The following two paragraphs are from
ROUBIDEAUX v. STATE
1985 OK CR 105
707 P.2d 35
Case Number: F-83-701
Decided: 08/22/1985
Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals
Jackie Roubideaux was convicted in Comanche County District Court of Murder in the First Degree for the suffocation death of three and one-half year old Mary Carpitcher. Punishment was assessed at life imprisonment.
On April 10, 1976, the body of Mary Carpitcher was found in a refrigerator within an abandoned house in Lawton. Two children playing in the house heard a noise coming from the refrigerator and opened its door. Out jumped Tina Carpitcher, Mary's twin sister, who had escaped death by breathing through a crack at the refrigerator's door. She was ten years old at the time of trial and testified that the appellant, a good friend of her Aunt Thomasina, had put her and her sister into the refrigerator. She testified that Jackie had entered their grandmother's living room where they were watching television on the afternoon of April 8, 1976, and told them to come with her. They walked several blocks to the house where they were told to get into the refrigerator and that their Aunt Thomasina would come to get them later and take them for ice cream.
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The following was contributed by MillieBelle (#46628380):
The body of a 3 1/2-year-old girl who died nearly six years ago has been exhumed so dental impressions can be made as evidence in the first-degree murder trial of Jacqueline Roubideaux, investigators say.
Highland Cemetery maintenance workers opened the grave of Mary Elizabeth Carpitcher late Tuesday under a court order.
The Carpitcher child was found suffocated in an old refrigerator behind an abandoned house in April 1976.
Her twin sister, Tina, trapped in the refrigerator with her, survived and is expected to be the state's key witness in the trial scheduled to open Monday.
Miss Roubideaux, 22, was charged in the October 1979 slaying. She was then a juvenile, but was certified to stand trial as an adult. The trial was ordered after a two-week preliminary hearing in June.
The defense asked for a ruling on the exhumation after it recently was discovered that earlier dental impressions have been lost.
In earlier hearings, there were questions concerning the source of bite marks found on the surviving sister.
The defense motion claimed the evidence gained by the dental impressions would remove blame from the defendant.
Miss Roubideaux has been in the Comanche County jail since Dec. 29, 1980, in lieu of $50,000 bond. (The Daily Oklahoman, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 1982).
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The following suggested edit from Oklahoma Cold Case files was contributed by Phil and Donna (Stricklan) Whitaker (4308835):
THREE LITTLE GIRLS
[Comment by Trapper John 46967325: The following three paragraphs are about a baby named Nima Louise Carter. Then the rest of this part is about Mary Elizabeth Carpitcher.]
The morning of November 1, 1977 was one of terror for George and Rose Carter. They woke to find their 19-month-old daughter, Nima, missing from her crib; stolen in the middle of the night.
Almost a month would go by without any knowledge of what had become of little Nima Louise, and when word came, it was every parent's worst nightmare. She had been found a mere four blocks from home, locked in a refrigerator inside an abandoned house. First, she had been found by a group of neighborhood boys, who ran away from the sight; then a Ft. Sill soldier came upon the scene, and alerted law enforcement.
To this day, no one has been charged in the abduction and homicide of Nima Carter, though if you ask most people they'd probably tell you the person responsible was Jacqueline Roubideaux. Jacqueline was the 16-year-old babysitter that the Carter's sometimes used to watch Nima when they would go out.
In 1976 three-and-a-half-year-old twins Tina and Mary Carpitcher were lead into an abandonded home by their sometimes babysitter and stuffed into a refrigerator. Tina would survive, but Mary wouldn't. Tina would later testify against Jacqueline in her 1983 trial, where she would be found guilty and spend the rest of her life in prison. Jacqueline died in 2005 of lung cancer, never saying one way or the other whether she was responsible for Nima's death.
George Carter though, has his doubts about Jacqueline's guilt in his daughter's death. He's stated that two months before Nima's death they had found their dog poisoned, and one day had returned home to find it vandalized. He does say he's made his peace with whatever has happened.
If Jacqueline Roubideaux isn't responsible for Nima Carter's death, then the fact remains that whoever is has remained at large, and living a free life, while George and Rose Carter lived with the pain of their daughter's death; and Nima, she never got to see her second birthday.
If you have any information about the abduction and murder of Nima Louise Carter, please contact the Lawton Police Department at (580) 581-3500.
#silenceisbetrayal
© Oklahoma Cold Cases 2019
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ROUBIDEAUX v. STATE
1985 OK CR 105
707 P.2d 35
Case Number: F-83-701
Decided: 08/22/1985
Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals
Jackie Roubideaux was convicted in Comanche County District Court of Murder in the First Degree for the suffocation death of three and one-half year old Mary Carpitcher. Punishment was assessed at life imprisonment.
On April 10, 1976, the body of Mary Carpitcher was found in a refrigerator within an abandoned house in Lawton. Two children playing in the house heard a noise coming from the refrigerator and opened its door. Out jumped Tina Carpitcher, Mary's twin sister, who had escaped death by breathing through a crack at the refrigerator's door. She was ten years old at the time of trial and testified that the appellant, a good friend of her Aunt Thomasina, had put her and her sister into the refrigerator. She testified that Jackie had entered their grandmother's living room where they were watching television on the afternoon of April 8, 1976, and told them to come with her. They walked several blocks to the house where they were told to get into the refrigerator and that their Aunt Thomasina would come to get them later and take them for ice cream.
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The following was contributed by MillieBelle (#46628380):
The body of a 3 1/2-year-old girl who died nearly six years ago has been exhumed so dental impressions can be made as evidence in the first-degree murder trial of Jacqueline Roubideaux, investigators say.
Highland Cemetery maintenance workers opened the grave of Mary Elizabeth Carpitcher late Tuesday under a court order.
The Carpitcher child was found suffocated in an old refrigerator behind an abandoned house in April 1976.
Her twin sister, Tina, trapped in the refrigerator with her, survived and is expected to be the state's key witness in the trial scheduled to open Monday.
Miss Roubideaux, 22, was charged in the October 1979 slaying. She was then a juvenile, but was certified to stand trial as an adult. The trial was ordered after a two-week preliminary hearing in June.
The defense asked for a ruling on the exhumation after it recently was discovered that earlier dental impressions have been lost.
In earlier hearings, there were questions concerning the source of bite marks found on the surviving sister.
The defense motion claimed the evidence gained by the dental impressions would remove blame from the defendant.
Miss Roubideaux has been in the Comanche County jail since Dec. 29, 1980, in lieu of $50,000 bond. (The Daily Oklahoman, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 1982).
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The following suggested edit from Oklahoma Cold Case files was contributed by Phil and Donna (Stricklan) Whitaker (4308835):
THREE LITTLE GIRLS
[Comment by Trapper John 46967325: The following three paragraphs are about a baby named Nima Louise Carter. Then the rest of this part is about Mary Elizabeth Carpitcher.]
The morning of November 1, 1977 was one of terror for George and Rose Carter. They woke to find their 19-month-old daughter, Nima, missing from her crib; stolen in the middle of the night.
Almost a month would go by without any knowledge of what had become of little Nima Louise, and when word came, it was every parent's worst nightmare. She had been found a mere four blocks from home, locked in a refrigerator inside an abandoned house. First, she had been found by a group of neighborhood boys, who ran away from the sight; then a Ft. Sill soldier came upon the scene, and alerted law enforcement.
To this day, no one has been charged in the abduction and homicide of Nima Carter, though if you ask most people they'd probably tell you the person responsible was Jacqueline Roubideaux. Jacqueline was the 16-year-old babysitter that the Carter's sometimes used to watch Nima when they would go out.
In 1976 three-and-a-half-year-old twins Tina and Mary Carpitcher were lead into an abandonded home by their sometimes babysitter and stuffed into a refrigerator. Tina would survive, but Mary wouldn't. Tina would later testify against Jacqueline in her 1983 trial, where she would be found guilty and spend the rest of her life in prison. Jacqueline died in 2005 of lung cancer, never saying one way or the other whether she was responsible for Nima's death.
George Carter though, has his doubts about Jacqueline's guilt in his daughter's death. He's stated that two months before Nima's death they had found their dog poisoned, and one day had returned home to find it vandalized. He does say he's made his peace with whatever has happened.
If Jacqueline Roubideaux isn't responsible for Nima Carter's death, then the fact remains that whoever is has remained at large, and living a free life, while George and Rose Carter lived with the pain of their daughter's death; and Nima, she never got to see her second birthday.
If you have any information about the abduction and murder of Nima Louise Carter, please contact the Lawton Police Department at (580) 581-3500.
#silenceisbetrayal
© Oklahoma Cold Cases 2019
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The following two paragraphs are from
ROUBIDEAUX v. STATE
1985 OK CR 105
707 P.2d 35
Case Number: F-83-701
Decided: 08/22/1985
Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals
Jackie Roubideaux was convicted in Comanche County District Court of Murder in the First Degree for the suffocation death of three and one-half year old Mary Carpitcher. Punishment was assessed at life imprisonment.
On April 10, 1976, the body of Mary Carpitcher was found in a refrigerator within an abandoned house in Lawton. Two children playing in the house heard a noise coming from the refrigerator and opened its door. Out jumped Tina Carpitcher, Mary's twin sister, who had escaped death by breathing through a crack at the refrigerator's door. She was ten years old at the time of trial and testified that the appellant, a good friend of her Aunt Thomasina, had put her and her sister into the refrigerator. She testified that Jackie had entered their grandmother's living room where they were watching television on the afternoon of April 8, 1976, and told them to come with her. They walked several blocks to the house where they were told to get into the refrigerator and that their Aunt Thomasina would come to get them later and take them for ice cream.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The following was contributed by MillieBelle (#46628380):
The body of a 3 1/2-year-old girl who died nearly six years ago has been exhumed so dental impressions can be made as evidence in the first-degree murder trial of Jacqueline Roubideaux, investigators say.
Highland Cemetery maintenance workers opened the grave of Mary Elizabeth Carpitcher late Tuesday under a court order.
The Carpitcher child was found suffocated in an old refrigerator behind an abandoned house in April 1976.
Her twin sister, Tina, trapped in the refrigerator with her, survived and is expected to be the state's key witness in the trial scheduled to open Monday.
Miss Roubideaux, 22, was charged in the October 1979 slaying. She was then a juvenile, but was certified to stand trial as an adult. The trial was ordered after a two-week preliminary hearing in June.
The defense asked for a ruling on the exhumation after it recently was discovered that earlier dental impressions have been lost.
In earlier hearings, there were questions concerning the source of bite marks found on the surviving sister.
The defense motion claimed the evidence gained by the dental impressions would remove blame from the defendant.
Miss Roubideaux has been in the Comanche County jail since Dec. 29, 1980, in lieu of $50,000 bond. (The Daily Oklahoman, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 1982).
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The following suggested edit from Oklahoma Cold Case files was contributed by Phil and Donna (Stricklan) Whitaker (4308835):
THREE LITTLE GIRLS
[Comment by Trapper John 46967325: The following three paragraphs are about a baby named Nima Louise Carter. Then the rest of this part is about Mary Elizabeth Carpitcher.]
The morning of November 1, 1977 was one of terror for George and Rose Carter. They woke to find their 19-month-old daughter, Nima, missing from her crib; stolen in the middle of the night.
Almost a month would go by without any knowledge of what had become of little Nima Louise, and when word came, it was every parent's worst nightmare. She had been found a mere four blocks from home, locked in a refrigerator inside an abandoned house. First, she had been found by a group of neighborhood boys, who ran away from the sight; then a Ft. Sill soldier came upon the scene, and alerted law enforcement.
To this day, no one has been charged in the abduction and homicide of Nima Carter, though if you ask most people they'd probably tell you the person responsible was Jacqueline Roubideaux. Jacqueline was the 16-year-old babysitter that the Carter's sometimes used to watch Nima when they would go out.
In 1976 three-and-a-half-year-old twins Tina and Mary Carpitcher were lead into an abandonded home by their sometimes babysitter and stuffed into a refrigerator. Tina would survive, but Mary wouldn't. Tina would later testify against Jacqueline in her 1983 trial, where she would be found guilty and spend the rest of her life in prison. Jacqueline died in 2005 of lung cancer, never saying one way or the other whether she was responsible for Nima's death.
George Carter though, has his doubts about Jacqueline's guilt in his daughter's death. He's stated that two months before Nima's death they had found their dog poisoned, and one day had returned home to find it vandalized. He does say he's made his peace with whatever has happened.
If Jacqueline Roubideaux isn't responsible for Nima Carter's death, then the fact remains that whoever is has remained at large, and living a free life, while George and Rose Carter lived with the pain of their daughter's death; and Nima, she never got to see her second birthday.
If you have any information about the abduction and murder of Nima Louise Carter, please contact the Lawton Police Department at (580) 581-3500.
#silenceisbetrayal
© Oklahoma Cold Cases 2019
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ROUBIDEAUX v. STATE
1985 OK CR 105
707 P.2d 35
Case Number: F-83-701
Decided: 08/22/1985
Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals
Jackie Roubideaux was convicted in Comanche County District Court of Murder in the First Degree for the suffocation death of three and one-half year old Mary Carpitcher. Punishment was assessed at life imprisonment.
On April 10, 1976, the body of Mary Carpitcher was found in a refrigerator within an abandoned house in Lawton. Two children playing in the house heard a noise coming from the refrigerator and opened its door. Out jumped Tina Carpitcher, Mary's twin sister, who had escaped death by breathing through a crack at the refrigerator's door. She was ten years old at the time of trial and testified that the appellant, a good friend of her Aunt Thomasina, had put her and her sister into the refrigerator. She testified that Jackie had entered their grandmother's living room where they were watching television on the afternoon of April 8, 1976, and told them to come with her. They walked several blocks to the house where they were told to get into the refrigerator and that their Aunt Thomasina would come to get them later and take them for ice cream.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The following was contributed by MillieBelle (#46628380):
The body of a 3 1/2-year-old girl who died nearly six years ago has been exhumed so dental impressions can be made as evidence in the first-degree murder trial of Jacqueline Roubideaux, investigators say.
Highland Cemetery maintenance workers opened the grave of Mary Elizabeth Carpitcher late Tuesday under a court order.
The Carpitcher child was found suffocated in an old refrigerator behind an abandoned house in April 1976.
Her twin sister, Tina, trapped in the refrigerator with her, survived and is expected to be the state's key witness in the trial scheduled to open Monday.
Miss Roubideaux, 22, was charged in the October 1979 slaying. She was then a juvenile, but was certified to stand trial as an adult. The trial was ordered after a two-week preliminary hearing in June.
The defense asked for a ruling on the exhumation after it recently was discovered that earlier dental impressions have been lost.
In earlier hearings, there were questions concerning the source of bite marks found on the surviving sister.
The defense motion claimed the evidence gained by the dental impressions would remove blame from the defendant.
Miss Roubideaux has been in the Comanche County jail since Dec. 29, 1980, in lieu of $50,000 bond. (The Daily Oklahoman, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 1982).
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The following suggested edit from Oklahoma Cold Case files was contributed by Phil and Donna (Stricklan) Whitaker (4308835):
THREE LITTLE GIRLS
[Comment by Trapper John 46967325: The following three paragraphs are about a baby named Nima Louise Carter. Then the rest of this part is about Mary Elizabeth Carpitcher.]
The morning of November 1, 1977 was one of terror for George and Rose Carter. They woke to find their 19-month-old daughter, Nima, missing from her crib; stolen in the middle of the night.
Almost a month would go by without any knowledge of what had become of little Nima Louise, and when word came, it was every parent's worst nightmare. She had been found a mere four blocks from home, locked in a refrigerator inside an abandoned house. First, she had been found by a group of neighborhood boys, who ran away from the sight; then a Ft. Sill soldier came upon the scene, and alerted law enforcement.
To this day, no one has been charged in the abduction and homicide of Nima Carter, though if you ask most people they'd probably tell you the person responsible was Jacqueline Roubideaux. Jacqueline was the 16-year-old babysitter that the Carter's sometimes used to watch Nima when they would go out.
In 1976 three-and-a-half-year-old twins Tina and Mary Carpitcher were lead into an abandonded home by their sometimes babysitter and stuffed into a refrigerator. Tina would survive, but Mary wouldn't. Tina would later testify against Jacqueline in her 1983 trial, where she would be found guilty and spend the rest of her life in prison. Jacqueline died in 2005 of lung cancer, never saying one way or the other whether she was responsible for Nima's death.
George Carter though, has his doubts about Jacqueline's guilt in his daughter's death. He's stated that two months before Nima's death they had found their dog poisoned, and one day had returned home to find it vandalized. He does say he's made his peace with whatever has happened.
If Jacqueline Roubideaux isn't responsible for Nima Carter's death, then the fact remains that whoever is has remained at large, and living a free life, while George and Rose Carter lived with the pain of their daughter's death; and Nima, she never got to see her second birthday.
If you have any information about the abduction and murder of Nima Louise Carter, please contact the Lawton Police Department at (580) 581-3500.
#silenceisbetrayal
© Oklahoma Cold Cases 2019
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