MURDERED: Oklahoma Girl Scouts
One of Oklahoma’s darkest stories. Three young girl scouts are brutally murdered while away at their first night of camp. A Native American man is pinned for the crime but decades later much of the public still wonder if the real culprit eluded capture.
Diagram of the campsite layout There were over 80 yards between the cabin Lori, Denise, and Michele were sleeping in, and the counselors cabin.
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Episode Source Material
- 12 facts about the unsolved Oklahoma Girl Scout murders
- 40 years ago, the murders of three Girl Scouts in Oklahoma stunned the nation, created shockwaves still being felt
- Girl Scout murders in Oklahoma remain unsolved 40 years after tragedy
- Jury acquits suspect in Girl Scout murders
- Autopsy shows Hart died of heart attack
- DNA testing inconclusive in Girl Scout Murder Case
- My daughter was killed at Girl Scout Camp: How and Okla. Mom seeks justice 40 years after slaying
- Three Girl Scouts were murdered thirty years ago
- Shadow of Doubt
- Girl Scout Murders: 40 years later and new eyes are looking at the notorious case
- Wikipedia – Oklahoma Girl Scout Murders
- DNA test link Fene Leroy Hart to Girl Scout Deaths
- The Oklahoma Girl Scout Murders – Camp Maps
- Abandoned OK – Camp Scott
- Someone Cry for the Children
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