Did This Veteran Commit Suicide Or Was He Murdered Because He Knew Too Much?

7-year veteran of the Oklahoma City PD, Sgt. Terrance E. Yeakey was 30 years old when he was the first to arrive on the scene of the Oklahoma city bombing. He saved the lives of 8 people from the rubble of the building of the horrific explosion. He had been awarded the Key to the City of El Reno, Oklahoma for his heroism during the aftermath of the bombing.

Terrance was scheduled for a final interview with the FBI in Irving, TX. He was planning on working for the FBI in Dallas and moving there with his sister and brother in law. Terrance had reconciled with his ex-wife. Their plans were set to remarry shortly after his move to Dallas. He was also a Gulf War veteran who had served as an M.P. for two years in Saudi Arabia.

Terrance did not agree with the official version of events touted by the national media and law enforcement at that time and was living under constant scrutiny. He was the target of horrific persecution from his brothers in law enforcement.

He was in the process of collecting evidence, which supported and documented the inconsistencies he witnessed the morning of the bombing at the scene itself, when he was found dead on May 8th, 1996. His body was found in a field in El Reno, Oklahoma, over a mile away from his abandoned vehicle. An extremely large amount of blood was found in his vehicle, he had been bound, had rope burn on his neck, ligature marks on his wrists, numerous deep cuts. The cuts on his wrists were so severe that they had to be sewn up before he was embalmed to prevent leakage. A single bullet had entered his right temple at a 45-degree angle. There was no gun found at the scene right away. An hour later, a FBI agent showed up and found a gun in an already thoroughly searched area within 5 minutes of being there. 

His 9 boxes of evidence that he had collected were never found. The safe deposit box that supposedly had evidence about the Oklahoma City Bombing, and that Terrance shared with Dr. Howard Don Chumley, later was found empty.

Terrance's family claim that his death was a brutal murder, and indicate that local law enforcement were complicit in covering up this murder. The official theory given out was that Terrance slit his wrists and neck, causing him to nearly bleed to death in his car, and then climb over a barbed wire fence. He then was supposedly walked over 1-1/4 miles distance, through a nearby field, eventually shooting himself in the side of the head. There was no autopsy preformed.

The family would sometimes be approached by others in the police department, who told them in no uncertain terms, but off the record, that Terrance had been murdered.

The family was allegedly harassed and followed by Oklahoma City Police and others. Unmarked cars sat in front of their homes for hours. Some of this stalking was caught on video by the family.

Terrance's ex-wife had her home broken into and a balloon was left in her house with the words, “we know where you are”, written in black marker on it. 

Terrance's family is still looking for the truth.