OKLAHOMA CITY — An unidentified woman was stabbed to death and a man critically injured Saturday night in what police identified as a “transient camp” in west Oklahoma City.
Patrol officers with the Oklahoma City Police Department were dispatched about 10 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 23, to a camp in a wooded area in the 4600 block of NW 19th on a check-the-welfare call involving an injured man, according to a press release from MSgt. Gary Knight with OCPD.
When officers arrived, they found a man suffering from multiple stab wounds and a woman who had died from apparent stab wounds.
Police believe the two had been living together in the camp.
Detectives have not determined what led to the stabbing.
The man was taken to a hospital in critical condition. The woman’s body is now with the State Medical Examiner’s Office. Her name has not been released at publication.
The woman’s death is homicide #49 for the City of Oklahoma City in 2025.
Anyone with information is asked to call the homicide tip line at 405-297-1200.
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