Twilight Zone Of Death

In late September 2002 a man rode into Depew, Oklahoma, on a bicycle. this part of the story is covered for now details of the account remain covered until revealed The man who raised him, Stanley, was a heavy-drinking alcoholic who beat him and blamed him for his mother's death; the stepmother who was kind to him, Dorothy, died of liver disease when he was fifteen. He left home at sixteen and was homeless on and off, and at sixteen he fathered a daughter with a girlfriend. Around 1992 he married a woman named Roberta and they lived in the Detroit area with two children. the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it In the spring of 2002 he became increasingly withdrawn. this part of the story is covered for now She left, filed for divorce and returned with a police escort for her belongings, finding rotting packages of meat in the house. details of the account remain covered until revealed While on bail he got on a bicycle and rode about 950 miles to Oklahoma.

He stopped at a flower bed in front of the Methodist church in Depew, where John Wright, a retired school teacher, was mowing the lawn. the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it Wright let him sleep in the air-conditioned fellowship hall and took him to the service the next morning, then introduced him to the church members, his neighbours and his family. Among them were his neighbours across the street, A.J. and Patsy Cantrell, both in their seventies and in poor health, and his daughter Kathy Biggs, a registered nurse, her husband Mark, who ran a boot and western store, and Kathy's sixteen-year-old son Tyler Montgomery. this part of the story is covered for now He returned at Thanksgiving, was collected from the Tulsa bus station by Mark Biggs, ate Thanksgiving dinner with the family and moved into their spare room. Within two weeks he was sleeping with Kathy.

On 13 December 2002 he told Mark that he and Kathy were in love and that Mark should move out; Mark packed and left that day, and filed for divorce on 21 December. details of the account remain covered until revealed He and Kathy took an apartment in Tulsa. Kathy worked six days on and six off as a nurse in Lawton, and he resented that her life did not revolve around him. the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it In July 2003 he duct-taped her mouth, held a steak knife to her and raped her. She threw him out, obtained a protective order, had the utilities cut off and moved back to her parents' house in Depew.

In September 2003 Kathy discovered a large cable bill. this part of the story is covered for now details of the account remain covered until revealed the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it this part of the story is covered for now

On 17 October 2003 he hitchhiked from Tulsa to Depew and spent the night in an abandoned car beside the Cantrell house. The next day he watched A.J. and Patsy leave, then climbed in through an open back window, found a single-shot .410 shotgun and shells, loaded it and waited at a front window with a view of the Wright house, where Kathy was staying. In the afternoon he crossed the street. details of the account remain covered until revealed the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it He then beat Carla about the head with the stock of the gun, at least four heavy blows.

Tyler got up and ran through the house looking for a weapon. The guns had been moved, so he ran out to his pickup. this part of the story is covered for now Tyler drove off the road, through ditches, and finally rammed the truck into a large metal pole at the entrance to the school football field, where a game was being played and his grandfather John Wright was announcing. Tyler got out and a crowd gathered. details of the account remain covered until revealed

John Inman, a passing driver, stopped to look at the crash and then gave the bloody stranger a lift, making his girlfriend get out and wait at the roadside. the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it Inman drove him about seven miles east on Airport Road near Bristow before insisting that he unload the shotgun. this part of the story is covered for now Inman drove straight to the police. Meanwhile Carla Wright, covered in blood, crossed to the Cantrell house for help. She saw what she took for scarecrows on the bathroom floor, because her grandchildren had been making them, and went back out to flag down a car. Police then found A.J. and Patsy in the bathroom, Patsy's body on top of her husband's. A.J. had five distinct areas of lacerations and abrasions on his head, a fractured skull and injury to the brain surface; Patsy had been shot.

A huge manhunt followed, with planes, a helicopter, tactical teams and volunteers. details of the account remain covered until revealed the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it this part of the story is covered for now He took her keys and her daughter's red Toyota and drove until he ran out of petrol in Arkansas, near Waldron, where Dr Sam Peebles and his wife Suzanne stopped to help. details of the account remain covered until revealed

the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it this part of the story is covered for now details of the account remain covered until revealed He had been free for thirty-seven days.

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details of the account remain covered until revealed the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it this part of the story is covered for now details of the account remain covered until revealed His last words were that he was at peace, his conscience was clear and he loved his children. A.J. and Patsy Cantrell are buried at Oakdale cemetery in Depew.