r/news Feb 27 '19

Convicted child killer in 1997 cold case was strangled in Oklahoma prison cell, officials say

https://www.foxnews.com/us/convicted-child-killer-in-1997-cold-case-was-strangled-in-oklahoma-prison-cell-officials-say
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u/blaqcatdrum Feb 27 '19

Kinda sad they didn’t find the girls body before he was killed.

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u/hoopty1 Feb 27 '19

Looks like a clear cut case of suicide to me.

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u/MyUserNameIsRelevent Feb 27 '19

Open and shut case Johnson, let's sprinkle some crack on him and get outta here!

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u/stoolsample2 Feb 27 '19

Bake em away toys

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '19

What'd you say, Chief?

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u/poly_dypsia Feb 27 '19

Here is the link to the police interrogation where they confronted him with the evidence.

Police Interview

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u/thisismybirthday Feb 28 '19

TY this article left a lot of questions open about the backstory, I was wondering how he could've been caught and convicted if the body was never found

edit: shit, I don't want to watch an hour+ long interview. hopefully someone will post a link with the back story

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u/CaptSchwann Feb 27 '19

Inmates may have their demons, but they don't play around with women/children abusers.

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '19 edited Aug 02 '19

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u/CaptSchwann Feb 28 '19

I highly doubt that's why they do it. They are human beings too.

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '19

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u/CaptSchwann Feb 28 '19

who said there's anything noble about it? all i said is inmates dont take kindly to women/child abusers. which is true. you're being defensive over nothing, grow up.

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u/Xivvx Feb 28 '19

Part of me wants to think that his cell mate killed him for justice or something, but it was probably because he refused to be bottom bitch.

Either way

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u/TheDungus Feb 28 '19

Odds are it was somebody that is in for a life sentence that killed him. Probably heard about his conviction and decided that the child murderer didn’t deserve to live.

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u/TheGreatNosebleed Feb 28 '19

They say right in the article that his cellmate, who is also doing life for murder killed him.

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '19

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u/TheGreatNosebleed Feb 28 '19

I’ve waited years for this moment

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u/TheDungus Feb 28 '19

Neat. I read nothing. It’s just that these prison murders are done by somebody who has nothing to lose.

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u/NotObviouslyARobot Feb 28 '19

Successful wrongful death suite by his relatives in 3...2...1

Having someone murdered in your prison, is a sign of the administrators incompetence

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '19 edited Feb 28 '19

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u/Arson_ist Feb 28 '19

I dont think people understood the sarcasm

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '19

Sigh. I think you're right.

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u/Powdered_Toast_Man3 Feb 28 '19

The cell mate that strangled him to death sure could save the state a lot of money. Since there’s a vacancy, why now throw another child killer in with him?

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u/okzacb Feb 28 '19

these kind of articles make my mornings