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BYLINE: Colleen Chen, NEWS 9
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OSBI Works to Solve 1997 Rape Case of 85-Year-Old Woman

[Pic­ture Cap­tion: Moena House, 85, was robbed then sex­u­ally assault on Christ­mas day back in 1997. Now inves­ti­ga­tors are hop­ing the pub­lic will come for­ward with new leads that will lead to her attacker’s arrest.]

OKLAHOMA CITY — The State Bureau of Inves­ti­ga­tion has filed a John Doe war­rant on a rape case that occurred 12-years-ago in Guthrie on Christ­mas Day.

OSBI offi­cials said, back in 1997 a man entered the home of 85-year-old Moena House and threat­ened to beat her with a pipe before rob­bing of $80 and sex­u­ally assault­ing her.

“She had given him the money, and he still attacked her. And any­body that would so some­thing like that doesn’t need to be on the streets,” said Con­nie Car­olina, House’s granddaughter.

The statute of lim­i­ta­tion expires on Dec. 25, 2009, but the OSBI was able to file a John Doe war­rant because they have the rapist’s DNA.

House described her attacker as a black male with a dark com­plex­ion, between 25 and 35 years old, about 6 feet tall, weigh­ing approx­i­mately 175 pounds. Dur­ing the attack, the man was wear­ing new white and black ten­nis shoes, a plaid shirt, faded blue or black jeans, and a white stock­ing cap, and held a white cloth over his face dur­ing the attack.

Ms. House died last year, but the OSBI is hop­ing the man’s descrip­tion will lead to an arrest.

And although the crime took place in Guthrie, the fact it hap­pened on Christ­mas day opens up a sea of suspects.

“He could have been vis­it­ing fam­ily or friends in the Guthrie area,” said Jes­sica Brown, OSBI spokesperson.

The suspect’s DNA is and has been run through the sys­tem but inves­ti­ga­tors think they may solve the case faster with the public’s help

Any­one with infor­ma­tion about the case should call the OSBI hot­line at 1 – 800-522‑8017.

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BYLINE: Tim Hud­son, E-E County Reporter

Bartlesville, OK

A retired Bartlesville police offi­cer who pleaded guilty to 14 counts of felony lar­ceny of a con­trolled dan­ger­ous sub­stance was sen­tenced Mon­day in Wash­ing­ton County Court.

Tenth Judi­cial Dis­trict Judge John Kane sen­tenced Kyle Willaford to 10 years sus­pended on each count, plac­ing him on com­mu­nity sen­tence probation.

Willaford was fur­ther ordered to serve 80 hours of com­mu­nity ser­vice, to be com­pleted within a year, along with the spe­cial con­di­tions that his med­ica­tions are to be mon­i­tored and that he attend two sup­port meet­ings weekly. Also, a $50 fine per count was assessed, along with a $250 Victim’s Com­pen­sa­tion Assessment.

Willaford was accused of tak­ing Lortab and Hydrocodone from the Bartlesville Police Department’s evi­dence room while he was employed as an offi­cer there. He pleaded guilty to the charges on July 22.

Although the state requested six months jail time, Kane chose to go with a sus­pended sen­tence. In a sus­pended sen­tence, the sen­tence will not be enforced if the defen­dant per­forms the con­di­tions of the pro­ba­tion. Should the defen­dant fail to fol­low the require­ments, then the sus­pended sen­tence may be revoked.

Willaford was orig­i­nally charged with 18 counts of the crime, but the state dropped four of the counts with­out costs ear­lier in the proceedings.

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Bartlesville, OK

BARTLESVILLE A retired Bartlesville police offi­cer is set to be sen­tenced Sept. 10 after he pleaded guilty this week to steal­ing drugs from the Police Department’s evi­dence room. Kyle Willaford, 48, was charged in July 2007 in Wash­ing­ton County Dis­trict Court with lar­ceny of drugs. Pros­e­cu­tors allege that he stole 202 Lortab pills and 233 hydrocodone pills between August 2001 and Novem­ber 2006. Willaford pleaded guilty Wednes­day before Osage County Dis­trict Judge John Kane, who heard the case after Wash­ing­ton County judges recused themselves.

Willaford orig­i­nally was charged with 18 counts of lar­ceny, but the state dropped four counts this week. Willaford, who had a key to the evi­dence room, said he searched for painkillers to alle­vi­ate his back pain. Willaford, who has been out of jail on a med­ical recog­ni­zance bond, has requested sev­eral delays in the case to allow him to receive treat­ments for can­cer. Laura Sum­mers, World cor­re­spon­dent 4 killed in SUV acci­dent; 3 are from same fam­ily Four peo­ple, includ­ing three mem­bers of one fam­ily, were killed Wednes­day when a sport util­ity vehi­cle crossed a high­way cen­ter line and col­lided with another SUV in Pot­tawatomie County. Dead are Bobby Alan Wakolee, 34, Teresa Lee Wakolee, 39, and Sum­mer Dawn Etchi­son, 8 months, all of Tecum­seh; and Loretta Kay Cantrell, 60, of Ada. Cantrell was dri­ving north in a 2004 Jeep Chero­kee on U.S. 177 two miles south of Tecum­seh when her vehi­cle crossed into oncom­ing traf­fic on the two-lane high­way and hit the Wakolees’ 2005 Chevro­let Trail­blazer about 4:10 p.m., the Okla­homa High­way Patrol reported. Both dri­vers were pinned in the wreck­age for 2 1/2 hours, troop­ers said, and all four peo­ple involved were pro­nounced dead at the scene. Troop­ers said the adults were not wear­ing seat belts but that the baby was in a child seat. The Shawnee News-Star reported that the baby was the Wakolees’ grand­daugh­ter. Bobby Wakolee worked as a juve­nile secu­rity offi­cer at Cen­tral Okla­homa Juve­nile Cen­ter in Tecum­seh, and Teresa Wakolee was a kitchen super­vi­sor and admin­is­tra­tive pro­grams offi­cer there before trans­fer­ring recently to the Office of Juve­nile Affairs in Okla­homa City, the Shawnee paper reported. From Staff Reports Offi­cials: Man shot, then shooter turns gun on self FORT GIBSON A Chero­kee County man was shot and killed after a dis­pute with a neigh­bor, who author­i­ties say then turned the gun on him­self. Shan­non Ray Rags­dale, 29, was shot after he answered his door Tues­day night at his home near Fort Gib­son, Chero­kee County offi­cials said. The sus­pect, Kelly Com­part, 47, later shot him­self as deputies and Okla­homa High­way Patrol troop­ers arrived at the scene, author­i­ties said. Com­part was flown to a hos­pi­tal in crit­i­cal con­di­tion, Under­sh­er­iff Jason Chen­nault said. The Asso­ci­ated Press OSBI iden­ti­fies woman found dead in rural pond TAHLEQUAH Author­i­ties have iden­ti­fied a woman who was found dead in a pond in Chero­kee County. Donna Dulen, 38, of Stil­well was found Tues­day in a pond in a rural area west of Tahle­quah, the Okla­homa State Bureau of Inves­ti­ga­tion reported. OSBI spokes­woman Jes­sica Brown said the death was sus­pi­cious but that an autopsy revealed no signs of trauma that would indi­cate foul play. The cause of death can’t be deter­mined until tox­i­col­ogy results are com­pleted, she said. The Asso­ci­ated Press Fort Sill soldier’s body is ID’d as Kansas offi­cer LAWTON A Fort Sill sol­dier whose body was found along a road at the post has been iden­ti­fied as an Army offi­cer from Kansas. Fort Sill offi­cials said 1st Lt. Jeremy Andrew Claw­son was found dead Tues­day. Some­one called 911 to report a body near one of the post’s fir­ing ranges. Claw­son, 36, was acti­vated from the Kansas Army National Guard in Decem­ber and arrived at Fort Sill in Jan­u­ary. He was assigned to the 2nd Bat­tal­ion, 289th Field Artillery Reg­i­ment. Fort Sill spokes­woman Emily Kel­ley said Clawson’s death is being inves­ti­gated by the post’s Crim­i­nal Inves­ti­ga­tion Divi­sion, but she would not elab­o­rate. She did not have the name of his Kansas home­town. Claw­son enlisted in the Army in Octo­ber 1990 and was com­mis­sioned as an offi­cer in Octo­ber 2006. The Asso­ci­ated Press

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