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Laura and L. D. Nelson were an African-American mother and son who were lynched on May 25, 1911, near Okemah, Okfuskee County, Oklahoma. [ 1][ 2] They had been seized from their cells in the Okemah county jail the night before by a group of up to 40 white men, reportedly including Charley Guthrie, father of the folk singer Woody Guthrie. [ 3]
The Oklahoma Girl Scout murders took place on the morning of June 13, 1977, at Camp Scott in Mayes County, Oklahoma, United States. The victims were three Girl Scouts, between the ages of 8 and 10, who were raped and murdered. Their bodies were then left on a trail leading to the campsite's showers, about 150 yards (140 meters) from their tent.
First-degree murder (four counts) Lauria Jaylene Bible ( / ˈlɔːrə /; [ 3] born April 18, 1983 [ 4]) and Ashley Renae Freeman (born December 29, 1983 [ 5]) were American teenagers who disappeared between the evening of December 29 and the early morning hours of December 30, 1999, from Freeman's home in Welch, Oklahoma .
A murder-suicide investigation is underway after an Oklahoma house fire left eight people dead, including six young children, police said Friday. Six children killed in apparent murder-suicide at ...
The Broken Arrow killings, otherwise known as the Bever family massacre was a familicide and mass stabbing that occurred on July 22, 2015, in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. The perpetrators, Robert and Michael Bever, murdered their parents and 3 siblings. [ 2] It was the deadliest crime and mass murder in the city of Broken Arrow, until a murder ...
An Oklahoma mother is accused of killing her three children and then herself following an hours-long standoff with police last week. Oklahoma mom and her 3 children, including 10-month-old, killed ...
The Department of Emergency Management is asking residents impacted by the fires to report damage to their property at damage.ok.gov. The wildfire risk in western Oklahoma remained high on Sunday.
The Osage Indian murders were in Osage County, Oklahoma, during the 1910s–1930s. Newspapers described the increasing number of unsolved murders and deaths among young adults of the Osage Nation as the "Reign of Terror". [ 1][ 2] Most took place from 1921 to 1926. At least 60 wealthy, full-blood Osage persons were reported killed from 1918 to ...