The Unsolved Murder of Thomas Wesley Harden

Published: Feb. 16, 2020, 10:12 p.m.

b"Thomas Wesley Harden was a construction worker from Albany, Georgia who spent much of his career traveling throughout the Southeast for work. In October 1991, Harden's body is discovered in a motel room after finishing a job.

His case would initially be considered a natural death by investigators though medical examiners agreed his death was a homicide.

29 years later, Harden's death remains unsolved.

Mountain Murders takes a look at this cold case from our hometown Waynesville, NC.

Who killed Thomas Harden? Why wasn't more done during the initial investigation? Why was the Sheriff's office pushing to call the murder a 'suicide' or 'natural death' when faced with evidence?"