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Nearly 35 years after his estranged wife was found dead in the trunk of a car, a 68-year-old man from Oregon has been formally charged with her murder, authorities said. In November 1988, Deborah Lee Atrops was reported missing by her husband, then 34-year-old Robert, the release states. The cold case unit was formed in 2020 after receiving a grant from the U.S. Department of Justice. The Washington County District Attorney's Office Cold Case Multidisciplinary Unit re-opened the case in 2021, the release states. Robert was booked into the Washington County Jail was scheduled to be arraigned on March 2.