Volume 5 , Issue 16

NW OK Unsolved Mystery - 13 March 1956

At about 1:45 PM, March 13, 1956, the body of 22 year old Mildred Anne Reynolds was found burning in her 1949 Chevrolet Tudor Sedan, bearing Oklahoma license plate 49-2685. The incident occurred one mile South and two miles and seven tenths West of Hopeton, Oklahoma.

One of my readers said, "The car was very close to that hill on the right of the photo. I recall some men on the hill looking at the scene. The traffic going by that scene was busy considering the population and anyone could walk up to the car and stare. They didn't have any training in those days in proper law enforcement techniques, particularly in the rural areas and didn't have the benefit of television to learn even that way."

I wrote and asked Prof. Gilbert about some of his findings and about the 9mm shell casings found at the scene of the crime. He replied back, "Investigating agents discovered three 9MM shell casings at the rise about 50’ in front of Reynolds’ first attempt to turn. The owner of these shells, who was present at the isolated scene, admitted to firing his weapon. This was verified by firearms testing. No further mention was found in the investigation."

From reading the old newspaper archives of 1956, they did not mention any 9mm shells. This perked my curiosity even more and lots of questions. such as... Who was this person that was present at the scene and expended the 9mm shells? Why was this semi-automatic pistol fired? When was it fired? Who was this man with the 9mm semi-automatic pistol at the top of the rise? Why was there no further information divulged as to the owner of the shell casings? Was she shot prior to vehicle burning?

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