OK OK - Lisa Gaskin, 17, Tulsa, 27 March 2000

[OkieGranny]

https://www.tulsapolice.org/cot/tpdunsolvedcrimes/CaseDetails.aspx?1=163

On March 28, 2000 at approximately 2330 hours the victim was seen walking on the railroad tracks at 4200 Southwest Blvd., with an unknown subject. The victim was assaulted by the suspect with an object. The victim was dragged to a ditch along the side of the railroad tracks. The victim died as a result of her injuries. The suspect fled northeast from the scene.

http://media2.kjrh.com/html/pdfs/ColdCase.pdf

At 11:00 P.M. on March 27, 2000 Lisa Gaskin went to see her stepfather at his place of employment. The victim was walking and left in the direction to head back to her friend’s home in Oakhurst. On March 28, 2000 at 1:37 A.M. Gaskin’s body was discovered along the railroad tracks at 4200 Southwest Blvd.

 

[iulia]

Nineteen years after teen's murder, family wants answers

TULSA — This month marks 19 years since Lisa Gaskin was found dead in west Tulsa.

This anniversary was not one the 17-year old's family wanted to reach still not knowing who killed her.

Gaskin's body was found in a ditch in the 4200 block of Southwest Boulevard on March 28, 2000.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

“She barely turned 17, and everything went sideways.”

It was March 28th, 2000- one month after Lisa’s birthday.

“She walked all the way to my dad’s work, and she was there around 9 o’clock. And then she visited him. They have her on camera, so they know she was there,” she said.

Lisa left the building just after 9:30 to head home, “she took the tracks so it would make it a little quicker,” said Monica.

A few hours later, her father walked by a crime scene on his way home.

“My dad actually left work when his shift was over and walked past it. And they wouldn’t tell him what was going on,” said Monica.

The next day, the knock on the door every parent dreads.

“My dad was there, and they came walking up to the door, and he starts yelling my name, telling me to come to the door because he can’t handle it, he couldn’t,” she said.

The crime scene he walked by was his daughter’s body.
Police told 2 News there is one witness in the case, but he moved out of state.

“The transient saw the altercation on the railroad tracks there across Crystal City. And it, he said he was too scared to move. So, he stayed in place for about an hour before he ran down the tracks to QuikTrip to call the police,” said Monica.

“There’s this big empty space where the family can’t heal; we can’t move on,” Monica explained. “My father passed, and he didn’t get to know who.”

Now, Lisa’s mom fears the same, “she thinks she’ll die before somebody helps.”
https://www.kjrh.com/news/oklahomas...s-cold-case-file-the-wrong-side-of-the-tracks

 

[CastlesBurning]

A few hours later, her father walked by a crime scene on his way home.

“My dad actually left work when his shift was over and walked past it. And they wouldn’t tell him what was going on,” said Monica.

This part struck me as particularly horrific...I can't even imagine.