“Our hearts go out to the families of these children as we are left to consider how best to honor and memorialize their suffering,” said Ona Segundo, chairwoman of Arizona’s Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians, in a statement provided to The Salt Lake Tribune. The Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah and its five sovereign bands are “devastated” by what was unearthed by Utah State University using ground-penetrating radar. In southern Utah on July 11, twelve children’s bodies were found at a burial site at Panguitch Boarding School east of Highway 89 - becoming the only school among at least eight operated in Utah where student deaths and burials at the school have been verified. Some have been waiting for confirmation that Native children were buried at the sites of local boarding schools, while other remains were discovered by sheer accident. Indigenous communities in three states this week are mourning the human remains discovered in their area. I think it would help a lot.By Nancy Marie Spears Secretary of The Interior Deb Haaland listens to testimony from a boarding school survivor during the first stop on The Road to Healing tour at Riverside Indian School in Anadarko, Oklahoma in July 2022. “I think it would help the city and people, the church community. “I pray that, with the investigation, it will help bring closure for the family and the community.”įor Owens, any change of wind in the cold case would go a long way. “Thankful they are investigating, that justice can hopefully be served for sister Carol,” Pendarvis said. Pendarvis was part of the effort to have the memorial put in place for Daniels. “It has been very heartbreaking that they haven’t found who did that to such a beautiful soul,” said Daniels’ friend, Kym Pendarvis, who lives in Anadarko. NewsChannel 4 has requested comment from the Caddo County District Attorney, Jason Hicks, but have not yet heard back. NewsOK reports Cooper died from cancer earlier this year. The grand jury was hearing testimony about Denise Kay Cooper.Ĭourt documents indicate Cooper has been convicted of assault and battery charges and distribution of a controlled substance.Įven if the grand jury finds there is evidence Cooper played a role in Daniels’ murder, she will never go before a judge in the case. Sources close to the investigation later confirmed this to NewsChannel 4. No arrests were ever made in the case, but it seems a grand jury may be looking into an alleged suspect.Īccording to NewsOK, the state’s multi-county grand jury looked into whether a drug dealer played a role in Daniels’ death. “It’s just a matter of being able to find the leads and follow those leads, and we will continue to do that until we bring justice to Carol Daniels’ and her family.” “We want to solve this case as badly as anyone wants us to solve it,” Jessica Brown, with the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, told NewsChannel 4 in 2012. While investigators continued to investigate the case, they said they received very few leads over the years. “It’s just horrible, not knowing, who did it and that your family is left with that, it’s horrible.”Īt the time, the brutal crime sent shock waves through the small town of. “As a matter of fact, it did the other day,” said Owens. “Does it come up in conversation at all?” NewsChannel 4’s Bill Miston asked Owens of Daniels’ killing. Police reports state Daniels’ body was posed in the form of a cross.Īll remnants of that day are gone - as is Worthy Temple Christ Holy Sanctified Church – saved for the memorial in Daniels’ remembrance. Owens lives two houses down from Daniels’ former house of worship, Worthy Temple Christ Holy Sanctified Church, where her body was found on August 23, 2009, a Sunday.Īn autopsy report indicated Daniels had been stabbed several times and her head was nearly severed from her body. “It’s just horrible, not knowing, who did it and that your family is left with that, it’s horrible,” said Shaney Owens, who moved to Anadarko in 2011. Only recently, with reports of a grand jury being convened to look further into the matter, has the slaying touched people’s tongues once again. One that didn’t fall to earth Wednesday with the morning’s rains and subsequent gloomy skies, but one that has been stagnate over the city since Pastor Carol Daniels was slain inside her small church nearly eight years ago. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.ĪNADARKO, Okla. This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.
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