Edward Mosley was an 11-year-old Black boy from Oklahoma City whose ordinary summer vanished in 1985. He lived with his mother Linda Wheeler, sister Angela, 13, younger brother Michael, 9, and older half-brother Terry Lamb, 14. In late June or early July the household stopped showing up at school and work; friends reported Linda had planned a trip to Sallisaw with her ex-husband Herman Edward Eddie Lamb Jr., who was last known to be with them.

In November 1985 a hunter found human remains at a makeshift campsite about ten miles north of Sallisaw. Four bodies were recovered near the camp and a fifth set of remains was found about 200 yards away. Dental and forensic identification confirmed the victims as Linda, Angela, Edward, Michael, and Terry. Forensic examiners determined the family had been dead for several months; the children suffered blunt force trauma and multiple stab wounds, one boy had also been shot, and Linda had been beaten and stabbed.

Investigators focused on Eddie Lamb and ultimately charged him with four counts of first-degree murder, later adding a fifth count after Terry was identified. Lamb was tried and acquitted; no one else has been charged in these deaths. Does anyone have information about the family’s last days in Oklahoma City or their planned trip to Sallisaw?