Cold Cases in Oklahoma
ColdCaseIndex documents 5 cold cases in Oklahoma, spanning 1974–1995. 4 of these cases remain fully unsolved. Each case page includes documented details, status, and information on how to submit a tip.
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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
Gary Dell-Brown
Twenty-eight-year-old Gary Dell-Brown disappeared from Tulsa, Oklahoma in May 1991. Despite investigation by Tulsa Police, he was never found. His case remains open.
Oklahoma Jane Doe (1976)
Skeletal remains of an unidentified woman were found near Oklahoma City in April 1976. Despite forensic examination and recent DNA analysis, she has never been identified. Her case is entered in NamUs.
Carol Ann Smith
Twenty-two-year-old Carol Ann Smith was found murdered in Tulsa, Oklahoma in December 1974. Despite investigation, the case went cold. It remains in Tulsa County cold case files.
Karen Silkwood
Nuclear power plant worker Karen Silkwood died in a suspicious single-car accident while driving to meet a reporter with documents about safety violations at the Kerr-McGee plutonium plant. The documents were never found