Francine Frost was 44 when she left her Tulsa home on February 16, 1981, to shop at a Skaggs Alpha Beta and never returned. Her husband found her car the next day in the store parking lot at 21st Street and Memorial Drive with the keys still in the driver’s door; Francine was missing and foul play was immediately suspected.

In January 1983 partial human remains were found in rural Muskogee County near Martin after an anonymous tip, but those remains were buried as a Jane Doe because they were not linked to Francine’s disappearance at the time. Decades later Francine’s grandson Corey located the Muskogee Jane Doe entry in an online database; the clothing description matched what Francine had been wearing. The remains were exhumed in 2015 and DNA confirmed in August 2016 that the Jane Doe was Francine.

The medical examiner determined Francine had been murdered, sustaining gunshots to the back of her head. No arrests have been announced and no suspects have been publicly named; the investigation remains an open cold case. If anyone knew Francine, saw her on February 16, 1981, or has information about her abduction or where she was between Tulsa and Muskogee County, please come forward.