Do you know who murdered Kimberly? In the summer of 1998, a young mother named Kimberly Doreen Pritchett-Mullens, a 32-year-old Native American and White female, vanished from her Tulsa, Oklahoma home under a cloud of suspicion. Known to her loved ones as Kim, she was a mother of four, with her youngest child being only a few weeks old at the time of her disappearance. The last known sighting of Kimberly was sometime in June of that year, following what was described as a heated argument with her husband, Lee Mullens.
Following the argument, Kimberly was gone. Her husband reportedly told her family that she had left him for another man. However, this story was met with immediate skepticism by those who knew her best. They found it unbelievable that Kimberly, a devoted mother, would abandon her children, especially her newborn. Adding to their suspicion was the fact that she had left behind all of her personal belongings, including her purse. This uncharacteristic departure led her family to report her missing to the Tulsa Police Department.
The circumstances surrounding Kimberly's disappearance were troubling to investigators, who quickly came to suspect foul play. It was reported that Kimberly was in an abusive marriage. The violent fight on the night she went missing, coupled with her sudden and complete severance from her family and children, pointed towards a more sinister explanation than simply leaving.
Despite the passage of years, Kimberly Pritchett-Mullens's case remains an active investigation, now considered a cold case by the Tulsa Police Department. She is described as being 5'4' and weighing around 120 pounds, with brown hair and blue/hazel eyes. A distinctive tattoo of the words 'Lee's Wife' was on her left shoulder. While her husband was the last person known to have seen her and was involved in an argument with her prior to her disappearance, no arrests have been made, and no suspects have been officially named in connection with her vanishing. Her children and family continue to await answers in the perplexing and heartbreaking case of what happened to Kimberly.
