Annie Brown, 62, was fatally shot inside her Midwest City, Oklahoma, home on the evening of December 17, 2024. Known locally for her compassion, she had been sheltering a man named Richard Dewayne Chambers in a shed on her property that had electricity. After the shooting, Chambers stole Brown’s vehicle and fled.

Brown’s absence came to light when Pontotoc County investigators, working a separate homicide, found her abandoned vehicle. A welfare check at her residence on December 18, 2024, led officers to her body. Authorities identified 42-year-old Richard Dewayne Chambers as the suspect and launched a multi-agency manhunt; he was arrested on December 18, 2024, in Hughes County after being found hiding in vacant buildings.

The motive for Brown’s killing has not been stated. Did anyone in Midwest City have recent contact with Annie or know more about who was staying on her property?