Episode 119: Tina Mae Duffell

This week’s story involved A 37-year-old woman named Tina Mae Duffell who was murdered on October 17, 1974. She worked part time at a convenience store in Quapaw, Oklahoma, where she was abducted, killed, then found in a pond.


Michelle Blank, Tina's daughter, still hopes Oklahoma authorities will find out who killed her mother. At the time of her mother's abduction, Michelle was a teenager. She was the last person to see her mother alive. Michelle stopped by the convenience store to see her mother. While in the store, she noticed a tall man with dark hair drinking a soda.


Little did Michelle know that the man she saw inside the store and another man would take her mother from the store and kill her. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation has looked into the case. Unfortunately, there are still no answers.


Do you know what happened to Tina? Her daughter Michelle Blank remains distraught over her mother’s death. She doesn’t know who killed her mother or why. Although it’s been nearly 50 years since her mom died, she realizes the killers may also be deceased by now.
But she continues seeking answers. If you know anything about the death of Tina Mae Duffell, please contact the OSBI at (800) 522-8017.


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