This week, Beth and Wendy delve into the case of Jackie M. Roubideaux, a teenager from Oklahoma who was convicted of the 1976 murder of a 3-year-old child found suffocated in an abandoned refrigerator. Roubideaux was also a suspect, though never formally charged, in the eerily similar 1977 death of a 19-month-old girl she had once babysat.
This episode was researched & scripted by Wendy & Beth Williams and edited by Minnie Williams.
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Footnotes
Articles/Websites
Jackson, Ron. (11/26/2007). Haunted by Death. The Daily Oklahoman. Retrieved 03/20/2025 from https://www.newspapers.com/image/455304620/
Biskupic, Joan M. (05/18/1983). Girl Testifies Suspect Put Her in Icebox. The Oklahoman. Retrieved 03/20/2025 from https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/1983/05/18/girl-testifies-suspect-put-her-in-icebox/62845188007/
Thompson, Joann. (02/17/1982). Lawton Jury Mulls Tot Suffocation Case. The Daily Oklahoman. Retrieved 03/22/2025 from https://www.newspapers.com/image/452291201/
Justia. (08/22/1985). Roubideaux v. State, F-83-701. Retrieved 03/22/2025 from https://law.justia.com/cases/oklahoma/court-of-appeals-criminal/1985/6269.html
Thompson, Joann. (02/12/1982). Defendant Denies Locking Up Twins. The Oklahoman. Retrieved 03/22/2025 from https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/1982/02/12/defendant-denies-locking-up-twins/62894310007/
Thompson, Joann. (02/04/1982). Bite Marks Match Teeth of Suspect, Expert Says. The Daily Oklahoman. Retrieved 03/22/2025 from https://www.newspapers.com/image/452263374/
Longview News-Journal. (10/20/1979). Retrieved 03/22/2025 from https://www.newspapers.com/image/208356962/
John, Lisa. (03/13/1981). Witnesses Say Girl Named Abductor, But Didn’t Mention Death Defendant. The Daily Oklahoman. Retrieved 03/22/2025 from https://www.newspapers.com/image/452130318/
Biskupic, Joan M. (05/20/1983). Tot Described Abductor as Different from Defendant, Witness Says. The Daily Oklahoman. Retrieved 04/01/2025 from https://www.newspapers.com/image/452448981/
The Lawton Constitution. (12/17/2002). Chere Margarete Roubideaux. Retrieved 04/03/2025 from https://www.swoknews.com/almanac/chere-margarete-roubideaux/article_b6e43d3c-8144-5e32-b0c4-8291ca4741b5.html
The Lawton Constitution. (09/21/2003). Roubideaux’s son faces felony charges. Retrieved 04/03/2025 from https://www.swoknews.com/news/roubideauxs-son-faces-felony-charges/article_9309ea76-2885-5aae-956c-0206028857bf.html
Biskupic,Joan M. (05/15/83). Retrial to Begin in Death of 3-Year-Old. The Oklahoman
Retrieved 04/03/2025 from https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/1983/05/15/retrial-to-begin-in-death-of-3-year-old/62845547007/
The Lawton Constitution. (09/21/2003). Roubideaux tells of drugs, toddlers Woman says she mistook refrigerator for bed when she put girls in. Retrieved 04/03/2025 from https://www.swoknews.com/news/roubideaux-tells-of-drugs-toddlers-woman-says-she-mistook-refrigerator-for-bed-when-she-put/article_2b679345-e2c4-520c-9738-10e9944d7a4a.html
The Lawton Constitution. (06/26/2004). Man pleads guilty to abducting girl. Retrieved 04/03/2025 from https://www.swoknews.com/news/man-pleads-guilty-to-abducting-girl/article_7c7564ae-936a-5d8f-88ea-f73b59a20b39.html
Digging Up Your Family. (n.d.). Yernipcut Family. Retrieved 04/03/2025 from https://www.diggingupyourfamily.com/yernipcut-family/
Ancestry.com. (n.d.). Winnifred Niyah. Retrieved 04/03/2025 from https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60525/records/4301937
Ancestry.com. (n.d.). Wah-Per-Che. Retrieved 04/03/2025 from https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60525/records/49918953
The Lawton Constitution. (04/05/2003). Suspect in rape case arrested. Retrieved 04/03/2025 from
https://www.swoknews.com/news/suspect-in-rape-case-arrested/article_80e197dc-60a7-509f-b84a-24b40051f58f.html
The Lawton Constitution. (01/27/2004). Local rape trial delayed Defendant Roubideaux’s mental status to be evaluated. Retrieved 04/03/2025 from https://www.swoknews.com/news/local-rape-trial-delayed-defendant-roubideauxs-mental-status-to-be-evaluated/article_9007d482-f2e5-5f9d-bc78-fa3a6dc29bf3.html
The Lawton Constitution. (06/26/2004). Man pleads guilty to abducting girl. Retrieved 04/03/2025 from https://www.swoknews.com/news/man-pleads-guilty-to-abducting-girl/article_7c7564ae-936a-5d8f-88ea-f73b59a20b39.html
The Lawton Constitution. (09/21/2003). Roubideaux tells of drugs, toddlers Woman says she mistook refrigerator for bed when she put girls in. Retrieved 04/03/2025 from https://www.swoknews.com/news/roubideaux-tells-of-drugs-toddlers-woman-says-she-mistook-refrigerator-for-bed-when-she-put/article_2b679345-e2c4-520c-9738-10e9944d7a4a.html
History
Wikipedia. (n.d.). History of Lawton Oklahoma. Retrieved 03/31/2025 from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Lawton,_Oklahoma
Cook, Kenib L. (09/26/2018). Oklahoma’s Land Lottery. Historynet. Retrieved 03/31/2025 from https://www.historynet.com/oklahomas-land-lottery-last-great-opening/
Savage, Cynthia. (n.d.). Lawton. The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture. Retrieved 04/03/2025 from https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry?entry=LA035
Comanche Nation. (n.d.). History. Retrieved 04/03/2025 from https://www.comanchenation.com/about/page/history
Camarillo. Lydia. (06/16/2021). Looking back at the controversial Phoenix Indian School. KGUN9. Retrieved 04/03/2025 from https://www.kgun9.com/news/local-news/native-american-boarding-school-in-arizona
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