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Earl Ray Williams

Case from Holdenville, OK dated Jul 09, 2004

Victim Details

Earl Ray Williams

July 6, 2023

Male

Holdenville

OK

2004-07-09

2004-07-09

1960-06-04

true

$2,000.00

44

Earl Ray Williams

Earl

Ray Williams

Victim

06/26/2026


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Who stabbed this rancher, then put a sheet over his body?
In the summer of 2004, the quiet life of 44-year-old rancher Earl Ray Williams came to a violent and mysterious end in Holdenville, Oklahoma. On the morning of July 9th, a woman taking a walk in Gene Adams Park made a grim discovery: a man's body, concealed under a sheet. The man was soon identified as Williams, a local resident whose home was not far from the park where he was found.

Investigators from the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation quickly determined that Williams had not di ...
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  • OSBI sets reward in slaying - The Oklahoman
  • Hughes County murder probed | Local News | mcalesternews.com

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