OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma City Police Department has booked suspects and closed investigations for a pair of longstanding cold case homicides, one of which dates back over two decades.
Both of the newly closed homicide cases – one from 2021 and another from more than 20 years ago in 2003 – involved stabbing deaths, and both have resulted in suspects booked for first-degree murder.
2021 stabbing at Pink Parrot Bar
Police responded to reports of a double stabbing at the Pink Parrot Bar in Bricktown on the night of May 24th, 2021 to find one victim dead and another injured.
Both victims were visitors from Florida and had been involved in an altercation with an assailant, who stabbed the first victim – 22-year-old Conroy Williams – inside the bar and then attacked and stabbed the second victim outside as he attempted to leave.
Williams died from his wounds and the assailant escaped.
The case went cold for more than four years until, according a press release from the OKCPD’s Public Information Office, “investigators were able to develop information” that led them to name 27-year-old Taylor Johnson as a suspect this month.
Johnson was found to be currently serving time at the Great Plains Correctional Center in Hinton for illegal drug and firearm charges.
New charges were filed against Johnson on February 13th in the Oklahoma District Attorney’s office.
2003 stabbing on Westwood Blvd.
More than two decades ago, on June 14th, 2003, police responded to reports of a man lying on the ground in the 1600 block of Westwood Blvd to find 42-year-old Leon Samuel Harris dead with stab wounds.
Despite the murder weapon being found nearby and multiple interviews being conducted, OKCPD made no arrests at the time and the case went cold.
The department’s Cold Case Unit began reviewing the killing last year, including a new test for DNA on the weapon and a new submission to the Combined DNA Index System, or CODIS, an FBI-managed database of DNA samples collected at crime scenes and from known offenders.
The DNA collected from the weapon used in the 2003 killing matched to 58-year-old Loyd Brown, who had been living in NW OKC.
Brown had previously served time in 2005 for lewd acts with a child, at which time his DNA was added to the CODIS database.
After being interviewed by OKCPD, Brown was booked for first-degree murder.
The press releases issued by the OKCPD Public Information Office for these homicides state that both cases will now be “carried as solved.”
Note: At the time of publication, the details released by the police have not been tested in court. By law, individuals are presumed innocent until found guilty by a jury of their peers or through a guilty plea.
Brett Fieldcamp is the owner and Editor in Chief of Oklahoma City Free Press. He has been covering arts, entertainment, news, housing, and culture in Oklahoma for nearly two decades and served as Arts & Entertainment Editor before purchasing the company from founder Brett Dickerson in 2026.
He is also a musician and songwriter and holds a certification as Specialist of Spirits from The Society of Wine Educators.
