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Melissa Lynn Dake

Case from Tulsa, OK dated Nov 23, 2013

Victim Details

Melissa Lynn Dake

Female

White / Caucasian

Tulsa

OK

2013-11-23

35

Melissa

Lynn Dake

07/08/2026

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In the quiet neighborhood of north Tulsa, Oklahoma, a grim scene unfolded on the evening of November 23, 2013, forever altering the lives of several families. Inside a home on North New Haven Avenue, 35-year-old Melissa Lynn Dake was with her husband, Charlie Dean Dake Jr., and several other individuals when a gunman entered and opened fire. The brutal attack resulted in the deaths of Melissa, her husband, and two other women, Glenda Ellen Harper, 54, and Tammy Brunson, 46.

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