Last Updated on August 1, 2023, 4:26 PM | Published: August 1, 2023
OKLAHOMA CITY — A southside OKC woman is dead but her child is safe after having been abducted by the ex-husband of the woman.
Police believe that Chase Ainsworth, 34, murdered Samantha Ainsworth, 31, and then left with their young child Saturday around 3 p.m.
Officers with the Oklahoma City Police Department were sent to a residence near S.W. 104th St. and S. May Ave. Saturday in response to a domestic disturbance call.
When they arrived they found Samantha Ainsworth dead from what they assessed to be “consistent with a homicide,” said Sgt. Dillon Quirk with the OKCPD.
Chase Ainsworth, the ex-husband of the deceased, was identified as the suspect in both the death and in the kidnapping of one of their young children.
After an amber alert was triggered, police were able to locate Chase Ainsworth and the child in the 12000 block of Chisholm Road.
Police entered the home and found the child unharmed, and arrested Ainsworth.
He was booked into the Cleveland County Detention Center on complaints of First-Degree Murder and Child Stealing.
Free Press will continue to give updates to this story as we obtain reliable information.
OKCPD is asking anyone with any information to contact the Homicide Tip Line at 405/297-1200.
Note: As of publication, the information provided by the OKCPD has not yet been tested in court. Under the law, all persons are considered innocent until proven guilty before a jury of their peers or a plea of guilt.
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