Mary Loving, 49, was found dead outside the OSU Medical Center in downtown Tulsa on July 29, 2019. The discovery prompted a medical examiner’s investigation and authorities treated the death as suspicious.

Investigators quickly named Mary’s husband, 50-year-old Illy Lynn Roach (also reported as Illie Roach), as a person of interest. He was alleged to have shot his wife and was reported to have fled; his vehicle was later found abandoned near Apache and MLK Boulevard and there were reports he may have been hiding in nearby woods. A relative who saw Roach contacted police during the search.

Roach evaded capture for over a month before being arrested near the 5600 block of North Utica Avenue on a Sunday in September. He was jailed as the primary suspect in Mary Loving’s death.

If anyone knew Mary Loving or saw relevant activity in downtown Tulsa or near Apache and MLK Boulevard that summer, contact investigators with information.