It was the Tuesday before Thanksgiving, 2001. Two separated parents were meeting at the family home so the kids could leave with one of them for the holiday. Then someone opened fire inside the garage.

When police arrived, one parent was dead and the other was wounded. The explanation seemed simple: two masked men, a robbery, bad timing. But nothing about that night was simple.

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Sources:
https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/6112-Shaftsbury-Rd_Oklahoma-City_OK_73132_M83145-73523
https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/19/19-697/123565/20191125171448469_Petition%20for%20Writ.pdf
https://dpw.lawschool.cornell.edu/advocacy/brenda-andrew-sex-shamed-to-death-in-oklahoma/
https://www.newson6.com/story/5e35b5fdfcd8ef694720ac1d/oklahoma-ranked-3rd-in-nation-for-holiday-burglaries-report-says
Newspapers.com access to the Daily Oklahoman

In a quiet suburban neighborhood just at the turn of the 21st century a husband came home to find his garage door left open, all the lights on. When he walked inside he found what could only be described as one of the strangest crime scenes… and his wife missing

Sources:
https://law.justia.com/cases/indiana/supreme-court/2003/09030301-rts.html
Locations
https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/in-supreme-court/1287228.html
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Newspapers.com (Chicago Tribune archives)
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34176880/lorraine_ann-kirkley
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/nwitimes/name/lorraine-kirkley-obituary?id=26756871
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2005/10/16/slain-nurse-is-finally-home/