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Elzadah Lockwood

Death by Force
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In the summer of 1919, in the town of Vinita, Oklahoma, a tumultuous relationship came to a violent and tragic end for a woman named Elzadah Lockwood. A widow, she had recently remarried a man named Lee Monroe Betterton, a man with a dark and violent past that was seemingly unknown to her. Their relationship was fraught with conflict from the very beginning, marked by constant arguments that foreshadowed the impending tragedy.

The couple's history was a whirlwind of turmoil. They had marr ...Read More
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    Victim Details

    Elzadah Lockwood

    Female

    Vinita

    OK

    1919-07-09

    Elzadah

    Lockwood

    11/25/2025

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