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Conduct Unbecoming: 17-year-old Takes His Life, Distraught Mother Blames Embattled Tulsa Police Captain

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Posted 07.30.12

The 17 year-old son of Skiatook realtor Keena Roberts died in his Osage County home late Saturday night from what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. The death occurred amidst an investigation into the alleged molestation of his sister by Roberts’ ex-boyfriend, a Tulsa Police captain.

Yesterday, in an emotional, unsolicited posting on This Land’s Facebook wall, Roberts blamed the apparent suicide on stress brought on by the investigation of TPD Captain Shawn King, who is accused of molesting Roberts’ daughter, a minor, while he and Roberts were dating.

In the post, Roberts also blamed the death of her father, Jim Roberts, on stress related to the investigation. Jim Roberts died on May 6 after his pickup drifted into oncoming traffic on U.S. 169 and collided with a semi-truck. He was 74 years old.

“I wanted to let Tulsa know that my father Jim Roberts was killed in a car crash a couple of months ago,” the post began. “He started having strokes because he could not take what Captain Shawn King had done to his family.”

“Now, my 17 year-old son Greyson Cash Roberts took his own life by a gun late last night because he could not take what Captain Shawn King did to our family and he also could not live without his Grandpa,” the Facebook post continued.

Roberts concluded by saying she holds King responsible for both deaths, and that “TPD still employs him and is covering for him.”

Tulsa Police Department policy dictates that Internal Affairs cannot conduct an administrative investigation of an employee while an outside criminal investigation is ongoing. According to TPD spokesperson Jason Willingham, the purpose of this policy is to ensure the integrity of both investigations.

King has been on restricted administrative duty since the criminal investigation began in early May.

“This is a tragic situation and the family is in mourning,” Scott Graham, Roberts’ attorney, told This Land. He offered no further comment.

Calls to the Osage County Sheriff’s Office and King’s attorneys were not immediately returned.

This Land will continue to provide updates as they become available.

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  • gosolow

    One can only assume that you are not merely a friend of SK, but sound like more of a jilted lonely housewife that is lonely and depressed… Poor ugly old woman… Leave the Roberts family alone and stay away from Holland Hall and our kids!!

  • Jackson1968

    Your name calling is unbecoming and your slurs may offend others, but obviously that was your intent. Can anyone say anything, without intentionally sounding like are on the scbool yard?
    Money had nothing to do with the comment, but it was referred to or the lack of twice. What was your point with your comment tbat doesnt pertain to money or name calling. Exactly, you didnt have one.

  • Jackson1968

    Your response is unbecoming. You should have showed self control and refrained from posting. You failed to make a point and exposed your character

  • Jackson1968

    Nobody can speak for Jim. Jim had to care about Linda to have her in his life for so many years. If they weren’t married, seperating would have been easier than a “divorce” and it hadnt happened. If Linda was such an issue as previously posted, what would be the value in using her? I’m sure Jim loved her and cared for her during the years. A financially stable doesn’t provide a home and cars as those have claimed and not care about one. Someone said, Jim wasnt in the bbusiness of handing out money. Why would he pay the balance of the ring she had been paying towards? There are many conflicting statements on here pertaining to their relationship.

  • blingbling

    well… money can buy you the look of Joan Rivers….blingbling

  • whythevenom

    Ignorant…again a lie!  This article was put here, almost forced, by Keena.  (This should have been an article about a mother loosing her son under horrific circumstances!)  Your friend Keena used This Land to attack, “trash and defame” the TPD and a police officer.  Sick and twisted, definitely.  As if that there were not enough, you all (meaning Keena, friends and those living in her house) have pulled more and more people into the fray.
    Cheryl has asked you all to stop the mudslinging, you apologized to her for doing so, then you start again.  Wouldn’t it be better to let time work through all of the legal issues that have been brought up?  You, she and the girls go on that vacation to California, and relax.  Step away from creating more and more destruction, let time and the truth (autopsies, computer forensics, DHS, IRS, Osage cty, etc) speak for themselves.  
    This back and forth does no one any good, its a false assumption to continue to defame people, without expecting others to comment and speak their truth.  
    Go ahead and fire away, as I am sure that you are upset about something I said.

  • tired of ignorant people

    Im glad you admitted you are sick and twisted…The first step is to admit you have a problem.  And it appeared that she had asked YOU to stop the mudslinging at her family.  Please too all those friends of WHYTHEVENOM, cant you see she needs grief counceling??

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