Real Name: Thomas Gibson
Nicknames: No Known Nicknames
Location: Oregon
Date: March 19, 1991
Case
Details: In March 1991, two-year-old Tommy Gibson vanished from the front yard. His father, Larry Gibson, a local police officer, believed it was retaliation from a case due to his job, but others believed Gibson himself was involved as having murdered his own son.
Suspects: Larry Gibson
Extra Notes: This segment originally aired on the October 23, 1991 episode of Unsolved Mysteries .
Results: Solved? Some time after this case first appeared, Larry's daughter testified that her father had beat Tommy to death. Larry was arrested in April 1994. It is unrevealed as to what happened to Tommy's body afterward. Gibson was convicted and was sentenced to three years imprisonment. Gibson was released in 1996, and continues to deny his involvment in Tommy's death.
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