Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation   A. DeWade Langley   Director   Jessica Brown Public Information Director

 6/14/07                 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE           

Reward Offered in Kay County Homicide

The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation is offering up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person(s) responsible for the murder of Tommy Ray Coleman, Junior.  The 19-year-old man’s body was discovered in a ditch off a rural county road in Kay County three miles south of Ponca City June 7th.  

An autopsy reveals the Ponca City native died of axe wounds to his body.  OSBI agents believe Coleman was killed at an unknown location and his body dumped in the ditch along Riverview Place just east of Union Road. 

If anyone has information that may help break this case, they are urged to call the OSBI hotline at 1-800-522-8017