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

 01/21/09                 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE           

Reward Offered in Buffalo Valley Murder

The OSBI is offering up to a $5,000 reward plus another $10,000 from the victim’s family for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person responsible for the murder of 67-year-old Marie Dighton. The victim was found inside her Buffalo Valley home June 5, 2008, when the Latimer County Sheriff’s Office checked on her welfare at the request of her daughter.

Dighton was found inside her bedroom with a cut to her throat.

Agents need the public’s help. If anyone has any information on this case, please call the OSBI hotline at 1-800-522-8017.