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In May of 1977, police were called to an apartment complex near SE 25 and Douglas. The Oklahoma Times photo archive later described it as the scene where police found evidence of what they called a “cannibal slaying.” The archive also identifies Gregory W. Canatis as the man arrested for allegedly killing and eating his…
ishop was an agent with what was then the Oklahoma State Crime Bureau, the early version of today’s OSBI. He had been involved in dangerous work, including investigations tied to organized crime and the Osage murder era. According to the OSBI, Bishop was murdered in 1926 by an unknown assassin. The agency’s history page says…
On July 16, 1954, Oklahoma City Detective Benjamin Franklin “Benny” Cravatt walked into what looked like a grocery store robbery in progress. The store was Jones Boys Grocery Store No. 6, located at SE 44th and Shields in Oklahoma City. It was supposed to be a robbery. Instead, it became the murder of a police…
On October 9, 1974, police were called to the Oklahoma City home of Gerald Edwin Segler and his wife, Eleanor Laski Segler. Gerald had been shot, and what happened inside that house quickly turned into a murder case. According to court records, Gerald’s sister, Annecia Pearl Covington, was living with the couple at the time….
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