Owasso Police release timeline linking federal child sex crime case and murder-suicide
Key Points:
- Owasso Police linked a June child molestation investigation involving youth basketball coach Jeremiah Shawn Duffey to a July 23 murder-suicide incident.
- Duffey was accused of inappropriate sexual contact with a juvenile player during basketball events, with allegations spanning multiple jurisdictions and states.
- The molestation case was referred to the U.S. Attorney’s Office due to it occurring in Indian Country and Duffey’s Osage Nation membership, removing Owasso Police jurisdiction.
- Sara Duffey, the victim in the murder-suicide and Duffey’s estranged wife, had publicly accused him of being a pedophile on TikTok and held a protective order against him.
- On July 23, police responded to a domestic violence call and found both Sara and Jeremiah Duffey dead from gunshot wounds, with the case believed to be a murder-suicide.