Christie Leigh Ward was 28 when she was last seen in the early morning hours of September 3, 1988, at Classic’s Bar on East 51st Street in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Reports indicate she may have returned to her residence after leaving the bar, but by later that day she was missing and her red Pontiac Firebird was gone.

The next day two teenagers walking along the side of the road at 13800 E. 51st Street discovered Christie’s partially clothed body. Investigators found her hands bound behind her back and determined she had been sexually assaulted, beaten, and shot; there was also evidence suggesting possible strangulation. The medical cause of death was listed as gunshot wounds. Christie’s red Firebird was recovered burned and abandoned in the west parking lot of the Silver Springs Apartments at 8300 E. 61st Street.

No arrests have been announced and the case remains an unsolved homicide. If anyone knew Christie, saw her car that night, or has information about her movements between East 51st Street and the Silver Springs Apartments, please come forward.