UNSOLVED DOUBLE-HOMICIDE: MELODY AND PAUL JONES

When an Oklahoma newlywed is found murdered in his own home, all signs suggest that his missing wife was abducted from the scene. A small town is haunted by these crimes—plus another, eerily-similar abduction—in this episode of Last Seen Alive.

Sources used to research this episode:

Community Frightened by Seemingly Motiveless Kidnappings and Murder (Robbie Trammell / The Oklahoman)

Police Still Searching for Answers 35 Years After Murder of Paul, Disappearance of Melody Ann Jones (Juliet Muir / NBC News)

Oklahoma Cold Case Remains Unsolved (Mary Joseph / News 9)

Oklahoma Investigators Comb Through 10-Acres of Land, Hoping for Answers in 1983 Cold Case (KFOR News)

19-Year-Old’s Remains Identified 4 Decades After ‘Suspicious’ Disappearance, OK Cops Say (Kate Linderman / Kansas City Star)

For Missing Woman’s Mother, Not Knowing Is the “Hardest Part” Convenience Store Clerk’s Disappearance All But Forgotten (Richard W. Break / The Oklahoman)

Remains Match Missing Woman’s, Official Says (Don Mecoy / The Oklahoman)

Missing Seminole Woman Worked Night Shift to Pay Rent (Robby Trammell / The Oklahoman)

Body Found After Suspects Give Directions (Nolan Clay, Robby Trammell / The Oklahoman)

Skeleton Found Near Konawa is Identified (Durant Daily Democrat, Oct. 20th, 1991 Edition)

Judge in Innocent Man Case Agrees to Suppress Original Confession by Karl Fontenot (Clifton Adcock / The Frontier)

Obituary: Melody Ann Garton-Jones (Brown’s Family Funeral Home)

Gary Alan Walker (Murderpedia)

Shaw-Hartzell Kidnap, Murder Trial Under Way (Griff Palmer / The Oklahoman)

Walker V. State (casetext.com)

Victims’ Families Watch Killer’s Execution Prisoner Pays Price for ’84 Murder Spree (Kelly Kurt / The Oklahoman)

Remains Identified as Woman Missing from Earlsboro Since 1983 (Kim Morava / The Shawnee News Star)

If you have any information on the deaths of Paul Jones, Melody Jones or Patty Hamilton, please call the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation at 800-522-8017, or email your tip to  tips@osbi.ok.gov.

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