Detectives with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department’s (CMPD) Cold Case Unit have arrested and charged a suspect, Marion Gales, 63, in a 35-year-old homicide cold case.
On Friday, July 27, 1990, at approximately 9:59 p.m., dispatchers received a call from Edward Friedland who stated someone had killed his wife. Charlotte Police Department Officers, MEDIC and Charlotte Fire Department responded to the scene and located the victim, Kim Thomas, deceased within the residence.
Homicide detectives responded to investigate. The victim was transported to the Mecklenburg County Medical Examiner’s Office for autopsy, and the manner of death was ruled homicide…