Unsolved Murders:
William Clark, 84, killed with wife Pearl Clark, 74, were slain in 1997 along daughter Sharron Hutson, 44.
James Clark and his wife, Elaine, 42, now live in the remote trailer home where the elderly couple was murdered.
William and Pearl Clark were slain in March 1997, shot in their trailer home on a desolate plain 20 miles southeast of town, along with their daughter.
The couple's granddaughter, Deanna Reid, 25, who lives in town, said it is doubtful a stranger murdered them.
William Clark was a cautious man, and his wife was just like him, she said. If they were home and heard a car approaching, Pearl Clark would look out a window. If she didn't recognize the vehicle, she'd say, "Pappy, there's a car pulling up." Then she'd call out the color and ask her husband if he knew anyone who drove a car like that.
"And if he said no, he'd get up and make sure his gun was ready in his overalls." She said her grandfather always carried a holstered .357-caliber revolver in one of his pockets when he was home. "And he'd walk out the door and meet the people before they could get out of their vehicle. Grandma would go to the back bedroom and bring out a shotgun, and she'd be ready at the window."
They were all killed with that .357, the only gun missing from the trailer after the murders.
Born in Tulsa
William Clark, 84, killed with wife Pearl Clark, 74, were slain in 1997 along daughter Sharron Hutson, 44.
James Clark and his wife, Elaine, 42, now live in the remote trailer home where the elderly couple was murdered.
William and Pearl Clark were slain in March 1997, shot in their trailer home on a desolate plain 20 miles southeast of town, along with their daughter.
The couple's granddaughter, Deanna Reid, 25, who lives in town, said it is doubtful a stranger murdered them.
William Clark was a cautious man, and his wife was just like him, she said. If they were home and heard a car approaching, Pearl Clark would look out a window. If she didn't recognize the vehicle, she'd say, "Pappy, there's a car pulling up." Then she'd call out the color and ask her husband if he knew anyone who drove a car like that.
"And if he said no, he'd get up and make sure his gun was ready in his overalls." She said her grandfather always carried a holstered .357-caliber revolver in one of his pockets when he was home. "And he'd walk out the door and meet the people before they could get out of their vehicle. Grandma would go to the back bedroom and bring out a shotgun, and she'd be ready at the window."
They were all killed with that .357, the only gun missing from the trailer after the murders.
Born in Tulsa
Unsolved Murders:
William Clark, 84, killed with wife Pearl Clark, 74, were slain in 1997 along daughter Sharron Hutson, 44.
James Clark and his wife, Elaine, 42, now live in the remote trailer home where the elderly couple was murdered.
William and Pearl Clark were slain in March 1997, shot in their trailer home on a desolate plain 20 miles southeast of town, along with their daughter.
The couple's granddaughter, Deanna Reid, 25, who lives in town, said it is doubtful a stranger murdered them.
William Clark was a cautious man, and his wife was just like him, she said. If they were home and heard a car approaching, Pearl Clark would look out a window. If she didn't recognize the vehicle, she'd say, "Pappy, there's a car pulling up." Then she'd call out the color and ask her husband if he knew anyone who drove a car like that.
"And if he said no, he'd get up and make sure his gun was ready in his overalls." She said her grandfather always carried a holstered .357-caliber revolver in one of his pockets when he was home. "And he'd walk out the door and meet the people before they could get out of their vehicle. Grandma would go to the back bedroom and bring out a shotgun, and she'd be ready at the window."
They were all killed with that .357, the only gun missing from the trailer after the murders.
Born in Tulsa
William Clark, 84, killed with wife Pearl Clark, 74, were slain in 1997 along daughter Sharron Hutson, 44.
James Clark and his wife, Elaine, 42, now live in the remote trailer home where the elderly couple was murdered.
William and Pearl Clark were slain in March 1997, shot in their trailer home on a desolate plain 20 miles southeast of town, along with their daughter.
The couple's granddaughter, Deanna Reid, 25, who lives in town, said it is doubtful a stranger murdered them.
William Clark was a cautious man, and his wife was just like him, she said. If they were home and heard a car approaching, Pearl Clark would look out a window. If she didn't recognize the vehicle, she'd say, "Pappy, there's a car pulling up." Then she'd call out the color and ask her husband if he knew anyone who drove a car like that.
"And if he said no, he'd get up and make sure his gun was ready in his overalls." She said her grandfather always carried a holstered .357-caliber revolver in one of his pockets when he was home. "And he'd walk out the door and meet the people before they could get out of their vehicle. Grandma would go to the back bedroom and bring out a shotgun, and she'd be ready at the window."
They were all killed with that .357, the only gun missing from the trailer after the murders.
Born in Tulsa
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