On January 5, 2022, the body of 26-year-old Naoko Van Duyn was found inside her apartment at the St. James Apartments on NW Cache Road in Lawton, Oklahoma. An infant child was also found dead in the same residence; both deaths were investigated as homicides and were determined to have occurred some time before they were discovered.

Officers had been alerted after reports of a suspicious man near the complex. When they contacted David Van Duyn at the scene, a welfare check on his wife and child was conducted, which led to the discovery. David Van Duyn was taken into custody and identified by authorities as the primary suspect; he faced multiple charges connected to the deaths as the case moved through the court system.

The community was left reeling by the loss of a young mother and her child. If anyone has information about Naoko Van Duyn, her child, or the events around January 5, 2022, please come forward.