Deborah Oberhofer:  

Since high school graduation, my life has been anything but boring. After graduating from Powelson Business Institute (my first degree), I married Rick Oberhofer, whom I met at Lost Horizon on Erie Blvd in Syracuse. We have two adopted children: Steven from El Salvador and Sara from Colombia. Traveling to their birth countries to bring them home, even at the height of a civil war in El Salvador and unrest in Colombia, were the greatest experiences of my life. I have traveled quite a bit and lived in eight houses and five states, finally relocating to a community half-way between Raleigh and Durham, NC in March 2022. Professionally I have worked in all levels of law enforcement. The positions I'm most proud of are that of violent crime criminal analyst with the FBI, from which I retired in June 2021; and Reserve Deputy Sheriff in Stark County, OH, working as the only female on an undercover narcotics task force. My greatest professional accomplishment was solving a 13 year old cold case homicide/bank robbery for which the suspect was convicted and sentenced to life in prison, and for which I received a personal phone call and award from the Director of the FBI. The FBI also provided me opportunities to travel and assist others in crisis situations. I currently work with the Raleigh Police D...Expand for more