From a reader:
This was e-mailed to me by a reader. Anyone know much about these cases?
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I enjoy reading the Cold Case section.
I remember two cases that have had me wondering for 40 years. There was a girl from Duncan named Tammara or Tammy Hallmark that was attacked and beaten by a man.
She suffered such severe brain damage, that she was unable to speak clearly. She kept saying a name that sounded like one of the teachers/coaches name but, the investigators could never be sure if she was I. D. ing the guy or just saying his name because she trusted him. This was in 1965-66. I have always wondered what became of the girl and if the teacher is still involved in teaching or got into anymore trouble.
Along about that same time there was a huge scandal that involved 3 young men from prominent OKC families, (lawyers, politicians) The had raped, beaten (maybe killed) a girl.
I know everyone thought they would get off because of their families.
I left for the Air Force in ‘66.and was not able to keep up with news but, I have always been curious about what became of these 2 big stories.
Do any of your readers have any info that could shed light on this?
Whitey speaks!
The FBI has just released audio recordings of James J. “Whitey” Bulger, one of the bureau’s 10 most wanted men.
Bulger, who was an FBI informant and leader of Boston’s Winter Hill Gang, is suspected in 21 murders — including the 1981 slaying of Tulsa businessman Roger Wheeler.
Whitey is in his late 70s now. The FBI is offering a reward of $1 million for information leading to his arrest.
Check out the recordings here: www.fbi.gov/wanted/topten/fugitives/bulgeraudio.htm
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Why we do it
Cold Case OKC is about more than storytelling.
It’s public service journalism.
In December, we brought you the story of Audrey Harris. Five days later — and after 18 years of nothing — police identified and arrested a suspect in her death.
Our role was limited. All we did was share the story with you.
That’s no small thing, though. Cold case detectives tell us that getting information about these unsolved crimes into your hands is the key to solving them.
Each case that we’ve shared with you so far contains information that has never been published before — details from police case files and fresh interviews with key players. Harris’ story had never been told so fully in any venue.
Our latest case, the deaths of three women between 1976 and 1986, is also unique. Bits and pieces had been reported in the past, but never in such a comprehensive fashion.
Hopefully, the context and new details will stir someone’s memory — maybe yours — and help police find justice for these unfortunate victims. They don’t deserve to be forgotten.
The more people who hear their story, the better the odds that the case will be closed.
So please, spread the word to your friends and family. Bookmark www.coldcaseokc.com. Link to it from your own blog or Web site.
And share your ideas for how we can improve the site.
Thanks.
Ken
Three women. Three homicides. One killer.
This Sunday, help police solve a series of gruesome slayings that occurred in northeast Oklahoma City between 1976 and 1986.
Three women — Cathy Lyn Shackelford, Arley Bell Killian and Tina Sanders — were killed and dismembered in separate incidents. The killer used their bodies to toy with police, then disappeared.
He has never been found.
Read the story. Watch the video. View a photo gallery. Study archived stories. And search your memory.
You may hold the key to solving these crimes.
Check it out at www.ColdCaseOKC.com.
Seeking D.B. Cooper
Most students of American criminal history have at least heard of D.B. Cooper, the mysterious skyjacker who leaped from a high-flying plane and vanished into history.
About 37 years ago, a man calling himself Cooper seized control of a passenger plane by claiming he was armed with dynamite. He demanded $200,000 and four parachutes and jumped out somewhere between Seattle and Mexico.
That was the last anyone saw of him. His real identity has never been determined, and aside from a boy finding $5,800 of the money in 1980, little trace of Cooper has ever turned up.
Now the FBI is renewing the search for him. Agents want to find out who Cooper was and what happened to him.
New details, including updated sketches and analysis of the case, have been posted on the FBI Web site. Check it out here: www.fbi.gov/page2/dec07/dbcooper123107.html
Have any theories?
For my part, this is one cold case I hope never gets solved. The mystery of D.B. Cooper has fascinated me since I was a child, and it’d ruin it if I found out the truth now. Sometimes it’s better not to know.
