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reported events that occurred at 520 East Reading Street, Tulsa, Oklahoma, US on May 31st, 1968

On May 31, 1968, 25-year-old Betty L. Douglas was found shot to death in her home, 520 E Reading St. She had been shot twice by her boyfriend, 24-year-old Jerry Taylor. There were other people in the house at the time, but Douglas and her boyfriend were in a room alone when the shooting occurred. A phonograph playing was apparently the reason nobody heard gunshots. After killing her, Taylor left the home and went on the run for a brief day, but then turned himself in and was charged with murder.

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View the digital scanned newspaper from Tulsa World dated Jun 01, 1968, page 2.


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reported events that occurred at 4702 North Portland Avenue, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, US between 1973 - 1977

On July 26, 1973 the bodies of Charles Payne (39) and his wife Marilyn (35) were found in their bedroom by their 17-year-old son Charles III. The two married when they were 21 and 17, and Charles was the president of an investment firm. Police determined that Marilyn had shot and killed Charles while he slept, then fatally shot herself sometime before the sun came up. Charles Payne III, one of their sons never fully recovered from the incident, but still continued living in the family’s home 4702 N Portland Ave when his grandmother moved there to help care for the deceased couple’s children. On May 4, 1977, 21-year-old Charles Payne III was found dead of suicide by his grandmother in the family home’s second-floor library. He had shot himself in the head with a rifle taken from a locked case. The library was reportedly near the bedroom that belonged to his parents. The grandmother soon after decided to sell the home, and she moved back to her hometown with the couple’s 12-year-old daughter. That left 16-year-old David Lee Payne, a younger brother without a residence, so he moved in with another older brother named Paul. But on October 30, 1977, Paul returned to his apartment and found David Lee dead of suicide, having shot himself in the chest with a shotgun. Several suicide notes and books about death were found near the body, and so was a family portrait photograph taken of the entire family before the July 1973 deaths of Charles II and Marilyn.

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reported events that occurred at 542 East Seminole Street, Tulsa, Oklahoma, US on July 16th, 1959

On July 16, 1959, 32-year-old Lloyd Irvin died in a home fire at his house 542 E Seminole St. He was discovered by firefighters dead within a few feet of his front door. Irvin died of suffocation from smoke, but had suffered burns to 90% of his body. The fire was believed to have started either by faulty wiring or from Irvin smoking in bed. The home would later be torn down and rebuilt.


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reported events that occurred at 272 Clark Island Road, Saint George, Maine, US on March 27th, 2024

A man was killed Wednesday morning in a fire at a home in St. George, Maine, authorities said. The St. George Fire Department responded to the fire at 272 Clark Island Road around 7:46 a.m., according to the Maine Department of Public Safety. While firefighters were extinguishing the blaze, they found the body of the man who lived alone at the residence. The man’s body was transported to the chief medical examiner, according to officials. The cause of the fire at the residence, which was a rental property, remains under investigation by the state fire marshal.


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reported events that occurred at 9525 East Newton Place, Tulsa, Oklahoma, US on December 23rd, 1958

Robert DeRemer, 30, shot and killed himself December 23, 1958 in the kitchen of his family home, 9525 E Newton Pl after getting into an argument with his estranged wife. He and his wife had divorced at the beginning of December, but Robert had continued to live at the home with his wife and children. Robert and his wife began arguing early that morning on the 23rd, and Robert went and got a rifle and then went into the kitchen. He placed the end of it against the fridge, and the front of it against his heart before firing a fatal bullet into his chest. The wife reported he had made threats of suicide in arguments before.

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reported events that occurred at 5029 South Hudson Avenue, Tulsa, Oklahoma, US on November 29th, 1969

Michelle Parker, almost 2 years old was found suffocated in a closet in the master bedroom of her family home, 5029 S Hudson Ave on November 29, 1969. The young child was home with only her mother, and she had put the child to sleep in a bed. A few hours later, the father returned home from a fishing trip and went to check on his daughter, but she apparently was not in bed. When they searched the house, Parker was found dead in a closet of the master bedroom with a plastic clothing bag over her head.


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reported events that occurred at 1112 South Quincy Avenue, Tulsa, Oklahoma, US on October 23rd, 1960

Floyd Shoemaker, 55, committed suicide shortly after domestic troubles with his wife on October 23, 1960. The couple had apparently gotten into an argument, and the wife left their home at 1112 S Quincy Ave, leaving Floyd alone. A brother of Floyd later went to the home, but found it locked and could not get in contact with him. Police were called who entered the home, and Floyd was found dead hanging in the basement. He had tied a belt around his neck, and then nailed the belt to a rafter.


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reported events that occurred at 12 West Queen Street, Tulsa, Oklahoma, US on August 2nd, 1957

Bradford Terhune, 6-week-old infant was discovered dead in his bed at home, 12 W Queen St on August 2, 1957. He had accidentally suffocated to death on something overnight in his sleep.


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reported events that occurred at 1837 North Troost Avenue, Tulsa, Oklahoma, US on November 25th, 1962

On November 25, 1962, 43-year-old Boyd Pearson stabbed to death his mother with an icepick, 70-year-old Ola Tucker. Tucker died of atleast 13 stab wounds to the chest, back, and stomach inside her home, 1837 N Troost Ave. After killing his mother, he told a neighbor about the crime then waited on the porch for police to arrive. Pearson reported to police that he killed his mother because she had been “nagging him” and that “something told him to kill his mother.” A judge ruled Pearson was mentally unable to defend himself at trial. The home is demolished now.


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reported events that occurred at 1016 North Utica Avenue, Tulsa, Oklahoma, US on May 3rd, 1947

On May 3, 1947, Veda Ritchel, 19 years old, committed suicide a few minutes after a heated argument with her husband of 2 months. The husband was reportedly standing in their backyard, 1016 N Utica Ave, when he heard a gunshot. He rushed back inside to find Ritchel on the floor of an upstairs bedroom, a gunshot wound in her neck. Ritchel was rushed to a hospital but dead on arrival. She used a revolver in the shooting, and it had a single bullet inside. The fatal wound was ruled self-inflicted by an investigator.


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reported events that occurred at 1031 East 38th Street, Tulsa, Oklahoma, US on May 25th, 1956

Moore's Funeral Home received a call from a man crying and asking for help on May 25, 1956. The funeral home called the police who tracked the call to 1031 E 38th St. They arrived to find 22-year-old Raymond E. King, severely injured with a self-inflicted gunshot to the abdomen. He shot himself with a rifle in a bedroom at his parent's home. Both of his parents were out of country at the time. King was taken to the hospital, where he died several hours after.


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reported events that occurred at 1850 North Louisville Avenue, Tulsa, Oklahoma, US on June 27th, 1955

Jay Freeman, 63, killed himself with a self-inflicted gunshot wound on June 27, 1955. He had lived with a sister, but was visiting a family friend at 1850 N Louisville Ave at the time of the shooting. The homeowner, Carolyn Mitchell, told police as she was preparing a meal for Freeman she heard a gunshot from another room, and discovered him critically injured. He was rushed to the emergency room but died a few minutes after arriving. Freeman had been despondent over failing health and the death of his wife 2 years prior.


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reported events that occurred at 1324 South Frisco Avenue, Tulsa, Oklahoma, US on November 26th, 1957

On November 26, 1957, 28-year-old Robert Magnusson committed suicide at his rooming home, 1324 S Frisco Ave. A native of Iceland, he was found in a coma after swallowing poison. A suicide note nearby read about problems of marriage and financial difficulties. Magnusson was taken to a hospital where he died a few hours later.


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reported events that occurred at 1208 South Delaware Place, Tulsa, Oklahoma, US on June 18th, 1955

Cora Evans, 59, was found dead the morning of June 18, 1955 after committing suicide. She had called a funeral home the previous night and asked for them to "come pick up a patient" for the following morning. The next day, two funeral home workers went to the address at 1208 S Delaware Pl, and found a note on the door that said "I am ready, but I need a little help. Come on in?" The workers entered the residence and found the body of Cora Evans hanging from a rafter in an attic opening in the hallway. She had climbed into the attic, tied a rope to a rafter up there and then around her neck, then jumped from the opening and hung herself to death. Several suicide notes were found in the home. Evans had lived in the home alone for several years since the death of her husband, and friends of her said that she often talked about "joining him."


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reported events that occurred at 1123 South Xanthus Avenue, Tulsa, Oklahoma, US on December 31st, 1948

On December 31, 1948, the body of Sam Fowler, 44, was found hanging by electric wires from a rafter in the garage behind his home, 1123 S Xanthus Ave. The death was ruled suicide. The man had been having recent marital problems, and left a suicide note stating that his ex-wife had taken all his money then recently divorced him. The ex-wife came to the house the day before the suicide, and had asked a roommate to check the garage and "see if anything happened to Sam."


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