Late November 2023 in Ardmore, Oklahoma, Linderal Petties, 30, was found dead in a residence on H Street Northwest by a family member. The Ardmore Police Department determined she had sustained multiple gunshot wounds. Surveillance footage from nearby homes and businesses reportedly shows a suspect forcibly entering the back door, firing six shots inside, and then leaving in a vehicle.

Police traced the getaway vehicle to a local car wash, where footage captured the vehicle’s driver, identified as 50-year-old Cheryl Batiste, taking a phone call at a payphone shortly before picking up the alleged shooter and later dropping him off north of the scene. Batiste was arrested two days after the killing and charged with first-degree murder; bond was set at one million dollars. The person shown entering the home remains at large.

Authorities sought a known associate of Petties, Jason Javon Franklin, for questioning; he is not being treated as a suspect in the homicide but is wanted on an unrelated warrant for failure to register as a convicted violent criminal, and the U.S. Marshals Service is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to his arrest. Police have said they do not believe Petties’ death was random. If anyone has information about the shooting, the suspect seen on surveillance, or Franklin’s whereabouts, please share it with investigators.