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Tara Johnston

Case from Oklahoma City, OK dated Feb 28, 2012

Victim Details

Tara Johnston

March 28, 2022

Female

White / Caucasian

Oklahoma City

OK

2012-02-28

2012-02-28

29

Tara

Johnston

07/11/2026

1


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In the quiet community of Oklahoma City, a young mother's life was tragically cut short in a devastating act of violence that also claimed the life of her infant daughter. Twenty-nine-year-old Tara Shay Johnston was discovered deceased inside her home in what authorities would later describe as a double-homicide. Alongside her was her one-year-old daughter, Allison Johnston.

The heartbreaking discovery sent ripples of shock and grief through the neighborhood as friends and family were lef ...
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