FILE 682 / 13 March 2026 / 72 MIN / express

Perverted Pest Killer

Velma, OklahomaListen

The town

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We are going to Velma, Oklahoma ... this is in Stevens County, area code 580, population 601. about 0:03:05

History, in brief

Town note

The town began to develop as people followed cattle herds along the Chisholm Trail.

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1886

A post office was established at Velma, then in Indian Territory, on September 25th, 1886.

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Town note

It was named for Velma Dobbins, the daughter of a local merchant.

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Town note

At the time of its founding it was in Pickens County, in the Chickasaw Nation.

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All 7 history facts

Town note

The town began to develop as people followed cattle herds along the Chisholm Trail.

about 0:04:35

1886

A post office was established at Velma, then in Indian Territory, on September 25th, 1886.

about 0:04:45

Town note

It was named for Velma Dobbins, the daughter of a local merchant.

about 0:04:45

Town note

At the time of its founding it was in Pickens County, in the Chickasaw Nation.

about 0:05:19

Town note

It was mainly a farming community, with cotton the main crop.

about 0:05:25

Town note

Later it became about cattle and hog operations.

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Town note

Oil came in, and there are now a lot of oil and petroleum-related industries around the town.

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The figures, as told

Money

Median home value$140,300
Median household income$68,333
All figures and comparisons, as told in 2026

Median household income

"$68,333"

Comparison: "just about the national average". Direction: about the same.

As told in 2026 about 0:04:05

Median home price

"$140,300"

No direction stated.

As told in 2026 about 0:04:12

The reviews

5.0 / 5 · average of 3

5 stars

“Liked how small the town was, everyone knows everyone; would like to see more jobs available in the area.”
about 0:05:43

5 stars

“A very small close-knit community where people lend a hand; the writer graduated from Velma-Alma High School and her three children attend there; great schools but some buildings need renovating.”
about 0:06:16

5 stars

“A small town where everyone knows who you are and most people are related; safe and family friendly, with an outstanding school system in academics, sports and extracurriculars.”
about 0:06:51

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The story

Brailey Ray Henry was born on September 20th, 1995, in Lawton, Oklahoma, to Billy Ray Henry and Gina Renee Henson, and grew up in Velma with an older brother and two younger siblings. She was a junior at Velma High School, president of the Future Farmers of America, a reserve grand champion with her sheep in 2010, a starter on the varsity basketball team, an all-area runner in track and cross country, a member of the student council, academic team, 4-H and the National Honor Society, and a recent Miss Velma-Alma contestant. She was about six feet tall, cheerful and driven.

He had a learning disability and spent years in special education, though his intelligence was judged normal and he worked his way into a co-taught classroom in the eighth grade. Neighbours described him as polite and quiet. In July 2005, when he was fourteen, Karen Doyle moved in behind his house and saw him masturbating at his window while she swam; over the Labor Day weekend he shouted at her and stood nude in his bedroom window, and she called the police. He was reprimanded at schools in Illinois, Ada and Davis for touching girls.

He trained in martial arts for years with the aim of becoming an MMA fighter. In May 2012 he took a job at the TP Totem Convenience Store in Velma, where he began approaching young female customers. At the beginning of June he touched sixteen-year-old Jessie Anderson at the snow cone stand across the street, kissing her hand and asking for her address and phone number; he groped Gina Mercer at the store's soda fountain and told her he thought she was a high school girl; and on June 5th he came up behind fifteen-year-old Brianna Stinchcomb at the fountain and asked her to go into the back room and exchange life stories. Mercer reported him to the owner and nothing was done; within three weeks he had the keys to close the store alone.

She fought him hard; his elbow was bruised and his arm bitten, and the medical examiner found defensive wounds and pattern injuries matching the soles of his shoes. She suffocated in her own blood.

He put a bag over her head, put the body in a shopping cart, wheeled it to her car and laid her in the back seat, adding peanut butter, sunflower seeds, a toothbrush, rubbing alcohol and razors from the shelves. He drove her car to a field on his grandparents' land, undressed her from the waist down and pulled her top up, dragged her to a muddy spot and covered her with a shovelful of dirt and leaves.

At 8.15 that evening Tammy Wilkerson found a large pool of blood in the store and called the Velma police. About an hour later Brailey's family reported her missing. Deputies went to the grandparents' house and dogs found the body in the field. I may have killed somebody." The blood in the storeroom was matched to Brailey, with a chance of a match to anyone else of one in 61.8 quadrillion.

Brailey's funeral was held on June 12th, 2012, in the Velma High School gym, and the street into the school was later renamed Brailey's Way.

After the McGirt v. Her family runs a memorial scholarship fund and golf tournament in her name.

The case

Murder of Brailey Henry

Victims

Brailey Ray Henry (16). Junior at Velma High School, FFA president, basketball and track athlete, about six feet tall

Accused and outcomes

As told in the episode, on 13 March 2026.

Accused

Outcome

Other people

Clayton Jensen. his cousin, who lived with him and drove him to work; testified for both sides
Dana. his mother
Tammy Wilkerson. customer who found the blood in the store and called police
Jessie Anderson. 16-year-old he touched at the snow cone stand
Gina Mercer. customer he groped at the store soda fountain
Brianna Stinchcomb. 15-year-old he approached in the store the day before the murder
Quinton Short. Custer County deputy who stopped Henry's car on I-40
David Martin. deputy who went to the grandparents' house
Billy Ray Henry. Brailey's father
Gina Renee Henson. Brailey's mother

The timeline

  1. 1991 is bornabout 0:16:21
  2. September 20th, 1995 Brailey Ray Henry is born in Lawton, Oklahomaabout 0:38:42
  3. July 2005 Karen Doyle moves into the house behind the house; , then 14, watches her swim and appears to masturbate at his windowabout 0:19:53
  4. Labor Day weekend shouts "fuck me, fuck me" at Doyle and stands nude at his bedroom window; she calls the policeabout 0:20:41
  5. 2009 to 2010 joins the Navy but cannot complete boot campabout 0:26:24
  6. May 2012 He starts work at the TP Totem Convenience Store in Velma (TP Totem Convenience Store)about 0:30:57
  7. the beginning of June 2012 He touches 16-year-old Jessie Anderson at the snow cone stand across the street and asks for her phone number and address (Snow cone stand)about 0:31:44
  8. early June 2012 He gropes Gina Mercer at the store's soda fountain and tells her he thought she was a high school girl; she reports him to the owner and nothing is done (TP Totem Convenience Store)about 0:33:28
  9. June 5th, 2012 He comes up behind 15-year-old Brianna Stinchcomb at the fountain and asks her to go in the back and exchange life stories (TP Totem Convenience Store)about 0:35:16
  10. June 6th, 2012, before 2 p.m. His cousin Clayton Jensen drops him off at work (TP Totem Convenience Store)about 0:37:44
  11. June 6th, 2012, about 7.30 p.m. Brailey Henry drives into Velma and stops at the grocery store, where surveillance records her (Velma grocery store)about 0:38:23
  12. June 6th, 2012 Brailey comes into the TP Totem for a fountain drink; tackles her, chokes her, drags her into the stock room and beats and stomps her to death (TP Totem stock room)about 0:40:24
  13. June 6th, 2012 He puts a bag over her head, wheels her body out in a shopping cart, lays her in the back seat of her car with supplies and drives to his grandparents' land (TP Totem Convenience Store)about 0:42:18

Places and phrases

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