Do you know who murdered Geraldine? In the pre-dawn hours of November 4, 1988, a celebration of life was tragically cut short in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Geraldine 'Gerri' Chew, a 46-year-old white female, was with her boyfriend, Darryl Wayne Leister, in his truck parked outside his home at 735 N. Lewis Ave. They had been out celebrating what would have been Gerri's 47th birthday the very next day. The festive mood was shattered around 3 a.m.
when a figure emerged from the darkness and violently attacked the couple.
The unknown assailant, described as a white man with shoulder-length curly blond hair, first targeted Leister, who was in the driver's seat, stabbing him multiple times with a six-inch knife. The attacker then moved to the passenger side of the truck, smashed the window, and stabbed Gerri twice. One of the wounds was directly to her heart. In a desperate attempt to escape, Leister put the truck in drive while the assailant was still holding on, then slammed on the brakes, causing the man to fall away.
Leister, despite being stabbed four times, managed to rush Gerri to a nearby hospital. Tragically, her injuries were too severe, and she was pronounced deceased at 3:37 a.m. Leister survived the brutal assault. At the time of her death, Geraldine, a former legal secretary who was working as a part-time housekeeper, was a mother to two grown children. The suspect, who was estimated to be between 5'7' and 5'10' and weighed between 130 and 150 pounds, was wearing a brown jacket. To date, no arrests have been made in the case, and the murder of Geraldine Chew remains an unsolved crime.
