EDUCATION
Saint Patrick's Indian Mission, Anadarko, Oklahoma
Graduate - High School
Central State University, Edmond, Oklahoma
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
Oklahoma State University, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Associates Degree - Police Science
MILITARY EXPERIENCE
United States Marine Corps 1962 – 1965
Served in Vietnam, Air Rescue and Da Nang
Air Base Security
EXPERIENCE
Midwest City Police Department 1965 - 1972
Patrol Division, Investigative Division
Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation 1972 - Present
Agent I to Assistant Director: Narcotics; Criminal Investigations; Administration; and Criminal Records and Information Divisions
SPECIAL TRAINING
Federal Bureau of Investigation National Academy – 1981
Southwestern School of Polygraph, Houston, Texas
U.S. Secret Service Dignitary Protection
Kobetz’s Dignitary Protection
U.S. Secret Service Questioned Document School
Federal Task Force
Advanced Law Enforcement Certification
HIGH PROFILE INVESTIGATIONS
Sirloin Stockade Killings – Roger Dale Stafford, Verna Stafford & Harold Stafford case
Oklahoma Girl Scout Murders – Gene Leroy Hart case
Green River Killer – Gary Ridgeway, serial murderer
BTK (Bind, Torture and Kill) Killer – Dennis Rader, serial murderer
I-5 (Interstate 5) Killer – Randall Woodfield, serial murderer
Bobby Joe Long – serial murderer
Oklahoma State Fair Abducted Girls – Roy Russell Long case
Ted Bundy – serial murderer
Joe Fischer – serial murderer
World Trade Center 1993 Bombings – investigation
Oklahoma City Bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building – investigation
Randolph Dial – fugitive
Henry Lee Lucas and Ottis Toole – serial murderers
Tommy Ward and Karl Fontenot – murder case
Roger Wheeler Murder – Winter Hill Gang case – James J. "Whitey" Bulger, Stephen Flemmi, and Johnny Martorano
Osama Bin Laden – terrorist (photo alteration)
Tommy Lynn Sells – serial murderer
Donald Eugene Webb – FBI Top Ten Fugitive list
BOARDS, ASSOCIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS - PAST AND PRESENT
Cheyenne & Arapaho Tribes Judicial Commission
Red Earth Festival’s “2005 Honored One”
Oklahoma Creativity Project – Board Member
Regional Organized Crime Information Center (ROCIC) – Chairman
Oklahoma Arts Council – Board Member
Cheyenne & Arapaho Tribal College Board of Education – Board of Regents
Oklahoma Native American Law Enforcement Association – President
District Attorney’s Council
OSBI Retired Agents Association - Secretary/Treasurer
Oklahoma Sheriff and Peace Officer's Association
Oklahoma Sheriff’s Association
Oklahoma Indian Commission – Coordinator
Oklahoma Historical Society – Native American Advisory Board
Law Enforcement Intelligence Unit (LEIU)
Federal Bureau of Investigation National Academy
Cheyenne Cultural Center - Cheyenne Justice Committee
Seminole Junior College - Law Enforcement Advisory Board
Oklahoma Women In Law Enforcement – Honorary Lifetime Member
Native American Cultural & Education Authority – Advisory Committee
BOOK REFERENCES
Wilkerson, Michael & Wilkerson Dick. Someone Cry for the Children: The unsolved Girl Scout murders of Oklahoma and the case of Gene Leroy Hart. New York/Dial, 1981. Intimate account of the criminal investigation and prosecution of Gene Leroy Hart.
Taylor, Karen T. Forensic Art and Illustration. Boca Raton/CRC Press, 2000. A comprehensive guide in the realm of police art and an expansive and practical guide to the various aspects of the field.
Smith, Carlton & Guillen Thomas. The Search for the Green River Killer. New York/Penguin, 1991. Seattle, Washington, serial murder case involving the deaths of 49 women.
Mitchell, Kirk. Dance of the Thunder Dogs. New York/Berkley Hardcover, 2004. Mitchell’s fifth mystery featuring Comanche federal investigator Emmett Quanah Parker. The badly injured Parker has returned home to Oklahoma and becomes involved in the murder mystery of an old friend.
Mayer, Robert. The Dreams of Ada: A true story of murder, obsession, and a small town. New York/Viking, 1991. The disappearance and murder of a young woman in Ada, Oklahoma. Tommy Ward and Karl Fontenot were convicted and sentenced to death.
Lester, Patrick. The Biographical Directory of Native American Painters. Tulsa/SIR, 1995. Reference book listing those Native American artists who use, or have used paint as their medium. Lists artists from 1800 to the present.
Fanning, Diane. Through the Window. St. Martin's Press, 2003. Account of an investigation into the crime spree of serial killer Tommy Lynn Sells.
English, Billie & Calhoun, Sharon. Oklahoma Heritage. Oklahoma City/Holt, Calhoun, Clark & Quaid, 1989. Oklahoma history textbook with overview of Oklahoma from earliest times to present day.
Calhoun, Sharon & English, Billie. Oklahoma Adventure. Oklahoma City/ACP, 2001. Oklahoma history textbook with overview from the earliest Oklahomans to the end of the millennium.
Burke, Bob. Courage Counts: The life of Larry Derryberry. Oklahoma City/Oklahoma Heritage Association, 2003. Life story of Oklahoma State Representative and Oklahoma Attorney General, Larry Derryberry.