GIBSON COUNTY, Ind. (WEVV) — Authorities have made an arrest in a cold case murder investigation from 31 years ago.

On Tuesday, 61-year-old Timothy Farber of Evansville was arrested in connection with the 1993 murder of Norman Ellerbrook.

The Indiana State Police Cold Case Squad and FBI recently revisited the unsolved case, which happened at his home in Gibson County.

Ellerbrook, who was 63 at the time of his death, was found by his roommate at the bottom of the stairs to the basement. An autopsy revealed he died from blunt force trauma to the head. He also had multiple stab wounds, but the wounds were not in any vital area.

Detectives spent years attempting to solve this homicide but say they were never able to link his death to the person responsible until now.

During this investiga

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