Patty Jane Mayhugh, 54, was one of three family members killed in their Chickasha, Oklahoma home on a Friday in May 2024. Law enforcement responded after a 911 caller reported shell casings on the front porch; officers found Patty near the doorway and her husband, James Lee Mayhugh, 55, and their daughter, Shayla Lynn Mayhugh, 28, fatally shot in the living room. An uneaten pizza on the kitchen counter and a text Patty sent that evening to her son notifying him dinner was ready place the killings shortly after that message.

Investigators identified the couple’s son, Jacob Mayhugh, then 22, as a person of interest. Records indicate he had purchased an AR-15 style rifle weeks before the incident. Jacob fled after the killings, prompting a manhunt; he was later located and arrested in Oklahoma City, and authorities recovered two AR-15 magazines with ammunition in his vehicle. After being taken into custody he confessed to the killings and reportedly had plans for additional violence.

Did anyone in Chickasha know the Mayhugh family or see anything unusual that night?