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.
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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.
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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