The State of Oklahoma Holds Justice Hostage for Sheila Deviney

On Wednesday, the unsolved homicide case of Sheila Deviney, murdered on January 6, 2004, was featured on The Roth Show.  Joining us for the hour were Sheila's parents, Susan and David Deviney.  Running for election in 2010, then candidate and now Garvin County Sheriff, Larry Rhodes, promised to open up the investigation if, and when ,he was elected into office.  Sheriff Rhodes campaign platform was the combined cases of the "Garvin County Three", which included Sheila Deviney.

In September the State of Oklahoma plans on destroying the only tangible evidence, tissue samples that tell the story.  How is it possible to destroy evidence from an unsolved homicide?  The pictures below were taken after the fire in which Sheila Deviney died.  They tell the truth along with other important information. There is no doubt, this case is an intimate partner homicide.

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At some point in the near future there is a possibility I will be returning to Garvin County as I did in the fall of 2010.  Hopefully, OSBI, The Attorney's General's Office and others in the state will provide assistance for the Deviney family.  All the family wants is justice.  Is that to much to ask?

Below are the photo's from the crime scene

Susan Murphy Milano is a staff member of the Institute for Relational Harm Reduction and Public Pathology Education as a educator and specialist with intimate partner violence prevention strategies directing prevention for high risk situations and cases.

 A national trainer to law enforcement, training officers, prosecutors, judges, legislators, social service providers, healthcare professionals, victim advocates and the faith based community and author.. In partnership with Management Resources Ltd. of New York addressing prevention and solutions within the community to the workplace. Host of The Susan Murphy Milano Show,"Time'sUp!" . She is a regular contributor to the nationally syndicated "The Roth Show" with Dr Laurie Roth and a co-host onCrime Wire. Online contributions: Forbes : Crime, She Writes providing commentary about the hottest topics on crime, justice, and law from a woman’s perspective, as well as Time's Up! a blog which searches for solutions (SOS) for victims of crime.  

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The Roth Show: Another Look at the Murder of Sheila Deviney-Wednesday at 7:00PM Live

The Roth Show: Another Look at the Murder of Sheila Deviney

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Sheila Deviney was a single mother of two and a recent college graduate who lived next door to her parents in Maysville, Garvin County, Oklahoma. On Tuesday, January 6th, 2004, after she had dropped off her children at school, Sheila was brutally murdered in broad daylight by a group of persons who  subdued her, packed flammable material around her in her trailer home, doused her with accelerants and burned her alive.

Six years after Sheila’s death,in 2010, the Office of the State Medical Examiner threatened to incinerate portions of Sheila’s remains kept following her autopsy for potential future forensic tests, citing storage space concerns. These remains amount to small samples of tissue and blood roughly the size of a deck of playing cards or smaller.

The Devineys have joined other families from all over the state in demanding our tax dollars be spent wisely in reforming the Medical Examiner’s Office into the kind of separate, capable and forthright agency that Sheila Deviney, and all Oklahomans, deserve.

ADDITIONAL LINKS:

http://justiceforthedead.com/sheila_deviney

www.sheiladeviney.org

www.theeleventhcommandment.org

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Justice-For-Sheila-Deviney/137013713003946?ref=ts

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• Murphy’s Justice show “The Sheila Deviney Unsolved Homicide” (timesupblog.blogspot.com)

Document The Abuse for anyone involved in an abusive relationship, it contains vital information on how the "EAA"can support each case of abuse from the perspective of the first responder's and advocates, to an appearance in court. It explains the legal benefits to the abuse victim, whether they are able to testify or not, how their words are forever documented and hold up in court, much like a Living Will. It is a voice that would have brought justice for Sheila Deviney and other silenced by those who once professed to love them.

Susan Murphy Milano is a staff member of the Institute for Relational Harm Reduction and Public Pathology Education as a educator and specialist with intimate partner violence prevention strategies directing prevention for high risk situations and cases.

 A national trainer to law enforcement, training officers, prosecutors, judges, legislators, social service providers, healthcare professionals, victim advocates and the faith based community and author.. In partnership with Management Resources Ltd. of New York addressing prevention and solutions within the community to the workplace. Host of The Susan Murphy Milano Show,"Time'sUp!" . She is a regular contributor to the nationally syndicated "The Roth Show" with Dr Laurie Roth and a co-host on Crime Wire. Online contributions: Forbes : Crime, She Writes providing commentary about the hottest topics on crime, justice, and law from a woman’s perspective, as well as Time's Up! a blog which searches for solutions (SOS) for victims of crime.  

Garvin County Oklahoma Meets Murphy's Justice in the Unsolved Murder of Sheila Deviney

In Gavin County, Oklahoma, a new sheriff by the name of Larry Rhodes was elected with promises to change the good old boys style justice.  In the fall of 2010, the Turner, Deviney and Horton families, (also known as the Garvin County Three) and myself were assured the cases would each be re-opened and investigated if and when Mr. Rhodes got elected.   

I wanted to give the now Sheriff Rhodes time to get settled into his new office, elected in case it slipped his mind, by the people.  He fought a good race and won because citizens in the community believed in his voice and action for change.  Last week I learned that Sheriff Rhodes has no intention of re-opening and investigating the Sheila Deviney unsolved homicide case.

Below is a new episode of Murphy's Justice with Cold case Director Sheryl McCollum and former prosecutor, now defense attorney Holley Hughes featuring the Sheila Deviney case.

Please take a moment if you would and go to YOU TUBE and comment on the show it will go a long way for these unsolved cases.

Efforts will resume to have this case re-opened with or without the cooperation of Garvin County officials who continue to operate in an 1850's wild west cowboy mentality.

Sheila Deviney was murdered and the person(s) responsible are living in the community, getting away with murder all because intimate partner homicide isn't viewed as a serious crime!

Shiela Deviney (right), 30, died on January 6, 2004, when her mobile home, located about one mile east and one mile south of Maysville, Oklahoma, burned to the ground. She was murdered. It should be no surprise that Sheila had been married to an abusive, controlling man. They had a court date over past-due child support scheduled the next day. According to eye witnesses, her ex-husband was at the home, although by law not allowed on the premises. He and another friend destroyed evidence and took items from the home.

Murphy's Justice is an American television series featuring cases of intimate partner violence, stalking homicide and those who suddenly vanish without a trace. An investigation television program with top experts in their field from around the country.  It is devoted to missing mothers, unsolved and suspicious deaths, mothers and women leaving their abusive relationships along with solutions for those involved in domestic violence relationships.  Show host Susan Murphy-Milano connects the dots bringing a voice to those silenced behind closed doors in this country. 

Document The Abuse for anyone involved in an abusive relationship, it contains vital information on how the "EAA"can support each case of abuse from the perspective of the first responder's and advocates, to an appearance in court.  It explains the legal benefits to the abuse victim, whether they are able to testify or not, how their words are forever documented and hold up in court, much like a Living Will.  It is a voice that would have brought justice for Sheila Deviney and other silenced by those who once professed to love them.

Susan Murphy Milano is a staff member of the Institute for Relational Harm Reduction and Public Pathology Education as a educator and specialist with intimate partner violence prevention strategies directing prevention for high risk situations and cases.

 A national trainer to law enforcement, training officers, prosecutors, judges, legislators, social service providers, healthcare professionals, victim advocates and the faith based community and author.. In partnership with Management Resources Ltd. of New York addressing prevention and solutions within the community to the workplace. Host of The Susan Murphy Milano Show,"Time'sUp!" . She is a regular contributor to the nationally syndicated "The Roth Show" with Dr Laurie Roth and a co-host onCrime Wire. Online contributions: Forbes : Crime, She Writes providing commentary about the hottest topics on crime, justice, and law from a woman’s perspective, as well as Time's Up! a blog which searches for solutions (SOS) for victims of crime.

Murphy's Justice show "The Sheila Deviney Unsolved Homicide"

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Tonight on Murphy's Justice case of Sheila Deviney, found burned to death in her Maysville, Oklahoma home in January, 2004. Her death was originally categorized as an accident, but later deemed a homicide which is still unsolved. Through the years the family of Sheila Deviney have tirelessly sought justice, all the while meeting obstacles along the way as her case has grown cold.

Sadly this case is all too common. Victims of intimate partner violence who seek custody of their children and have taken steps to end a relationship before, during or as in Sheila Deviney's case after a divorce are silenced by their abusers.

There is a $50,000 reward being offered to anyone who comes forward with information that will put the killer(s) behind bars. But first, the good people of Garvin County need to start demanding answering because as of now Sheila Deviney's homicide case is not being investigated. 

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Murphy's Justice is an American television series featuring cases of intimate partner violence, stalking homicide and those who suddenly vanish without a trace. An investigation television program with top experts in their field from around the country.  It is devoted to missing mothers, unsolved and suspicious deaths, mothers and women leaving their abusive relationships along with solutions for those involved in domestic violence relationships.  Show host Susan Murphy-Milano connects the dots bringing a voice to those silenced behind closed doors in this country. 

“What hurts the survivor most is not the cruelty of the oppressor, but the silence of the bystander”- Eli Weisel

Oklahoma's New Law: Finally, Justice For The Dead

Its been just over a year since I was in Pauls Valley Oklahoma with the families of the Justice For The Dead site. A group whom came together for one sole purpose, to reform the Oklahoma Medical Examiner's Office headed up by attorney Jaye Mendros.

This past week the Chanda Turner Reform Act went into law. Families will now have the opportunity to appeal their loved ones' death certificates. Numerous cases across the State in which the Medical Examiners Office rubber stamped death certificates as suicides, many without autopsies or proper testing. Some of their actions were political corrupt. Contaminated and even manufactured crime scene's appeared in the majority of the cases.

One of many disturbing, still unsolved cases to benefit from the new law is the intimate partner homicide of Sheila Deviney 30, who died on January 6, 2004, when her mobile home, located about one mile east and one mile south of Maysville, Oklahoma, burned to the ground. She was murdered. It should be no surprise that Sheila had been married to an abusive, controlling man. They had a court date over past-due child support scheduled the next day. According to eye witnesses, her ex-husband was at the home, although by law not allowed on the premises. He and others according to recorded, notarized and sworn affidavit statements I have in a secure location from eye witnesses attest to certain individuals leaving Sheila's property as flames jumped into the sky. Witnesses say those person's allegedly destroyed evidence and took items from the home.

Since the murder of Sheila, her parents Dave and Susan Deviney have worked along side the other families seeking justice. Sheila's case has more twists and turns than a tornado.

Tissues sample's from the fire need to remain in tact and not destroyed as threatened by the Medical Examiners office within the next few months. This is the only tangible evidence. Law enforcement allowed a suspect to destroy physical evidence within days of the massive fire that took Sheila's life.

Is it a coincidence that the spokesperson for the Medical Examiner's office, Cherokee Ballard resigned on the very day this law went into affect?

To read more on the amazing justice for families read: New Law: Cowboys, Indians and the Oklahoma Medical Examiner's Office.

Susan Murphy Milano is a staff member of the Institute for Relational Harm Reduction and Public Pathology Education as a educator and specialist with intimate partner violence prevention strategies directing prevention for high risk situations and cases.

A national trainer to law enforcement, training officers, prosecutors, judges, legislators, social service providers, healthcare professionals, victim advocates and the faith based community. In partnership withManagement Resources Ltd. of New York addressing prevention and solutions within the community to the workplace.

Online contributions: Forbes : Crime, She Writes providing commentary about the hottest topics on crime, justice, and law from a woman’s perspective, as well as Time's Up! a blog which searches for solutions (SOS) for victims of crime.

Radio Shows: Susan is the host of The Susan Murphy Milano Show, "Time's Up!" . She is a regular contributor to the nationally syndicated "The Roth Show" with Dr Laurie Roth and a co-host on Crime Wire.

Books: Time's Up: A Guide on How to Leave and Survive Abusive and Stalking Relationships,Moving out, Moving on, and Defending Out Lives.

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Crime Wire: "Justice For the Dead in Oklahoma" Tuesday June 7th at 9:00 PM Eastern Time

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Susan Murphy Milano and Jaye Mendros stand with the families

Last year the Crime Wire Team shined a light onto the plight of families dealing with the corruption and ineptitude of the Oklahoma Medical Examiner's Office. Several families seeking justice for their deceased loved ones banded together, along with Oklahoma City attorney, Jaye Mendros, and formed Justice For The Dead to publicize the need for reform. Out of that union The Chanda Turner Act came into being, and after a long battle through the Oklahoma legislature, it has been signed by the Governor.

The Crime Wire Team welcomes the parents of Chanda Turner, Joe and Donna Turner, the parents of Kristina Rivera-Hill, Sam and Michele Speziale, and attorney, Jaye Mendros to give our listeners an update on what this means to all of the families in Oklahoma waiting years for justice denied.

For information on these two families as well as many other Oklahoma families, please visit the website,Justice for the Dead.

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"The Garvin County Three" and the Holidays

The phrase :To "kill with a borrowed knife” means borrowing other people's power to help you eliminate a threat. When you lack power or don’t want to reveal yourself, you will borrow a "knife" (from an outside force) to eliminate a threat. By doing this, you are using other people's power for your own gain.  And in the unsolved cases of the "Garvin County Three," in Oklahoma , the borrowed knife was also used after each crime to sign off on each case with the assistance of the medical examiners office as suicide's, rather then homicides .

This holiday season I would like to remind those responsible directly or overtly involved in the deaths of the "Garvin County Three"  Chanda Turner, Sheila Deviney and Tom Horton to enjoy the upcoming holiday with your families.  Those of you whom now have lawyers waiting in the background I hope that one of you consider coming forward with the truth when you are either contacted and unexpectedly visited and questioned in the next couple of months.  Maybe in cooperating you will be able to enjoy future holidays with your family, something that I assure you will not happen for the others whom have, enjoyed their freedom and up until recently gotten away with murder.  

Which case will be opened and investigated first?   

Chanda Turner:  Age 23

Cause of Death: Gunshot Wound to the chest             

Time of Death: 11:30 PM 

Incident reported to 911 at 12:26 AM (56 minutes after her death) Ruled Suicide

Sheila Ann Deviney, age 30                                                  ($50,000 reward being offered)

Cause of Death- Burned to Death (accident then ruled a homicide)

Date: January 4, 2004

                                                               

Tom Horton, 65

Profession- Retired 25 year high school teacher

Case of Death- gunshot wound ruled a suicide

Each of the cases are also on the site www.justiceforthedead.com.   And remember there is a $50,000 reward being offered in the unsolved homicide of Sheila Deviney.