonia" Valenta Swoboda. She was brutally murdered in her home on March 6, 1963. Later that year her husband was convicted of arranging her murder-for-hire. The case was an national sensation and her husband's trial received international press coverage.
Carol was the wife of prominent attorney T. Eugene Thompson and the mother of 4 children. She was the daughter of Otto Swoboda and Antonia "Tonia" Valenta Swoboda. She was brutally murdered in her home on March 6, 1963. Later that year her husband was convicted of arranging her murder-for-hire. The case was an national sensation and her husband's trial received international press coverage.
