Overview
- Deputies and fire crews responding to a reported grass fire along Highway 32 discovered a partially charred male body in a Love County field on Thursday, July 30.
- Investigators matched visible tattoos to law enforcement databases and linked the remains to Dallas missing-persons case 110733-2026 after the family reported the man missing to Dallas police on July 29.
- An autopsy by the Oklahoma State Medical Examiner’s Office found four gunshot wounds to the chest and ruled the death a homicide.
- Love County authorities say evidence suggests the killing occurred elsewhere before the body was dumped and set on fire and the Love County Sheriff’s Office is working with the Dallas Police Department Homicide Unit; no arrests have been announced and next of kin have been notified.
- Because Love County sits on the Texas–Oklahoma border, investigators must coordinate across jurisdictions and are asking anyone with information to contact the Dallas Police Department or the Love County Sheriff’s Office at 580-276-5898.