Do you know who murdered Mansul? In the quiet city of Tulsa, Oklahoma, a story of vulnerability and violence unfolded on October 5, 1975, forever marking a tragic chapter in its history. Mansul Britt, a 65-year-old male, was found brutally murdered in the sanctuary of his own home at 1422 N. Lansing. Known to his friends and neighbors as Sul, he was a man who faced the world with a significant disadvantage; he was a paraplegic, a condition that rendered him particularly defenseless.
This vulnerability had not gone unnoticed by the darker elements of society, as he had been the victim of assault and robbery on multiple occasions prior to his death.
On that fateful Sunday evening, concerned neighbors, having not seen or heard from him, placed a call to the Tulsa Police Department to check on his welfare. At approximately 6 p.m., officers arrived at his residence and made the grim discovery. Inside, they found Mr. Britt's lifeless body, the scene bearing the unmistakable signs of a violent struggle. The cause of his death was determined to be severe blunt force trauma, the result of a vicious and merciless beating. The disarray of his home suggested that robbery was a likely motive for the heinous crime, a final, fatal violation of his person and his home.
Despite the brutality of the crime and the evident motive, the investigation into Mansul Britt's murder yielded no immediate suspects. The trail grew cold, and for decades, the case has remained unsolved, a lingering shadow in the files of the Tulsa Police Department. No arrests have ever been made, and no one has been held accountable for the violent end to a life already fraught with challenges. The murder of Sul Britt is now classified as a cold case, a silent testament to a life cut short and a plea for justice that has echoed through the years, awaiting a breakthrough that might finally bring peace to his memory and closure to a long-unanswered question of who was responsible.
