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

 
BY TIFFANY GIBSON tgibson@opubco.com
Published: February 14, 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 Lane. Hemphill had obvious trauma to her body, Clabes said, but he...


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