MURDERED: Owachige Osceola
Recently divorced and living on her own in a new city, 27-year-old Owachige Osceola’s life was in a season of transition before she was killed in the bedroom of her Norman, Oklahoma apartment in September 2013. While the medical examiner who performed her autopsy concluded her cause and manner of death were “undetermined,” a detective who remains on the case today insists a killer has been allowed to walk free for nearly a decade.
Please join us in writing a letter to the Oklahoma Attorney General’s Office calling for a formal independent review of the methodology used during Owachige’s autopsy.
Owachige Osceola, 27, of Norman, Oklahoma, shown in an undated photo.
Courtesy: Norman Police Department
Det. Jim Parks is part of the Criminal Investigations Division with the Norman Police Department. Though Parks is semi-retired, he was brought back in 2017 to focus solely on cold cases.
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The front of Owachige Osceola’s apartment the evening of September 25, 2013 on Ridgecrest Court in Norman, Oklahoma after police discovered Osceola’s body in an upstairs bedroom.
Courtesy: Norman Police Department
A map showing where the suspect, known to police as “Cocaine Rob,” was dropped off and picked up the morning of September 24th, 2013 in relation to Owachige Osceola’s apartment.
Courtesy: Norman Police Department
Owachige Osceola is shown in this surveillance footage still from a nearby 7-11 gas station where she made a cash withdrawal of $500 on September 23, 2013, the day before she was killed.
Courtesy: Norman Police Department
The front door leading into Owachige Osceola’s Ridgecrest Court apartment was kicked in the morning she was killed, splintering the wooden frame.
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A framed newspaper article featuring Det. Jim Parks, which hangs in his office, who solely investigates cold cases for the Norman Police Department as part of its Criminal Investigations Division.
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The last Facebook status published to Owachige Osceola’s account on September 24, 2013. The same language was sent to several of her friends in a text message.
Courtesy: Norman Police Department
The car “Cocaine Rob” was observed on surveillance getting in and out of at the Riverwind Casino was the same car to have dropped him off and picked him up at Owachige Osceola’s apartment the morning she died, September 24th, 2013.
Courtesy: Norman Police Department
The Seminole tribe, of which Owachige Osceola was a prominent member, wrote a letter to the Oklahoma Office of the Attorney General imploring officials to conduct an independent review of the autopsy performed on Osceola – Page 1
Courtesy: Norman Police Department
The Seminole tribe, of which Owachige Osceola was a prominent member, wrote a letter to the Oklahoma Office of the Attorney General imploring officials to conduct an independent review of the autopsy performed on Osceola – Page 2
Courtesy: Norman Police Department
With the assistance of a regional FBI contact, Det. Jim Parks recruited the assistance of the Armed Forces Medical Examiner’s office to review Owachige Osceola’s original autopsy and provide a second opinion. In doing so, the office concluded Osceola’s manner of death was homicide with the cause of death as homicide by unknown means – Page 1
Courtesy: Norman Police Department
With the assistance of a regional FBI contact, Det. Jim Parks recruited the assistance of the Armed Forces Medical Examiner’s office to review Owachige Osceola’s original autopsy and provide a second opinion. In doing so, the office concluded Osceola’s manner of death was homicide with the cause of death as homicide by unknown means – Page 2
Courtesy: Norman Police Department
With the assistance of a regional FBI contact, Det. Jim Parks recruited the assistance of the Armed Forces Medical Examiner’s office to review Owachige Osceola’s original autopsy and provide a second opinion. In doing so, the office concluded Osceola’s manner of death was homicide with the cause of death as homicide by unknown means – Page 3
Courtesy: Norman Police Department
With the assistance of a regional FBI contact, Det. Jim Parks recruited the assistance of the Armed Forces Medical Examiner’s office to review Owachige Osceola’s original autopsy and provide a second opinion. In doing so, the office concluded Osceola’s manner of death was homicide with the cause of death as homicide by unknown means – Page 4
Courtesy: Norman Police Department
Please contact the authorities if you have any information about the murder of Owachige Osceola:
The Norman Police Department
You are asked to call the Norman Police Department in Oklahoma at 405-366-5208 with any information.
Letter to Oklahoma Attorney General's Office
(WHERE TO SEND)
Mr. Gentner Drummond
Oklahoma Attorney General’s Office
313 NE 21st Street
Oklahoma City, OK 73105
[email protected]
To Whom It May Concern:
I’m writing in regard to the criminal investigation related to the mysterious death of Ms. Owachige Osceola in September 2013, which is being conducted by the Norman Police Department.
As you may be aware, Ms. Osceola’s cause and manner of death were classified by the Oklahoma Office of the Chief Medical Examiner as “undetermined” despite credible evidence that she was intentionally strangled to death in the bedroom of her apartment.
After hearing concerns expressed by Norman Police Department investigators working this case and closely listening to details about the criminal investigation into her death as reported by Audiochuck Podcast Network’s “Crime Junkie Podcast,” I’m deeply troubled that the medical examiner’s office has been unwilling to reconsider its original ruling — directly hindering further investigative efforts to pursue justice for Ms. Osceola and her loved ones.
I implore the Oklahoma Attorney General’s Office to reexamine evidence in this case and to insist that the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner consider that Ms. Osceola’s death was the result of a homicidal act. I also kindly request that this office publicly publish its conclusions in the matter.
Respectfully,
[YOUR FIRST & LAST NAME]
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