Do you know who murdered Elizabeth? In the early spring of 2004, the life of Elizabeth Long Jacob, a 46-year-old Caucasian woman known to her friends as Liz, was cut tragically short in Tulsa, Oklahoma. On the evening of March 15th, or the early morning of March 16th, the sound of gunshots echoed through an apartment complex at 8303 E. 25th Place. When police responded to the scene, they discovered Elizabeth's body in the courtyard.
She had been fatally wounded by a gunshot to the head.
The investigation into Elizabeth's death quickly uncovered a tangled web of events that had unfolded in the weeks prior to her murder. She had been a material witness in the homicide of Anthony Overstreet, whose body was discovered rolled in a carpet on February 21, 2004. Initially, investigators had considered Elizabeth a suspect in Overstreet's death and had arrested her. However, as the investigation progressed, she was cleared of any involvement and her status changed to that of a key witness.
A man by the name of Luis Lara-Martinez was identified by police as the likely person responsible for Overstreet's murder. When officers moved in to arrest him, he reportedly pointed a firearm at them and was shot and killed. The connection between Elizabeth's cooperation with the police in the Overstreet case and her own murder just weeks later remains a strong possibility, though a definitive link has never been established.
Despite the passage of time, the murder of Elizabeth Jacob remains an unsolved cold case. No arrests have ever been made, and no suspects have been publicly named in her death. The Tulsa Police Department continues to seek information from the public that might lead to a breakthrough in the case and bring closure to the family and friends of Elizabeth.
