Elias Graves
Common misfit
Last week, I was cruising around town working, and drove through the intersection of NE 36th and Westminister Blvd. 40 years ago this September, my cousin, an OK Highway Patrol trooper, was murdered there while on duty.
I was only like 5 years old when it happened and I have only a few hazy memories of the whole affair. The manhunt went on for seven months before someone finally talked and fingered Jerry Cudjo as the killer.
Anyway, my curiosity got me and I began doing some internet searching on the matter and found some records.
Last weekend, I started talking to mom about the event and what were her memories of the thing.
She remembers the day well. It was a warm indian summer day and she said she had been feeling sick all day. Nothing she could put her finger on, though, just an "uneasy" feeling. She said at 10pm straight up,(Gene's time of death) she felt like she was going to vomit, then passed out briefly. When she came to, she claims she had the "darkest" feeling ever and immediately started praying about it. The next morning, she picked up the paper to find a report about a police officer killed on duty. She said she immediately called dad in and started crying, saying "It's Genie. I know it is."
With no name in the paper that day, dad told her to calm down. They soon got a call from uncle Frank (Gene's dad) with the news.
After telling me the story, memories came flooding back to me and I clearly remember now those events of that evening. She did pass out. I remember that.
Weird stuff.
EG
I was only like 5 years old when it happened and I have only a few hazy memories of the whole affair. The manhunt went on for seven months before someone finally talked and fingered Jerry Cudjo as the killer.
Anyway, my curiosity got me and I began doing some internet searching on the matter and found some records.
Last weekend, I started talking to mom about the event and what were her memories of the thing.
She remembers the day well. It was a warm indian summer day and she said she had been feeling sick all day. Nothing she could put her finger on, though, just an "uneasy" feeling. She said at 10pm straight up,(Gene's time of death) she felt like she was going to vomit, then passed out briefly. When she came to, she claims she had the "darkest" feeling ever and immediately started praying about it. The next morning, she picked up the paper to find a report about a police officer killed on duty. She said she immediately called dad in and started crying, saying "It's Genie. I know it is."
With no name in the paper that day, dad told her to calm down. They soon got a call from uncle Frank (Gene's dad) with the news.
After telling me the story, memories came flooding back to me and I clearly remember now those events of that evening. She did pass out. I remember that.
Weird stuff.
EG
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