TULSA COUNTY, Okla. — It’s a case that goes back to April of 2008.
At the time, Frederick Wilson lived at home with his girlfriend. While they watched television, Wilson’s girlfriend said, two masked men stormed their way into the house and zip tied them and put them on the ground.
Investigators with the Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office said the men begin to search the house for anything valuable. At one point, someone shot Wilson in the back of the head and the two suspects left the house.
Deputies said his girlfriend freed herself from her restraints, get out of the house and called for help.
When investigators got to the home, they found Wilson already dead, and the only witness was his girlfriend could only give limited information.
Wilson’s mother, Sandra, said she was at home when she got the call that her only son had been shot.
“I was at home when it happened, and I got a phone call, but I got the phone call where he was shot. I didn’t find out he was dead until I went to the house,” said Wilson.
A possible motive started taking shape as investigators worked through the clues left behind at the home.
“Looking into Frederick’s lifestyle, we think may have played a role in motive in this case. Frederick was well known in the narcotics game, and it is suspected that he may have had thousands of dollars in cash in drug proceeds in the house, and that is the motive that we are looking at,” said TCSO spokeswoman Casey Roebuck.
Wilson’s mother agreed.
“He wasn’t in no gang. It probably had something to do with drugs, but he wasn’t in no gang,” said Wilson.
Despite what her son may have been involved with at the time of his death, she said no parent should ever lose a child.
“You know, being happy on the outside, but don’t nobody know the pain on the inside. It’s like my birthday come and they just gave me two weeks to be with him before they decided to kill him I don’t celebrate my birthday. I don’t celebrate nothing really,” said Wilson.
Right now, investigators are hitting a brick wall when it comes to solving this case because they believe two well-known criminals may be responsible, and people are scared to come forward.
“A lot of time has gone by and the suspects in this case are well known bad guys and they are currently incarcerated and so we want the public to feel that now is the time to come forward and give us the information that we need to finally bring closure to Frederick’s family.”
Anyone with information about the death of Frederick Wilson can contact the Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office tip line at 918-596-8836.
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