Death in Thai hotel haunts Oklahoma City woman’s kin (The Oklahoman)
Sun, 14 Mar 2010 04:20:16 GMT
Twelve years after his sister was found dead wearing a black evening dress, lying on her back in a Bangkok five-star hotel room bed, John Joseph Kennedy says he’s still immersed in a mystery.Cecilia Madeline Kennedy, 32, was in Thailand for the ninth time working to free her imprisoned brother when she was found dead at the Shangri-La Hotel. A single needle mark was found on her right hand.She ...
Man killed by Oklahoma City police was corrections escapee (The Oklahoman)
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 04:08:05 GMT
The man shot to death Thursday by two Oklahoma City police officers was an escapee from a state corrections center. Tyler W. Hayes, 22, escaped Monday from a center in Oklahoma City under contract with the state Corrections Department. He escaped sometime before the 11 p.m. bed check, state Corrections Department spokesman Jerry Massie said. Hayes was serving a five-year sentence for burglary ...
Names of Oklahoma City officers involved in fatal shooting released (The Oklahoman)
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:56:08 GMT
The names of the two Oklahoma City police officers involved in Thursday's fatal shooting of a suspected car thief have been released.Officers Clifford Damon, 29, and Timothy Campbell, 30, responded at 7:13 a.m. Thursday to a call about a car stolen from the 1600 block of SW 68. A few minutes later they spotted a vehicle matching that description on Kentucky Avenue near SW 89, police Capt ...
1 dies in officer-involved shooting in Oklahoma City (The Oklahoman)
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:24:59 GMT
About 90 seconds elapsed between the time Oklahoma City police officers spotted a reported stolen vehicle and when the driver was fatally wounded by police as he reversed the car in the direction of the officers.The man, who has not been identified by police, died at the scene near SW 89 and Kentucky Avenue about 7 a.m. Thursday, Oklahoma City police Capt. Patrick Stewart said. The man was not ...
1 dead after officer-involved shooting in southwest Oklahoma City (The Oklahoman)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:47:04 GMT
A police chase this morning ended in an officer-involved shooting that left one man dead near the intersection of SW 89 and Kentucky.The shooting occurred about 7 a.m., but Oklahoma City police are releasing few details as department policy prohibits investigators from conducting full interviews with the officers involved for 48 hours.Capt. Patrick Stewart said officers spotted a reported stolen ...
Trial set for Oklahoma City man accused of killing dentist (Tulsa World)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:19:36 GMT
An Aug. 10 trial date has been set for an Oklahoma City man accused of beating to death a North Dakota dentist last fall.
Driver in fatal Oklahoma City wreck has long drug history (The Oklahoman)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:53:36 GMT
The pickup driver accused of causing a 5-year-old boy’s death says he came back from the Vietnam War a heroin addict and has used different illegal drugs "over 1,000 times in his life,” court records show.James David Opp, a convicted drug offender, also "related that he almost drank himself to death” in his past, the records show.Opp, 60, of Oklahoma City, was charged Tuesday with first-degree ...
Police: Oklahoma City woman doused with gasoline, set on fire (Tulsa World)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:33:03 GMT
Her house also was set on fire with her three children inside, Oklahoma City police said.
Oklahoma City woman, home set on fire (The Oklahoman)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:04:05 GMT
An Oklahoma City woman was taken to a hospital Tuesday with third-degree burns after she was doused with gasoline and set on fire. Her house also was set on fire with her three children inside, Oklahoma City police said.The victim, whose name and age were not released, had third-degree burns on 30 to 40 percent of her body and was taken to Integris Baptist Medical Center, police Capt. Patrick ...
Woman doused with gasoline and set on fire, Oklahoma City police say (The Oklahoman)
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:04:13 GMT
A woman was set on fire and her house was set on fire with her children inside this afternoon in southeast Oklahoma City, police said.George Rodriguez, 34, screamed at news photographers as he lay prostrate next to a patrol car in the 2800 block of SE 47. Rodriguez was arrested in connection with the fire and had been placed on the ground because he kicked out a window of a patrol car, Oklahoma ...
