Help close the Denise Stice case
If you haven’t had a chance yet, check out Augie Frost’s story in today’s Oklahoman about the unsolved slaying of businesswoman Denise Stice back in November.
Did anyone here know her? Anybody have any theories? We want to hear ‘em.
New clues in Tinker worker’s killing
A prominent small-business leader was beaten and shot in the head before being found nude wearing only a wedding ring and floating face up in an Oklahoma City lake last year, according to a medical examiner’s report obtained Monday.
Denice Stice, 48, was found dead Nov. 27 on the south side of Lake Overholser. Stice worked with small businesses at Tinker Air Force Base.
Stice had been shot one time in the left side of her head and had several cuts and bruises on her face and body indicating she was beaten before death, the report states. She also had a badly fractured tooth.
There was no evidence found by the medical examiner that she was sexually assaulted, according to the report.
Besides the new information about Stice’s injuries and state of her body in the latest report, little has been released by authorities since her body was found just west of the lake’s dam.
Oklahoma City police Capt. Steve McCool would only say that the case is an active investigation, and would not say whether a suspect has been identified.
Police Sgt. Paco Balderrama said in November it appeared her body had been dumped at the lake to conceal evidence about the killing.
The medical examiner’s report said there was a blood trail leading from a parking lot to the area of the lake where she was dumped.
Her body was found by a Texas youth group passing through Oklahoma City about 9 a.m., Balderrama said. It did not appear the body had been there very long.
Police later found Stice’s car in a parking lot of an apartment complex near NW 10 and N Tela Drive, about 3 miles from where she was dumped. Police have not said what they found in the car.
Don Stice reported his wife missing later that afternoon when she did not show up for work at the base. A missing persons report was never filed because police immediately identified her as the woman found at the lake.
Detectives searched the couple’s home, 12316 Crystal Gardens Drive, but would not say what they found inside. A 911 call was never made from the home before the killing.
Denise Stice was the “face of small business” at Tinker Air Force Base, colleagues said after her death. She was the director of the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization at the Air Logistics Center on the base.
She was also a stepmother to Gary and Alex, Don Stice’s two children from a previous marriage.
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This case not being solved really tears at me….maybe because I’m a federal worker and feel a kinship to Denise although we’ve never met.
The post left her supposedly by Don Stice’s daughter…I don’t believe it was her. For one thing why would she spell her Dad’s name Don as Dawn? Also, as far as I know Denise was found at an apartment complex – not a hotel?
Does anyone know that Don Stice’s real name is Gerald D. Stice? Does anyone know he has a criminal record? He served time from 1994-1998 for sexual battery and is classified as a sex offender. He has also been arrested for Possession of Controlled Substance.
I don’t know Don Stice and I hope he didn’t have anything to do with his wife’s murder but I could see where he would be a person of interest….
I too am deeply troubled that this case remains unsolved. Cheryl, as a Tinker employee I share your kinship with Denise. Her body was found at Lake Overholser. As I recall her vehicle was found at an Apartment complex. I hope Oklahoma City’s finest can bring someone to justice.
Dawn is my Father, and dispite his faults I don’t believe it could be him. Although the discription sort of looked liked him(not for sure though.) My mother has a theory though. Why was Denises car parked at a hotel. She was sopposidly soppost to meet a friend there. What if she was having an affair and Dawn found out acted out in rage and killed her. Then reported her missing. It is a possiblilty. He is taking it extremely hard and he is now in prison for drugs for the depression and the heart ache. Being my father I know his past but there is something telling me “Why would he do this.” I guess I will leave it to the investigators.