Suspect's escape still haunts community today
Crime: Man was jailed awaiting trial in the deaths of his ex-wife and her boyfriend

 
By Ron Jackson
Published: August 10, 2008

LAWTON — A miniature wanted poster of David Lee Kemp hangs by a tack amid a cluster of certificates, badges and western art prints on Comanche County Sheriff Kenny Stradley's office walls. The image is easy to miss — unless you're the sheriff.

Stradley stares at the fugitive's mug shot daily.

"I put it here so I can see it every day,” Stradley said. "David Lee Kemp — that's one we regret. He escap...


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