Post by TheWebDetective on Jul 1, 2024 11:43:49 GMT -5
Law enforcement in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma for over 37 years have been dealing with a double murder cold case of two sisters last seen at a state fair and haven't been seen alive again. AMW have at least aired the case in 2001. From the AMW archive:
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The Oklahoma City District Attorney's office is looking for information regarding the 1987 murder of two sisters in an area north of Oklahoma City, called Britton.
On September 23, 1987, Lisa Pennington, 16, and her sister Cheryl Genzer, 25, left the Oklahoma State Fair with two men, Doug Lawson and Lane Henley. They went and partied at Henley's house. Lawson says he fell asleep and the next morning, Henley told him the girls had made a late night phone call and had someone pick them up at the 7-11 four blocks away. The sisters bodies were discovered three weeks later, shot in the head with a .357, buried in a shallow grave near a small pond in Britton.
Five years after the murders, Doug Lawson was arrested on drug charges and to reduce his sentence he fingered Lane Henley as the killer of Lisa and Cheryl. Henley was arrested in Dallas, where he was then living, and extradited to Oklahoma. However, on the eve of the trial, 19 months later, Lawson recanted and Henley was set free. Henley later moved to Roswell, New Mexico.
On March 19, 2000, the Chavis County Sheriff's Dept says the body of Molly Keahey, 35, was discovered buried in a shallow grave by the Pecos river 15 miles outside of Roswell, New Mexico. She had been shot to death. Molly's sister filed a missing person's report in January 2000, however Molly was last seen in November 1999. Deputies say Molly Keahey was Lane Henley's live-in girlfriend.
Despite the similarities that all three women were shot, buried in shallow graves, near water and presumably the last person to be seen with them is Lane Henley, authorities are not publicly saying Henley is a suspect, nor are they making any connection with these two cases.
"America's Most Wanted" brought in retired detective Ron Antoci to take a look at these baffling cases. In an interview with Lane Henley, Henley denies anything to do with the murders of Lisa Pennington, Cheryl Genzer or Molly Keahey.
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Thoughts? I recently watched their May 2001 segment in which it pointed at multiple men involved in the case. Both sisters have been hanging around with the wrong crowd. As for Molly Kaehey, I have seen any recent info for her case but if I encounter any that says it's still unsolved, I'll put up a profile for her.
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact the Oklahoma City District Attorney's Office or the Oklahoma City Police Department at (405)297-1000 or your local or preferred crime stopping agency:
www.oklahomacounty.org/elected-offices/district-attorney
www.okc.gov/departments/police
web.archive.org/web/20010618120409fw_/http://www.amw.com/site/thisweek/20010512/genzerpennington/genzerpenningtonindex.html
oklahomacoldcases.org/cheryl-genzer/
oklahomacoldcases.org/lisa-pennington/
okcfox.com/news/local/three-decades-of-mystery-family-seeks-justice-for-sisters-slain-after-oklahoma-state-fair-lisa-pennington-cheryl-genzer-1987-september-dorian-quillen-cold-case-grand-jury-murdered-shallow-grave-evidence-vicki-behenna-alan-36th-anniversary
kfor.com/news/local/progress-made-in-efforts-to-solve-state-fair-murders/
www.thewatongarepublican.com/obituaries/state-fair-murders
www.oklahoman.com/story/opinion/2022/09/11/after-35-years-oklahoma-state-fair-murders-deserve-accountability/65888857007/
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