Do you know who murdered Sheila? On Valentine's Day in 2006, Sheila Diane Sharp Scott, a 46-year-old woman from Tulsa, Oklahoma, vanished. Her daughter last saw her around 4:00 p.m. that day, and it was the last time she was seen by her family. Concerns for her welfare grew as time passed with no word of her whereabouts. At the time of her disappearance, it was known that Scott was involved in a turbulent relationship with a male companion, and she was also reportedly connected to the drug trade.
Foul play was suspected in her disappearance, but with no sign of Scott or her vehicle, the case grew cold.
For more than five years, Sheila Scott's fate remained a mystery. Her family, particularly her eldest daughter who was left to care for her younger siblings, held out hope for her return, though the passage of time made a happy reunion increasingly unlikely. The break in the case finally came on October 25, 2011, when a grim discovery was made in a retention pond at 500 S. Mingo in Tulsa. A person walking their dog found a shoe containing a human foot near the water's edge, prompting an investigation that led authorities to drain the pond.
Submerged in the murky water was Sheila Scott's vehicle, and inside, investigators found her remains. The discovery confirmed her family's long-held fears. While the circumstances of her death were highly suspicious, pointing towards a homicide, no arrests have been made in the case. The man with whom she had a volatile relationship was noted by police, but there is no publicly available information to suggest he was ever charged in connection with her death. The case of Sheila Diane Sharp Scott is now considered a cold case, leaving her family with unanswered questions and a continued wait for justice.
