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Patty Jean Husband

Case from Edmond, OK dated Aug 20, 1986

Victim Details

Patty Jean Husband

Female

Edmond

OK

1986-08-20

47

Patty

Jean Husband

07/07/2026

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On an otherwise ordinary Wednesday in Edmond, Oklahoma, the community was shattered by an act of violence that claimed the life of 47-year-old Patty Jean Husband and thirteen others. On August 20, 1986, a disgruntled mail carrier, Patrick Sherrill, embarked on a deadly rampage at the Edmond Post Office, the workplace he was reportedly about to be dismissed from. This tragic event would later become known as the Edmond Post Office Massacre.

The morning began like any other for Husband and ...
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  • Edmond Post Office Massacre | The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture
  • MAIL CARRIER KILLS 14 IN POST OFFICE, THEN HIMSELF (Published 1986)
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