Families and friends of missing persons are invited to attend the 2024 Oklahoma Missing Persons Day Saturday, at the University of Central Oklahoma Forensic Science Institute in Edmond.
The event is from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the center located at 801 East 2nd Street.
Resources will be available for families to initiate missing person reports, provide additional investigative leads, enter or review the missing person information in NamUs, and submit family reference DNA. All resources are available at no cost to families.
Families may bring photographs, dental and medical records, and any other pertinent information about the missing person.
Families and friends of missing persons are asked to register so loved one’s information beforehand to prepare for your visit.
Law enforcement volunteers are also asked to register for the event
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For information or questions – okmissingpersons@gmail.com
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Unsolved Cold Case
A case with Okmulgee County ties was shared last week on Oklahoma Cold Cases. Any information helpful in solving this crime can be shared with the Oklahoma State Bureau of Cathy Ann Dalton
Date Found: April 14, 1984
Location: Muskogee
Investigating Agency: Wagoner County Police Department
Cathy Ann Dalton was found partially buried near a rest stop on the Muskogee Turnpike on April 14, 1984. She had been shot in the torso and was 31 years old. At the time she was found she had been missing for a month.
- Details: Cathy Ann Dalton last spoke with her mother Geneva on Feb. 28th, 1984, when she called from Okmulgee to say she was fine. On April 15, 1984, the body of a young woman was found in a shallow grave along the Muskogee Turnpike. The dentals matched Cathy. Her homicide remains open and unsolved.
Geneva last saw her daughter on Feb. 26 when she dropped her off with a friend in Okmulgee. Cathy was supposed to be returning to Brook Park, Ohio, where she’d been singing and working as a waitress. On Feb. 28, Cathy called her mother. Then she vanished.
On April 15, 1984, a passing motorist discovered a shallow grave at the rest stop located at mile marker 6 southbound on the Muskogee Turnpike, near Coweta. The woman was nude, wrapped in plastic and nylon rope and partially buried. The body was decomposed and it’s believed the body had been there since March. Dental records came back as a match for Cathy Ann Dalton. The autopsy shows that Cathy had been shot twice – once in the upper back and once in the right shoulder. There were abrasions found on Cathy’s head and scalp. The toxicology report came back negative.
Cathy Ann Dalton was born in Dallas, Texas, on April 1, 1955. She had previously lived in Tulsa and Okmulgee.
Call the OSBI at 800-522-8017 with any information. You can remain anonymous.
