Revamp - Remember Every Victim And Missing Person

09/02/2026

09/01/2026

NEW OFFICER JOINS WPD
August 31, 2026, Haden Whorton was sworn in by Mayor David Millard as our newest Patrolman. Welcome to the WPD Family, Haden!

09/01/2026

Carter Wayne Leach was found murdered in Catoosa, Oklahoma on April 26, 2008. He was thirty-two years old.

Carter went missing from the Tulsa area on March 28th, 2008. It’s believed that he was on his way to America’s Value Inn in Tulsa to see a man named Perry Williams. The reason that he was said to have been on his way to see Williams was to collect on a drug debt. After his sister couldn’t find him or get a hold of him, she reported Carter missing on April 2nd, 2008.

On April 26th, a call would be made to the police department reporting a suspicious smell at the Kick’s 66 Truck Stop in Catoosa. When they arrived to investigate, authorities found a body wrapped in plastic and duct tape in the bed of a black Ford F-150 pickup truck. This body would later be identified as being Carter Leach. Authorities would tell the media that his body had been so tightly bound inside the plastic that they weren’t even sure they were looking at human remains at first.

While they would go on to say that the truck wasn’t titled in Carter’s name, it apparently belonged to him. Employees of the truck stop told police the truck had been parked there for about a month, but they didn’t find that suspicious as vehicles are left there often while the owners are traveling.

The medical examiner would find that Carter had died from multiple blows to the head, and the plastic he was wrapped in turned out to be a shower curtain. At that point, police began to look for Perry Williams and his girlfriend, the people Carter was reportedly last going to see. The day he was last known to be alive, Carter had called a friend while at the Tulsa motel, telling the friend that he was going to kick in Perry Williams’ door. Motel employees would tell police that the room Williams had been staying in from January 30th to April 1, was found to have its shower curtain missing, a hole in the wall behind the door as if it had indeed been kicked in, and blood drops on the bathroom floor as well as in the main room. All of this was found immediately after Williams and his girlfriend suddenly left the motel on April 1 after having stayed an additional three days past when he had paid through. All of the damage to the room had been cleaned up and fixed before Carter’s body was even found. Eventually, police would go through the room with Luminol, finding what appeared to be a trail of blood drops leading from a bed to the door.

Despite all of this, there haven’t been any arrests in the murder of Carter Leach. No matter what his lifestyle was- he was a father, he was a friend, he was a son and a brother. He deserves justice.

If you have any information regarding the murder of Carter Wayne Leach, please contact the OSBI at 800-522-8017. You can remain anonymous.

*First published October 28th, 2022. Information sourced from public records, public databases, and news archives. 2026 ©Oklahoma Cold Cases

09/01/2026

🚨 MISSING PERSON 🚨

The Crawford County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s assistance in locating Ricky Cain, DOB 08/23/1973.

Cain was last seen on August 27, 2026, walking southbound on Highway 59 near Figure Five.

If you have seen Ricky Cain or have any information regarding his whereabouts, please contact Investigator Manuel Galdamez at 479-474-2261.

Please share this post to help bring Ricky home.

09/01/2026

08/26/2026

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Garland County Sheriff’s Office

Missing Person – Public Assistance Requested.

The Garland County Sheriff’s Office is requesting the public’s assistance in locating a missing person.

Name: Edna Nicole Pate

Age: 34

Race: White

Gender: Female

Height: 5'9

Weight: 155

Hair: Brown

Eyes: Blue

Last Known Location: 200 block of Eleven Oaks Trail

Clothing: T-Shirt, Dark Blue Jeans, Grey Sandals

Medical Issues:

Tattoos/Scars/or distinguishing marks: Tattoos on both wrists "Jaden and Kaden"

Anyone with information regarding their whereabouts is urged to contact the Garland County Sheriff’s Office at 501-622-3660 or dial 911 immediately.

08/20/2026

We had the honor and privilege to sit down with Fort Smith mayoral candidate Shayne McKinney. It was a great discussion and very enlightening.

03/10/2026

23-year-old mother Mary Ann Copeland Etter has been missing from Fletcher, Oklahoma since February 26th, 1983, 42 years ago this year. She had spent the evening at the Skate-a-Rena skating rink in Lawton, Oklahoma located on the 1900 block of NW 72nd St. It was her birthday celebration. Her friends dropped her off that night at her home in Fletcher located on the 400 block of North Drive. Her husband, Floyd Melvin Etter, Jr., was staying at his parent's residence with their two-year-old child. Mary's friends stated that as Mary was walking to her home the lights came on inside. It's unknown who was inside the house.

Mary's siblings Elizabeth and James Copeland went to the home on February 27th to see their sister. The two often stayed at the home. That day Mary wasn't home but they recalled finding some blood on the porch and cleaning it off. They reported this to police when they realized their sister was missing. A few days after that incident some clothing was found in a dumpster in Fletcher. It was collected as possible evidence. It's unknown if it's ever been tested.

Floyd did not report Mary missing. The missing persons report was filed by her father Irvin Copeland, about two weeks after she was seen. The missing date is stated as March 5th, 1983 in many articles. Many years later, when the case was being looked at again, it was determined the original report was lost and it was refiled in 1991. At that time Floyd was still living in the same home and had remarried. A search warrant was executed for the home and Luminol was used to look for any evidence of foul play. A large trail was found from the front porch to the back of the house. It's yet to be confirmed if this was blood and if it was Mary's.

Floyd, who went by Melvin, had a previous criminal record when he married Mary. He had been charged with robbery. In 1991 he was convicted of assault and battery with a deadly weapon (pistol) and had a protective order successfully filed against him by a woman in 2009. He died in 2014.

Mary was 5'1 and 110-130lbs with blonde hair and blue eyes. Her son was 2-years-old at the time of her disappearance. Her case remains open. She is listed as # MP21853 in NamUs and there are 7 comparisons for her DNA/dentals.

Please contact the Lawton Crime Stoppers with any information in the mysterious disappearance of young mother Mary Ann Copeland Etter at 580-355-4636, referencing case # 1983-384. You never know what information can solve a case.