In the summer of 1999, fourteen-year-old Bobbie Lynn Wofford, a female, vanished during the Fourth of July weekend in Kingfisher, Oklahoma. She had informed her mother she would be spending the holiday with friends at Lake Canton. However, her plans changed, and she was last seen in the early morning hours of July 5, 1999. The last known sighting of Bobbie was outside a Love's Convenience Store in Kingfisher, where she was reportedly speaking to a man in a red pickup truck.
After that encounter, she was not seen alive again.
For months, there was no sign of Bobbie. The community remained on edge until November 4, 1999, when quail hunters stumbled upon a grim discovery in a remote wooded area west of Kingfisher, a place known to be a local party spot for teenagers. The skeletal remains were later identified as those of Bobbie Lynn Wofford. Investigators found her library card and makeup at the scene, and the clothing found with the remains matched the description of what she was last seen wearing. An autopsy determined that her life had been ended by a gunshot to the head, leading authorities to believe she was murdered at the very location where she was found.
The investigation into Bobbie's murder was extensive, yet for a long time, no arrests were made. A significant development came in 2001 when notorious serial killer Tommy Lynn Sells confessed to her murder. Sells provided details about the crime, claiming he had taken a pair of earrings from her, which her mother later identified as belonging to Bobbie. However, the earrings were a mass-produced item, and with no other corroborating evidence, authorities could not definitively link Sells to the crime. Despite his confession, Tommy Lynn Sells was never formally charged with the murder of Bobbie Lynn Wofford, and he is no longer considered a suspect in her case. He was executed in 2014 for other crimes.
To this day, the murder of Bobbie Lynn Wofford remains unsolved. The Kingfisher County Sheriff's Office and the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation have continued to work on the cold case over the years, interviewing numerous individuals and following up on various leads. The Federal Bureau of Investigation was also involved and created a profile of the potential killer, though this has not been released to the public. A reward for information leading to a resolution in her case is still being offered. The tragic death of the young girl left a lasting scar on the Kingfisher community, a community unaccustomed to such violent acts.
