Do you know who murdered Carol? In the spring of 1989, a devastating fire in a Tulsa, Oklahoma apartment complex masked a brutal crime that would remain unsolved for decades. On March 29, 1989, firefighters were dispatched to an apartment fire and discovered the body of 27-year-old Carol Sue Pittman. Initially, it was believed she had perished in the blaze, a tragic accident. However, the grim scene held a deeper tragedy; her 17-month-old daughter, Kasey Wald, was also found in the smoke-filled apartment.
The infant was rushed to the hospital but tragically died from smoke inhalation.
As investigators delved deeper, the initial assumption of an accidental fire began to unravel. Months after her death, a more thorough examination of Carol's remains revealed a horrifying truth: she had no carbon monoxide in her blood, indicating she was not breathing when the fire started. This led to the exhumation of her body, and a subsequent autopsy uncovered a broken bone in her neck. Her cause of death was then officially ruled a homicide by strangulation. It became clear that Carol had been murdered before the fire was intentionally set, a desperate attempt to conceal the crime.
The case of Carol Sue Pittman and her young daughter, Kasey Wald, became a haunting double homicide for the Tulsa Police Department. The investigation into their deaths has spanned many years, yet no arrests have ever been made, and no suspects have been publicly named. Years before her death, Carol had filed for an emergency protective order against the man who fathered her daughter, though it was dismissed shortly after. Despite this information, the case has grown cold, leaving the question of who committed this heinous act unanswered. The Tulsa Police Department continues to list the case as unsolved, a lingering mystery of a mother and child whose lives were cut short.
