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Stone Gardens: A tragic 1939 farming accident in rural Leflore County claimed a 14-year-old victim
Murrel Virgil French In the "Stone Gardens" series, we return to these quieter markers--the ones that do not belong to chiefs, colonels, or celebrated outlaws, but to the children and laborers whose lives were cut short by the tools and materials of their time. Murrel French’s grave is one of them. At the foot of Soap Hill, along Poker Bend Road in the quiet bottomland near Williams in Leflore County, , a simple stone in French Cemetery carries a line that stops the eye: “Kil
Dennis McCaslin
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Cold Case Files: Victim was stabbed 28 times and body was burned in 2021 Delaware County unsolved murder
Brett Adam Scheele On the night of December 9, 2021, the partially burned body of 37-year-old Brett Adam Scheele was discovered along South 609 Road in a wooded section of the Lake Eucha area in Delaware County. The remains were found at approximately 11:09 p.m. inside a brush pile that had been set on fire. Scheele, whose hometown was listed as Jay, was identified through fingerprint comparison. The Delaware County Sheriff’s Office quickly requested assistance from the Oklah
Dennis McCaslin
15 hours ago2 min read
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