Do you know what happened to Christine? In the winter of 1989, the quiet community of Sand Springs, Oklahoma, was unsettled by a grim discovery. On January 2nd, human remains were found on the banks of the Arkansas River at 16100 W. Wekiwa Road. The female victim remained a mystery for over two decades, a Jane Doe whose identity was lost to time. It wasn't until 2011 that investigators were finally able to give her a name: Christine Miller, a 19-year-old who had been reported missing from Tulsa in January of 1989.
Some reports state she was 20 years old and wasn't identified until 2014.
Christine had a history of leaving home, so when she initially disappeared in 1988, she wasn't immediately reported as a missing person. When her body was discovered, she was wearing a blue blouse with white polka dots, a white skirt, and a single white sandal. She also wore two distinctive silver rings on her left hand, one with a triangular turquoise design and the other decorated with braided wire. The cause of her death was determined to be blunt force trauma to the head. Further investigation revealed the brutality of her final moments; she had also been shot between the breasts with a shotgun. The medical examiner estimated she had been deceased for three to six months before her body was found.
Despite the passage of time and the eventual identification of Christine's remains, her case has grown cold. Law enforcement has identified a principal suspect and other possible persons of interest, but a lack of sufficient evidence has prevented any arrests from being made. The case remains an open and active investigation, a painful piece of history for the Sand Springs community and a long-unanswered question for Christine Miller's family. Investigators continue to seek information from the public, hoping that someone will come forward with the key piece of evidence needed to finally bring her killer to justice.
