MUS-2026-0578
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MUS-2026-0578
Homicide
- Incident
- 1998
- Indexed
- Oct 31, 2026, by MuseUnsolved
- Agency
- Tulsa County Sheriff's Office
- Location
- Tulsa OK
Public record. Index entry.
Index entry. Case details compiled from public reporting; our researchers have not verified this file yet.
Summary
What happened, as the record shows.
Dena Ann Dean, 16, left her after school job on June 6, 1998 and drove to the Marvin's Food Store at the Town West Shopping Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Her car was found in the parking lot but she was gone. On June 12, 1998 her body was found in a field near a pond about two miles north of the shopping center. Her death was ruled a homicide, though decomposition prevented investigators from determining a cause of death. Her parents Larry and Diana Dean have pushed for answers ever since. No one has been arrested or charged.
Timeline
What the record establishes.
- June 6, 1998
Dean drives to the Marvin's Food Store at Town West Shopping Center; her car is later found in the lot and she is gone.
- June 12, 1998
Her body is found in a field near a pond about two miles north of the shopping center.
Key people
The people in the file.
16, of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Last seen June 6, 1998 at the Marvin's Food Store at Town West Shopping Center; found six days later in a field about two miles away.
Her father, who has pushed publicly for answers since 1998.
Her mother, who has pushed publicly for answers since 1998.
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