Book Signing - Justin Dombrowski - The Murder of Debbie Gama
Sat, Sep 20
|Werner Books & Coffee
Time & Location
Sep 20, 2025, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Werner Books & Coffee, 3608 Liberty St, Erie, PA 16508, USA
About the event
Book Signing
Justin Dombrowski
The Murder of Debbie Gama: Justice and Absolution in Erie
Saturday, September 20 from 12-2PM
On the morning of August 8, 1975, sixteen-year-old Debbie Gama disappeared after leaving her home in Erie, only to be found dead days later in a creek nearly thirty miles from her home. What followed was an investigation that lacked suspects or even evidence pointing to a viable suspect.
That is, until a private investigator named Dan Barber uncovered evidence leading directly to her killer: her English teacher, Raymond Payne. After Payne’s arrest, Debbie’s mother, Betty Ferguson, embarked on her own quest for justice, which unexpectedly led her on an incredible journey of forgiveness.