In the quiet town of Bessie, Oklahoma, the lives of a young family were irrevocably shattered on the evening of April 22, 2018. On that Sunday, 27-year-old Tyler Scott Sloan, a White male, was found deceased in his home in what authorities would later describe as a tragic murder-suicide. The events of that night left a community in shock and a family torn apart by violence.
Emergency services were dispatched to the Sloan residence after receiving a distressing call at 8:34 p.m.
reporting a shooting. Upon their arrival, Washita County Sheriff's deputies secured the scene and discovered the bodies of Tyler and his 23-year-old wife, Ciara Dawn Sloan. The investigation was subsequently handed over to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation to piece together the harrowing final moments that transpired within the home.
Investigators determined that Tyler Scott Sloan was the sole perpetrator in the incident. It is believed that he first killed his wife before turning the weapon on himself. An autopsy later confirmed that Tyler's cause of death was a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The medical examiner's report for Ciara revealed that she had died from blunt force trauma to the head. Given the nature of the events, authorities did not search for any other suspects, and the case was closed. The devastating incident left behind their children and a community to grapple with the sudden and violent loss.
