When a bright, young woman living in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is found brutally murdered along a popular running trail in the city, everyone who knew her is shocked. Then, as the case drags on, it becomes clear that women are being killed at an alarming rate in Tulsa…but the question still remains, were any of the crimes connected?
If you know anything about the August 27th, 1975, murder of Suzanne Oakley, please contact the Tulsa Police Department at tulsapolice.org/submitacrimetip or call Tulsa Crime Stoppers at 918-596-2677.
Bernice Kuhlman and Marie Rosenbaum’s murders also remain unsolved. If you or anyone you know has information to provide to the police about their murders, please get in touch with the Tulsa Cold Case Unit at 918-596-9222.
Episode Source Material
- Park Predators Interview with Jean Winfrey. Conducted by Delia D’Ambra. October 22, 2025.
- Homicide! By Charles Sasser. Published March 22, 2014. Purchased via Amazon.com. Hard copy only. No direct link.
- Voice of Oklahoma: Harry Stege Tulsa Police Captain.
- Tulsa Daily World: Female Jogger, 24, Slain on Bike Path On Riverside Drive. By Kenny Ragsdale Via newspapers.com
- UPI via Henryetta Daily Free-Lance: Young girl’s body was raped, stabbed, beaten. By staff Via newspapers.com.
- The Lawton Constitution: Minister Finds Body in River. By staff Via newspapers.com.
- The Daily Oklahoma: Jogger Finds Body in Tulsa. By staff Via newspapers.com. (1)
- The Daily Oklahoma: Jogger Finds Body in Tulsa. By staff Via newspapers.com. (2)
- Tulsa Daily World: Sewers Searched for Death Clues and Slain Woman Had Religious Commitment. By staff Via newspapers.com. (1)
- Tulsa Daily World: Sewers Searched for Death Clues and Slain Woman Had Religious Commitment. By staff Via newspapers.com. (2)
- The Lawton Constitution: Autopsy Results Due in Tulsa. By staff Via newspapers.com.
- The Associated Press via Waco Tribune-Herald: Tulsa Police Await Autopsy Report in Jogger’s Murder. By staff Via newspapers.com
- Tulsa Daily World: Oakley, Suzanne. By staff Via newspapers.com.
- The Associated Press via Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: Police Await Autopsy Results of Murdered Former Lubbockite. By staff Via newspapers.com
- Tulsa Daily World: Mayor Urges Added Park Security. By Ann Patton Via newspapers.com
- The Daily Oklahoman: Jogging Path Death Probe Unproductive. By staff Via newspapers.com
- Tulsa Daily World: Did Suzanne Die in Vain? By staff Via newspapers.com
- Tulsa Daily World: Slaying of Three Tulsa Women Bear Similarities. By staff Via newspapers.com
- UPI via Sapulpa Daily Herald: Tulsa Volunteers Plan River Foliage Clearing. By staff Via newspapers.com
- Tulsa Daily World: 500 Asked to Join In Riverbank Project. By staff Via newspapers.com
- Tulsa Daily World: Lighting Ok’d For Bike Path By staff Via newspapers.com
- Tulsa Daily World: Park Ranger Program Formulated for Tulsa. By Rob Martindale Via newspapers.com
- The Associated Press via The Lawton Constitution: Suspect Booked. By staff Via newspapers.com.
- Tulsa Daily World: Man Quizzed About Bike Path Slaying. By staff Via newspapers.com
- Tulsa Daily World: Park Board To Consider Zoo Contract. By staff Via newspapers.com
- Tulsa Daily World: Fund in Name of Miss Oakley Short of Goal. By staff Via newspapers.com
- The Associated Press via The Daily Oklahoman: Tulsan Held in Slayings. By staff Via newspapers.com.
- Tulsa Daily World: Tulsan Jailed in Deaths of Women. By staff Via newspapers.com
- The Associated Press via The Daily Oklahoman: Suspect in Tulsa Slayings Freed. By staff Via newspapers.com.
- Tulsa Daily World: Tulsa Man Released After Polygraph Test. By staff Via newspapers.com
- The Associated Press via Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: Tulsa Death Victim Identified As Canyon Ex-Resident. By Staff Via newspapers.com
- The Amarillo Globe-Times: Canyon Woman Raped, Slain Near Tulsa. By Steve LaPrade Via newspapers.com. (1)
- The Amarillo Globe-Times: Canyon Woman Raped, Slain Near Tulsa. By Steve LaPrade Via newspapers.com. (2)
- Tulsa Daily World: Police seek Killer, Not Rapist & 4 Brutal Deaths Remain Unsolved. By David Brown Via newspapers.com
- The Amarillo Globe-Times: Police Question 20 Person in Death of Bernice Kuhlman & Coworkers Stunned by Murder. By Steve LaPrade Via newspapers.com.
- The Canyon News: Honor grad, killed near Tulsa, to be remembered thru fund. By staff Via newspapers.com.
- The Associated Press via The Amarillo Globe-Times: Envelope Studied in Kuhlman Murder. By staff. Via newspapers.com.
- The Amarillo Globe-Times: Envelope, Coat Checked in Kuhlman Murder. By Steve LaPrade Via newspapers.com.
- The Canyon News: Letters, ‘Rape Cannot be hushed up’ By Alvin Kuhlman Via newspapers.com
- The Amarillo Globe-Times: Kuhlman Killer Still at Large. By Bill Cox Via newspapers.com. (1)
- The Amarillo Globe-Times: Kuhlman Killer Still at Large. By Bill Cox Via newspapers.com. (2)
- The Canyon News: Tragedy-stricken Kuhlmans reflect on past, peer into future. By staff Via newspapers.com (1)
- The Canyon News: Tragedy-stricken Kuhlmans reflect on past, peer into future. By staff Via newspapers.com (2)
- The Associated Press: Father Offers $5,000 Reward. By staff Via newspapers.com.
- The Canyon News: Kuhlmans talk area reward fund. By staff Via newspapers.com. (1)
- The Canyon News: Kuhlmans talk area reward fund. By staff Via newspapers.com. (2)
- The Amarillo Globe-Times: Possible Lead Fizzles in Canyon Girl’s Death. By staff Via newspapers.com.
- The Canyon News: Kuhlman critical of Tulsa police efforts. By staff Via newspapers.com. (1)
- The Canyon News: Kuhlman critical of Tulsa police efforts. By staff Via newspapers.com. (2)
- The Associated Press via The Daily Oklahoman: Tulsa Police Reopen Files on 7 Killings. By staff Via newspapers.com.
- The Oklahoman: Similarity of Slayings Draws the Attention of Tulsa Police. By Don Hayden.
- The Associated Press via The Odessa American: Police think Lucas killed Tulsa woman. By staff Via newspapers.com.
- Tulsa Daily World: DNA test finds suspect in ‘75 killing. By Nicole Marshall Via newspapers.com (1)
- Tulsa Daily World: DNA test finds suspect in ‘75 killing. By Nicole Marshall Via newspapers.com (2)
- The Associated Press: Convicted Killer Pleads Guilty to 1975 Tulsa Murder. By staff.
- Medium.com: Digging Deeper into the Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town. By Kerri Rowland.
- AY Magazine: Murder Mystery: Terror in Tulsa, Part 1 & Conclusion. By Janie Jones. (1)
- AY Magazine: Murder Mystery: Terror in Tulsa, Part 1 & Conclusion. By Janie Jones. (2)
- KJRH 2 News: Oklahoma’s Cold Case Files: Suzanne Oakley. By Sharon Phillips.
- Tulsa Police Department: Suzanne Oakley Cold Case.
- Tulsa Police Department: Bernice Kuhlman Cold Case
- Tulsa Police Department: Marie Rosenbaum Cold Case
- Find A Grave: Suzanne Oakley
- Tulsa Daily World: TMAPC OKs Amendment to Flood Maps. By Coy Hobbs Via newspapers.com
- Tulsa Daily World: Grant to Honor Murder Victim. By Staff Via newspapers.com
- Oklahoma Cole Cases FB: Bernice Kuhlman.