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William Dale Davis

United States · Aged 46 · Died 03/24/2001
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Suicide

Mildred and Gilbert Tuepker were held hostage at their home in Edmond by Douglas Eugene Gray and William Dale Davis who broke out of Mack Alford Correctional Center in Stringtown, where they were serving time for murder. They escaped by hiding in a mail cart that was loaded onto a pickup and hauled to the Stringtown post office. After a police standoff, Davis was found dead of an allegedly self-inflicted gunshot.

Alleged responsible partyEdmond Police DepartmentReported by the cited sources. “Alleged” is used pending verification.

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