Midwest City police identify woman found dead in gas-filled home

A woman found dead Monday night in a Midwest City home has been identified as Violet Hemphill, 64. Police said it appears the gas stove was deliberately turned on in an attempt to fill the house with gas. Officers are investigating the death as a homicide.

BY TIFFANY GIBSON | Modified: February 15, 2012 at 12:00 am | Published: February 15, 2012

MIDWEST CITY — A home where a woman was found dead and two other people were found unconscious smelled strongly of natural gas, police said Tuesday.

Authorities described the case as “a very strange homicide.”

Police Chief Brandon Clabes said Violet Hemphill, 64, was found dead Monday night at her house in the 1000 block of Holly...
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