Cold Cases in Oklahoma

ColdCaseIndex documents 11 cold cases in Oklahoma, spanning 1974–2025. 5 of these cases remain fully unsolved. Each case page includes documented details, status, and information on how to submit a tip.

11 Documented Cases
5 Still Unsolved
1974–2025 Year Range
5 Case Types

By Type

4 Homicides 3 Multiple Homicides 2 Suspicious Deaths 1 Sexual Violence 1 Historic Injustice

By Status

5 Unsolved 2 Conviction 2 Solved 1 No Conviction 1 Partially Solved

All Oklahoma Cases

Unsolved 2025

Richard Glossip (case)

Richard Glossip has been on Oklahoma's death row since 1997 for the murder of Barry Van Treese. Even the state's attorney general has questioned his conviction. The Supreme Court heard his case in 2024.

Oklahoma City Historic Injustice Age 61
Solved 2015

Daniel Holtzclaw Victims

Oklahoma City police officer Daniel Holtzclaw was convicted of raping and sexually assaulting 13 Black women while on duty. He targeted vulnerable women in a low-income neighborhood.

Oklahoma City Sexual Violence
Unsolved 2009

Jamison Family

Bobby Jamison, 44, his wife Sherilynn, 40, and their six-year-old daughter Madyson vanished on October 8, 2009, after traveling from their Eufaula home to look at rural land near Red Oak, Oklahoma. Their pickup truck was

Eufaula Suspicious Death
Conviction 2009

Linda and Gary Haas

Retired couple Linda and Gary Haas were murdered during a cross-country RV trip. Their burned motorhome was found in Oklahoma. The case was solved when their stolen belongings surfaced, leading to the conviction of two m

McAlester Multiple Homicide
Unsolved 2004

Brittany Phillips

Brittany Phillips, an 18-year-old who had recently returned home to Tulsa, Oklahoma, was raped and strangled in her apartment in September 2004. Despite DNA evidence and thousands of comparisons, the case remains unsolve

Tulsa Homicide Age 18
Partially Solved 1999

Lauria Bible and Ashley Freeman

Best friends Lauria Bible and Ashley Freeman, both 16, disappeared from the Freeman family home near Welch, Oklahoma, on the night Ashley's parents were shot dead and the house was set on fire. Two now-deceased suspects

Welch Homicide
Conviction 1995

Oklahoma City Bombing Victims

The bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building killed 168 people and injured hundreds more. Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols were convicted; McVeigh was executed in 2001. Questions remain about possible additional

Oklahoma City Multiple Homicide
Solved 1990

Suzanne Sevakis

Known for years as 'Sharon Marshall,' Suzanne Sevakis was kidnapped as a toddler and raised by her abductor Franklin Delano Floyd. She was likely murdered by Floyd, who was convicted in 2014.

Oklahoma City Homicide Age 20
Unsolved 1982

Linda Lee Mack

Linda Lee Mack, a 35-year-old hospital nurse, was killed on the night of October 12, 1982, after leaving work and driving home along State Highway 34 south of Elk City in Beckham County, Oklahoma. Her vehicle was apparen

Carter Homicide Age 35
No Conviction 1977

Oklahoma Girl Scout Murders (Lori Farmer, Michele Guse, Doris Milner)

Three Girl Scouts — Lori Lee Farmer, 8, Michele Heather Guse, 9, and Doris Denise Milner, 10 — were sexually assaulted and murdered during the first night of summer camp at Camp Scott near Locust Grove, Oklahoma, on June

Locust Grove Multiple Homicide
Unsolved 1974

Karen Silkwood

Nuclear plant worker and union activist Karen Silkwood died in a single-car crash en route to meet a reporter with documents about safety violations at the Kerr-McGee plutonium plant. The documents were never found. Her

Crescent Suspicious Death Age 28