Body of missing Okemah woman found in a ditch in Hughes County (baby cut from body)

KOTV ^ | 12/29/03 | KOTV

[TomHarkinIsNotFromIowa]

Body of missing Okemah woman found in a ditch in Hughes County

The family of a missing Okemah woman talks about the baby, and the future she'll never have.

It's a bizarre case that's taken authorities to Okfuskee and Hughes Counties. Authorities say 21-year-old Carolyn Simpson of Okemah may have been killed for her baby.

Simpson had been missing since last Monday. Her body was found in a Hughes County ditch by a hunter. She'd been shot in the head.

Authorities say her attacker carved her baby from her body. Simpson's family is in shock over what's happened. "Disbelief that um something so horrible and brutal could happen to someone and you know how someone could take her life and her baby's life." Dustie McGrew says her sister-in-law recently moved to Okemah from Kansas to start a family with her new husband. Carolyn wasn't supposed to be able to get pregnant because of health problems. And she was looking forward to her 'miracle child.'"

Family members in Kansas say the baby meant everything to her, and her last days were full of life. "Never had an enemy. You know she was the type to give you her last dollar, you know if you needed it. She was always there for you whenever you needed her."

37-year-old Effie Goodson is being held as a material witness, but has not been charged. She is currently in the Hughes County jail in Holdenville.

Goodson was seen leaving the Creek Nation Casino in Okemah, where she worked with Simpson on Monday. Then she showed up at a Holdenville hospital the next day with a fetus. She claimed it was hers. But doctors determined Goodson could "not" have given birth. Witnesses say Goodson told "them" she was getting ready to have a baby.

[linn37]

Goodson was seen leaving the Creek Nation Casino in Okemah, where she worked with Simpson on Monday. Then she showed up at a Holdenville hospital the next day with a fetus. She claimed it was hers. But doctors determined Goodson could "not" have given birth. Witnesses say Goodson told "them" she was getting ready to have a baby
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a fetus or a newborn?

[Lockbar]

Hi Ox, thanks for finding the old news story, and the link. I worked for 14 years just 2 miles from the Apartment complex where the Chicago area crime occurred. That Apt. Building complex was well known for lots of trouble (police calls) all the time and was an embarrassment to the local community. Lots of "section 8" types living there. It was still shocking, none the less. As I remember, the cute son of Ms. Evans was kept alive for many hours after the crime, and was eventually stabbed to death just because the killers didn't know what to do with him. I find it interesting how cheap some sections of society view other peoples lives.

[hchutch]

This type of thing cries out for the death penalty.

[OXENinFLA]

No prob, I use to live by Kankakee and a story like this sticks in ones' mind.

[Happy2BMe]

Whoever did this to that poor woman and her baby hopefully will be caught and put in prison with women who miss their children dearly.

You watch, the murderer will get off on insanity.

[MinuteGal]

In the Chicago case, one of the female perps (white) lived in a town house in serene Villa Park, a Windy City suburb, not 5 houses from where I used to live.

Leni

[nmh]

Okay ... that sounds like the same one. An unforgettable horror story. I can't imagine in my worst dreams EVER even thinking about doing something so vile, let alone planning it and doing it.

[Poohbah]

Regarding the perp:

"Find him fast! Kill him slow!"