Summer 2017 homicide in Oklahoma City began as a reported vehicle fire but quickly pointed to foul play. On July 10 first responders found a burning vehicle near North Air Depot Boulevard and East Wilshire Boulevard with the body of 27-year-old Bashar Burks inside. Investigators noted Burks had signs of trauma that occurred before the crash and fire, suggesting his death was not an accident.

The next day officers discovered the body of Burks’s girlfriend, 30-year-old Ashley Easton, in a nearby ditch; she had been shot in the head and neck. Investigators identified 27-year-old co-worker Mario James Normore as a suspect after learning Burks and Easton had given him a ride that day. According to the investigation, an argument broke out during the drive, Normore shot Burks and Easton, set the vehicle on fire with Burks inside, and discarded Easton’s body in the ditch.

What details from that day stand out to readers who remember the area or the people involved?