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30-year-old Ogden homicide cold case resolved after Iowa inmate gives confession

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Police said they were first informed of the disappearance of Richard Billmayer in 2008, 11 years after he went missing in Ogden. In 2025, the Cold Case Coalition began looking into Billmayer's case.

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