Human skull with bullet hole found near Oklahoma creek

LUTHER, Okla. (KFOR) – Oklahoma County deputies are pouring over dental data and lacking individuals studies to find out whose skull was found on a cattle ranch near a creek in Luther. Investigators are additionally looking for the unique crime scene.

“Whatever happened didn’t happen here, but rather that skull had washed down,” stated Aaron Brilbeck with the Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office.

Cattle ranchers noticed a human skull near the Deep Fork Creek in Luther Saturday afternoon. Deputies and the medical expert’s workplace swarmed the realm, near Harrah and Diagonal street, to seek for clues. Nothing was found.

“We didn’t find any clothing. We didn’t find any other remains nearby,” Brilbeck informed KFOR.

However, the medical expert’s workplace later made a discovery.

“There is what appears to be one single gunshot wound in the skull,” stated Brilbeck

The hole was situated simply above one of many eyes. So far within the investigation, it’s unclear if the individual’s dying was a murder or a suicide.

Investigators are additionally working to find out how lengthy the skull has been within the water or when the individual died. The water is throwing a wrench within the decomposition course of.

Brilbeck stated sadly, deputies are acquainted with the realm.

“We’ll find things that have washed down there. There are people that oftentimes swim down there. We’ve unfortunately found a few bodies in that same area,” stated Brilbeck.

With the current rains and lack of clues, deputies don’t imagine that is the place the individual died.

“We suspect that the primary scene was somewhere else, we just don’t know where,” he stated.

Now, deputies and investigators are simply glad they’ve one thing to go off of.

“Somewhere, there’s a family that is missing someone they love, and that family deserves to have answers,” stated Brilbeck.

News 4 requested the Sheriff’s Office if the skull could possibly be linked to the opposite human stays found in Luther final month. Brilbeck stated it’s far too early within the investigation to know.