Lake Wales, Fla. (10/20/2025) – On October 17, 2025, detectives from the Lake Wales Police Department in coordination with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) and United States Marshals Service arrested Troy Adam Thorne (D.O.B. 11/03/63) AKA Logan Sinclair for the brutal 1985 murders of Harvey and Margaret Bolser.
The Bolser’s owned the Swan Apartments, located at 241 E. Seminole Avenue in Lake Wales and had rented one of their units to Thorne and Samuel Edward Jones (D.O.B. 06/26/60). On February 28, 1985, police found the Bolsers murdered inside Thorne and Jones’ apartment which had also been set on fire. Thorne and Jones were missing and considered suspects in the brutal slaying. Following an intense manhunt, Jones was arrested on March 8, 1985 and Thorne was arrested on March 12, 1985.
Six months later, Jones was sentenced to life in prison, where he remains today at Zephyrhills Correctional Institution. Thorne however, was declared incompetent to stand trial and held under involuntary examination at various facilities up until 1993.
In 2022, detectives launched a new investigation and began researching the case files, reviewing documents, analyzing evidence and conducting interviews. Utilizing advancements in forensic technology not available in 1985, original evidence from the crime scene was resubmitted to the FDLE crime lab where new DNA evidence was recovered.
Working with FDLE agents, detectives found Thorne to be living a seemingly normal life in Tampa, Florida. They discovered that since his release from treatment, he had obtained a driver’s license, secured a mortgage to purchase a home, married, fathered three children, held and maintained various credit accounts and even filed police reports with law enforcement agencies. They also learned he was arrested in 1995 for retail theft in Hillsborough County and served a six month probation sentence after pleading guilty to that crime.
On October 16, 2025, a Polk County Grand Jury indicted Thorne on two counts of first-degree premeditated murder and one count of arson. The following day, he was arrested at his Tampa residence and is currently being held in the Polk County Jail with no bond.
Now, more than 40 years later, Troy Thorne will face the consequences for his involvement in the murder of Margaret and Harvey Bolser.
This case remains active as it enters the judicial system, therefore no additional details or information will be released at this time.
