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Oklahoma missing persons & unsolved case statistics

Numbers behind 4,202 missing person, death by force, unidentified, unclaimed, serial killer and mass murder cases in Oklahoma – by state, decade, age, sex, race and how many are solved. Free to read and link to; members get every breakdown, filters, sortable tables and CSV downloads.

Data as of October 29, 2026 · updated daily · How these numbers are counted

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Cases in Oklahoma
4,202
3,356 open · 829 solved / resolved
Missing Persons
1,068
646 still missing · 39.5% located
Deaths by Force
2,827
2,448 unsolved · 13.3% solved
Unidentified Remains
128
109 unidentified · 14.8% identified
Unclaimed Persons
166
153 unclaimed · 7.8% claimed
Serial killer profiles
9
by the state where they killed
Mass murders
4
28 people killed
Added in the last 30 days
5
956 added or updated
Oldest open case
1889
Myra Maybelle Shirley Reed, Eufaula, OK · unsolved

“Solved / resolved” means a missing person located, a death by force marked solved or charged, unidentified remains identified, or an unclaimed person claimed. Our homicide records focus on unsolved cases, so these shares are not police clearance rates – see the methodology.

Cases by type

Missing Persons 1,068 646 still missing
Deaths by Force 2,827 2,448 unsolved
Unidentified Remains 128 109 unidentified
Unclaimed Persons 166 153 unclaimed
Serial Killer Profiles 9
Mass Murders 4

By state & province

Cases per state and per 100,000 residents, a shaded state-by-state list, top cities, and Indigenous missing and murdered (MMIP) by state.

Cases by state and province

Click a state or province to see its statistics. All case types.

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Top cities by open cases

Missing, deaths by force, unidentified and unclaimed cases, by the city recorded on the case.

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CityStateCasesOpenSolved / resolvedSolved / resolved %
TulsaOK1,2431,00423919.2%
Oklahoma CityOK1,17691126322.4%
LawtonOK1421043826.8%
NormanOK119685142.9%
MuskogeeOK66531218.5%
Broken ArrowOK50401020%
EdmondOK4538715.6%
OkmulgeeOK3630616.7%
ArdmoreOK2925413.8%
StillwaterOK2623311.5%
BartlesvilleOK2420416.7%
Sand SpringsOK222029.1%
EnidOK2618830.8%
McalesterOK2118314.3%
ShawneeOK2216627.3%
ClaremoreOK1916315.8%
GuthrieOK1816211.1%
DuncanOK171615.9%
ChickashaOK1914526.3%
Midwest CityOK1513213.3%
TahlequahOK141317.1%
WagonerOK141317.1%
SeminoleOK131300%
HenryettaOK1812633.3%
BethanyOK1412214.3%
Del CityOK24111354.2%
AltusOK111100%
WoodwardOK111100%
Ponca CityOK1310216.7%
PurcellOK101000%
AdaOK149535.7%
GroveOK119218.2%
ClintonOK109110%
JayOK109110%
SpencerOK109110%
AtokaOK9900%
SapulpaOK118327.3%
AnadarkoOK108220%
Broken BowOK98111.1%
WewokaOK8800%

Indigenous missing and murdered (MMIP), by state / province

Cases where the person is recorded as American Indian, Alaska Native, Indigenous or First Nations. 262 missing persons were reported missing from tribal land (136 still missing).

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State / provinceMissingStill missingDeaths by forceUnsolvedUnidentified / unclaimedTotal
Oklahoma9447302610134

By decade & year

Cases by decade and year, the solved share by decade (the “cold case curve”), and seasonality by month and day of the week.

Cases by decade

Stacked by case type.

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Solved / resolved share by decade

The “cold case curve”: the share of each decade’s cases now marked solved, located, identified or claimed (decades with fewer than 10 cases are left out).

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Cases by year (last 50 years)

Recent years include many newly added cases; older years are more likely to be resolved and removed from public databases.

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Cases by month

Seasonality: month of the case date (only cases with a full date).

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Cases by day of the week

Day of the week of the case date (only cases with a full date).

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By age

Age groups for each case type, solved share by age, average ages and an age / sex pyramid.

Cases by age group

Average age: 32.0 missing · 34.1 deaths by force · 35.0 unidentified.

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Solved / resolved share by age group

Share of each age group’s cases marked solved, located, identified or claimed.

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Age and sex

Male (left) and female (right) by age group – missing, deaths by force, unidentified and unclaimed together.

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By sex

Male / female split for each case type and solved share by sex.

Cases by sex

Share of each case type that is male, female or not recorded.

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Solved / resolved share by sex

Share of male and female cases marked solved, located, identified or claimed.

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By race & ethnicity

Race and ethnicity compared with the U.S. population, and the solved share for each group.

Cases by race / ethnicity

Share of each case type, compared with the U.S. population in the table.

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Solved / resolved share by race / ethnicity

Share of each group’s cases marked solved, located, identified or claimed (groups with fewer than 10 cases are left out).

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Solve rates & how long cases stay open

Case status for deaths by force, how many years open cases have been open, and a state-by-decade solved-share heatmap.

Deaths by force: case status

How each case is recorded. “Charged / in court” counts as solved in the solved share; accidental and self-inflicted deaths are left out of it.

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How long open cases have been open

Years since the case date, for cases still unsolved, missing, unidentified or unclaimed.

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Solved / resolved share by state and decade

Percent of missing, deaths by force, unidentified and unclaimed cases now solved, located, identified or claimed. Hover a cell for the count.

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State1950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s2020s
OK45714936
<2%2–55–1010–2020–3535–5050%+fewer than 10 cases

Rewards offered 5 deaths by force cases list a reward, and 5 of them are still unsolved.

Possible matches

Possible missing person / unidentified remains matches by score.

Possible missing person / unidentified matches

102,241 possible matches scoring 75% or higher, involving 13,698 missing persons and 7,876 unidentified remains. Browse the matches.

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Serial killers & mass murders

Serial killers by victims and decade; mass murders by year, place, firearms, attacker and victims.

Serial killers by number of victims

Confirmed victims listed on each profile (9 profiles).

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Serial killers by decade they started

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Serial killers by sex and race

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GroupProfilesShare
Sex: Male888.9%
Sex: Unknown111.1%
Race: Black222.2%
Race: White555.6%
Race: Unknown / not recorded222.2%

Mass murders by year

4 incidents. Killed per year is in the table and the next chart.

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People killed in mass murders, by year

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Mass murders by type of place

All incidents in the database (not affected by the filters).

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Firearms used in mass shootings, by type

Firearms recorded in the Violence Project data for incidents up to its last update (90 with 1 firearms, 52 with 2 firearms, 28 with 3 firearms, 31 with 4 or more firearms). All incidents (not affected by the filters).

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Mass murderers: age, sex and race

The attacker in each incident, where recorded.

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GroupIncidentsShare
Sex: Male250%
Sex: Unknown250%
Race: White125%
Race: Black125%
Race: Unknown / not recorded250%
Age: 35-49250%
Age: Unknown250%
Setting: Urban105–
Setting: Rural48–
Setting: Suburban48–
Setting: Not recorded68–

Mass murder victims: relationship to the killer

1,728 victims listed; 33.4% female. All incidents (not affected by the filters).

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Longest-open cases

The oldest unsolved, missing, unidentified and unclaimed cases, linked to each case file.

Longest-open missing persons

The 25 oldest still missing cases in Oklahoma.

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NamePlaceDateYearsAgeSex
Elijah CravensOkmulgee, OKJan 190212430Male
Joan CroftWoodward, OKApr 1947794Female
Phillip MicknalOklahoma City, OKMay 19537330Male
Carol BattermanOKC/Moore, OKMay 19586819Female
Maxine GreenPawhuska, OKOct 19616526Female
Judith ElwellOklahoma City, OKJul 1967595Female
Carolyn BriggsBokchito, OKJan 19705618Female
James StanfordClinton, OKMay 19715516Male
Alan SoperTulsa, OKJun 19745222Male
Shirley BanningTulsa, OKMay 19755136Female
Linda DavisClaremore, OKJan 19765029Female
Stephen MurphyTulsa, OKMay 19765019Male
Arile ShatswellOklahoma City, OKJun 19765036Male
Cynthia KinneyPawhuska, OKJun 19765016Female
Jimmy RobinsonElmore City, OKSep 19765020Male
Kim MosesBristow, OKFeb 19774920Male
Donald MorrisHodgenville, OKJul 19774937Male
Ronnie DavisSwink, OKAug 19774924Male
Teresa CuppsOklahoma City, OKJan 19784819Female
Kenneth SumnerGerty, OKApr 19784848Male
Cheryl TaylorPicher, OKJul 19784812Female
Riley RoseSallisaw, OKJul 19784841Male
Sheryl Denise TaylorPicher, OKJul 19784812Female
Kathleen HensonTulsa, OKMar 19794730Female
Royce HensonTulsa, OKMar 1979471Male

Longest-open deaths by force

The 25 oldest unsolved cases in Oklahoma.

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NamePlaceDateYearsAgeSex
Myra Maybelle Shirley ReedEufaula, OKFeb 188913740Female
Oliver Ol YantisOrlando, OKNov 189213423Male
Lafayette Lafe ShadleyIngalls, OKSep 189313349Male
Frank BriggsIngalls, OKSep 1893133–Male
Richard Dick SpeedIngalls, OKSep 189313326Male
Young SimmonsIngalls, OKSep 1893133–Male
William M. Bill DaltonArdmore, OKJun 189413230Male
William Tulsa Jack BlakeMajor, OKApr 189513135Male
Charley PiercePawnee, OKMay 189513128Male
George Bitter Creek NewcombPawnee, OKMay 189513128Male
George Red Buck WeightArapaho, OKMar 189613034Male
William Bill DoolinLawson, OKAug 189613037Male
Daniel CliftonNewkirk, OKNov 189712932Male
Richard WestLogan, OKApr 189812837Male
A.J. BoydLangston, OKMay 190012651Male
George Houston HughDavis, OKMay 190012645Male
Herbert GoddardGoodwater, OKAug 190012640Male
Thomas Jefferson TaylorPawnee, OKOct 190012653Male
Jesse Whitfield MorrisMountain View, OKDec 190012646Male
Jefferson Davis SurrattSan Bois, OKDec 190012639Male
Tom JohnsonPawnee, OKMar 1901125–Male
George SmithMedford, OKMay 190112525Male
John PoeComanche, OKSep 190112557Male
George BeckCaddo, OKJan 190212431Male
Frank SmithCaddo, OKJan 190212442Male

Longest-open unidentified remains

The 25 oldest unidentified cases in Oklahoma.

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NamePlaceDateYearsAgeSex
Unidentified MaleMcAlester, OKFeb 19725460Male
Unidentified MaleClinton, OKJun 19725418Male
Unidentified MaleAtoka, OKAug 19725443Male
Unidentified MaleOklahoma City, OKOct 19725460Male
Unidentified FemaleMoore/Norman, OKAug 19745240Female
Unidentified MaleHaskell, OKJan 19755119Male
Unidentified MaleHulbert, OKJan 1976501Male
Unidentified MaleTulsa, OKSep 19784865Male
Unidentified MaleElk City, OKFeb 1979471Male
Unidentified MaleMuskogee, OKSep 19794735Male
Unidentified MaleWagoner, OKApr 198046–Male
Unidentified MaleWeatherford, OKMay 19804660Male
Unidentified MaleOklahoma City, OKFeb 19814560Male
Unidentified FemaleNorman, OKApr 19814540Female
Unidentified MaleMedicine Park, OKMay 1981451Male
Unidentified MaleOKJan 19824465Male
Unidentified MaleCarter, OKFeb 19824433Male
Unidentified FemaleMannford, OKAug 19824428Female
Unidentified MaleTulsa, OKAug 19824433Male
Unidentified MaleOKMar 19834353Male
Unidentified MaleBroken Bow, OKApr 19834345Male
Unidentified MaleWagoner, OKMay 19834360Male
Unidentified FemaleTulsa, OKJul 19834340Female
Unidentified FemaleWarner, OKDec 198343–Female
Unidentified MaleMarietta, OKDec 19834353Male

Longest-open unclaimed persons

The 25 oldest unclaimed cases in Oklahoma.

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NamePlaceDateYearsAgeSex
Sam RodriquezMidwest City, OKFeb 198145–Male
William FulsomOklahoma City, OKMar 198541–Male
Reynaldo ParedezOklahoma City, OKMar 200719–Male
Juan MartinezMuldrow, OKMay 201214–Male
Earl FarnsleyTulsa, OKAug 201214–Male
Bonnie WillisTulsa, OKAug 201214–Female
James BurgeTulsa, OKNov 201214–Male
Jim DouglasTulsa, OKDec 201214–Male
Darrell SutterfieldVian, OKDec 201214–Male
Robert WheelerOklahoma City, OKJan 201313–Male
David RoseTulsa, OKMar 201313–Male
Irineo FloresOklahoma City, OKMar 201313–Male
Donald MillerMuskogee, OKMar 201313–Male
Rogelio Garcia - FierroTulsa, OKApr 201313–Male
Arthur PeughOklahoma City, OKApr 201313–Male
Charles DoverTulsa, OKMay 201313–Male
Paul MillerNorman, OKMay 201313–Male
Fredrick PudwillOklahoma City, OKJun 201313–Male
Lloyd Wadsworth IITulsa, OKJul 201313–Male
Delores SantosOklahoma City, OKAug 201313–Female
Harvey CrapoMcAlester, OKAug 201313–Male
Karen McGlothlinEl Reno, OKAug 201313–Female
John RocheOKAug 201313–Male
Billy VestNorman, OKOct 201313–Male
George AthayOklahoma City, OKNov 201313–Male

Community activity

Forum discussion, memorials, evidence boards and the most viewed cases.

Community activity

Real member activity on case pages (all cases, not affected by the filters).

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MeasureCount
Cases with member forum discussion: Mass murders19
Cases with member forum discussion: Missing persons379
Cases with member forum discussion: Deaths by force717
Cases with member forum discussion: Serial killers59
Cases with member forum discussion: Unclaimed3
Cases with member forum discussion: Unidentified4
Cases with a MyMemorium memorial5,007
Evidence boards created by members256

Most viewed deaths by force cases

All-time page views.

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CasePlaceViews
Joachim SummerfordAberdeen, NC12,682
Zion TerryRichmond, VA11,602
Travis A. HobbsNew-orleans, LA6,120
Shannon WatkinsJonesboro, GA5,496
Jameal GaudetHarvey, LA4,977
Melanie Lynn BerryWichita-falls, TX4,891
Kiarra Jazzmyn GeorgeSacramento, CA4,732
Romeca MeeksChicago, IL4,147
Shuaib Naz “Shuaiby” AslamStockton, CA3,767
Javon M. BaileyLouisville, KY3,737
Felicito CanalesBaton-rouge, LA3,591
Shawn HudsonThrockmorton County, TX3,563
Eric Tyrone Smith, Sr.Jackson, MS3,334
Benjamin Joseph DeenHattiesburg, MS3,296
David WashingtonPensacola, FL3,279

Methodology & how to cite

These statistics count the cases in the Crime Solvers Central database as of October 29, 2026. They are rebuilt every night.

What is counted

  • Missing persons – NamUs, NCMEC and Canadian police cases. “Located” means the case is marked resolved (found alive or deceased). Age is the age when last seen.
  • Deaths by force – homicides and other violent deaths from police, news, court and public records. “Solved” includes cases marked solved, charged / in court, primary suspect deceased or substantiated. Deaths ruled accidental or self-inflicted are counted but left out of solved shares.
  • Unidentified remains and unclaimed persons – NamUs cases. Unidentified ages use the middle of the medical examiner’s estimated range.
  • Serial killer profiles are placed in the state where they killed and the first year they were active; victims are the confirmed victims listed on the profile. Mass murders are incidents, dated by the attack; attacker and firearm details come from The Violence Project coding where available.
  • Race and ethnicity are as recorded by the source and grouped into broad categories; “Multiracial” is used when more than one is listed.
  • Per-100,000 rates use 2020 U.S. Census and 2021 Canadian Census populations.

Limits

  • This is not a complete count of all crime. Our homicide records lean heavily toward unsolved cases, so the solved share is much lower than official police clearance rates and should not be reported as one.
  • Coverage differs by state and by year: some cities and states have been imported in full, others only partly, and recent years include many newly added cases.
  • Cases without a date, age, state or race are left out of that breakdown only (they still count in the totals).

How to cite

Crime Solvers Central. “Oklahoma Missing Persons & Unsolved Case Statistics.” Data as of October 29, 2026. https://crimesolverscentral.com/statistics/oklahoma

You’re welcome to link to this page or to any state’s page (for example /statistics/texas). Each chart’s Cite button copies a citation that links straight to that chart.