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Kayla Yates

Case from Oklahoma City, OK dated Feb 14, 2022

Victim Details

Kayla Yates

Female

Native American / American Indian

Oklahoma City

OK

2022-02-14

30

Kayla

Yates

06/25/2026

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On Valentine's Day in 2022, 30-year-old Kayla Julia Cherice Yates, a citizen of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, was found deceased in a car in Oklahoma City. A welfare check just after 10 a.m. led police to the vehicle parked off Northwest 10th Street near Portland Avenue, where they discovered the bodies of Yates and 40-year-old Raymond Lindsey 'Koda' Paddyaker Sr. Both had been shot in what was ruled a double homicide. Yates, who was just days away from her 31st birthday, had sustained a guns ...
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  • KFOR.com Oklahoma City: Police identify 2 people found dead in vehicle in Oklahoma City
  • Kayla Yates Obituary | Feb 14, 2022 | Geary, OK
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    Has anyone else been following the developments in the tragic case of Kayla Yates and Raymond Paddya... ...Read More
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