Posted on 01/09/2026 12:45:14 PM PST by nickcarraway
Tulsa Police are appealing to the community for assistance in solving two unsolved homicide cases from last year.
Despite maintaining one of the highest homicide solve rates in the country, with a near 95% solve rate last year, two cases remain open. The Tulsa Police Department (TPD) believes that someone in the community holds the key to solving these cases.
Richard Meulenberg, TPD public information officer, highlighted Tulsa's exceptional solve rate, stating, "Tulsa, historically, over the last several years, our solve rate is significantly above the national average. The national average for solving homicides hovers just at or below 60%."
The first unsolved case, homicide No. 41, occurred on Oct. 17, around 11:15 p.m. near 235 W. 61st Place North. Trevon Evans, age 30, was found with multiple gunshot wounds after a gunfight at a large birthday party and later died from his injuries.
The second case, homicide No. 47, happened on Dec. 12 near 50th Street North and North Boulder Ave. Marvin Arnett, age 35, was shot in a drive-by shooting while walking into a home and died at the hospital.
Police urge anyone with information to contact Tulsa Crime Stoppers at 918-596-COPS, where tips can be given anonymously, and rewards are available. Tipsters should reference case numbers 2025-053528 (No. 41) or 2025-063349 (No. 47).
with a near 95% solve rate last year,
95% is awesome.
But I wonder if all resources are being spend just on murder, and other major crimes are put on back burners due to limited resources to investigate them.
Paging Columbo!
Watch the First 48.
Tulsa Detective Jason White is a rock star to me.
And a solid Christian to boot.
I’ll never forget when he notified the family of murder victim who happened to be black which is not really important but I will note anyway.
The mother expressed her gratefulness to the officers for the work and remarked on the power of prayer.
And Detective White calmly responded, “Prayer can move mountains.”
Gotta love it when someone of faith takes the opportunity to share their faith at the appropriate time and place.
Every time he would do a police interview on The First 48, I would start singing...
John Brown's tryin' to get the suspect to confess,
John Brown's tryin' to get the suspect to confess,
John Brown's tryin' to get the suspect to confess--
But he lawyered up and shut his mouth!
There was a hidden DEI element to the department. They had a John Brown who was brown, and a Jason White who was white. It was a very effective method of teaching the TV audience about the different races in Tulsa.
Must be a lot of folk of FR who are not aware of the First 48 which on is the A&E Network but has lots of past seasons on free streamers like Tubi.
The Tulsa Homicide unit has been featured on a lot of cases and that team is TOP NOTCH.
They don’t mess around.
Modern law enforcement has a lot of tools and they are expert at using them.
The Tulsa unit often puts other units that are featured to shame.
When New Orleans was first featured on First 48 it showed how far behind it was in investigative procedures.
However, A&E has since premiered a show dedicated to the NOLA homicide unit.
To their credit they have upped their game and use something called the Real Time Crime center which utilizes videos set up all over the city which a city the geographic size of NOLA works very well for.
First 48 is the best true crime show on TV in my opinion.
That is a very high rate. I would also say there are a lot more security cameras these days, in businesses and homes. My neighborhood has a lot of security cameras.
The operative word here is North Tulsa.
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