ABILENE, Texas — The Abilene Police Department provided an update in the Thomas "Tom" Niblo homicide investigation Tuesday.
Niblo was murdered Dec. 12, 2016, in Abilene.
The release said, "The Abilene Police Department never closes an unsolved homicide and remains committed to arresting the offender who murdered Tom Niblo."
According to the release, the department previously executed numerous search warrants and seized countless items of evidence regarding the investigation. The final step in this investigation currently relates to the forensic evaluation of electronic items of evidence.
After APD executed an additional search warrant, the Regional Computer Forensics Laboratory agreed to process the evidence. The RCFL was created in 2000 and is a partnership between the FBI and other federal, state and local law enforcement agencies operating a regional, digital forensic task force.
The laboratories provide forensic services and expertise to support law enforcement agencies in collecting and examining digital evidence for a wide range of investigations, including child pornography, terrorism, violent crime, and fraud.
The timeline for the completion of all forensic processing is unknown, the release said, but, once the final step is complete, and if no further investigation is warranted, the department will file this criminal case with the District Attorney’s office.
Luke Sweetser remains a person of interest in the homicide.
