OK OK - Andre Vondell Ogans, 36, Tulsa, 9 Mar 2007

[PommyMommy]

Missing Person Case (namus.gov)

Andre Vondell Ogans
NamUs #MP1033

Missing Age 36 Years
Current Age 50 Years
First Name Andre
Middle Name Vondell
Last Name Ogans
Nickname/Alias Andrew Hubbard, Andy
Sex Male
Height 6' 1" (73 Inches)
Weight 175 lbs
Race / Ethnicity Black / African American
Hair Color Black
Head Hair Description Black
Eye Color Brown
Scar/mark Scar approximately 1" long on right side of mouth.
Date of Last Contact March 9, 2007
NamUs Case Created December 12, 2008
Last Known Location Map
Location Tulsa, Oklahoma
County Tulsa County

Circumstances of Disappearance Andre Ogans, a 36 year old black male, was last seen leaving his residence on a bicycle. He never returned. According to his family Ogans did not take any person belongings and left stating he was going to see a friend. Foul play is possible.

Related threads:

Found Deceased - TX - Michael Swearingin, 32, & Jenna Scott, 28, Temple, Bell County, 4 Jan 2019 (websleuths.com)

MN - MN - April Lee Pease, 30, Bloomington, Hennepin County, 17 Mar 2009 *Arrests* (websleuths.com)

 

[PommyMommy]

Ondre Vondell Ogans – The Charley Project

Ondre Vondell Ogans

Ogans, circa 2007

• Missing Since 02/28/2007
• Missing From Tulsa, Oklahoma
• Classification Endangered Missing
• Sex Male
• Race Black
• Date of Birth 06/11/1970 (50)
• Age 36 years old
• Height and Weight 6'1, 175 pounds
• Distinguishing Characteristics African-American male. Black hair, brown eyes. Ogans may use the first names Andrew and/or Andy, and the alias name Andrew Hubbard. Some agencies spell his first name "Andre." He has a one-inch scar on the side of his mouth.

Details of Disappearance
Ogans was last seen at approximately 6:00 p.m. on February 28, 2007, walking in the vicinity of Admiral and Sheridan in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He has never been heard from again. Ogans left behind a note, saying he was going to see a friend. He didn't take any of his belongings with him. His family reported him missing in March.

Ogans has a prior conviction for sexual battery. The same month he was reported missing, he was charged with failure to register as a sex offender. It's unclear whether his criminal history has anything to do with his disappearance, which remains unsolved. Foul play is suspected.

 

[PommyMommy]

FEB 4, 2019
Marks, former self-defense teacher, had heated relationships
[...]

Andre Ogans disappeared in Tulsa, Okla., when he reportedly was scheduled to testify against Marks in a Tulsa court case.

Foul play was suspected in his disappearance, according to the Tulsa Police Department. Ogans was supposed to meet a friend, and left February 2007 from his home on his bicycle.

Marks reportedly told Jenna Scott he killed Ogans and buried him in an Oklahoma cemetery.

[...]

JUN 20, 2020
Murder suspect released from jail | News | tdtnews.com
[...]

Badly decomposed human remains were found Memorial Day in Broken Arrow, Okla., according to the Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office. A resident who lived near a creek found the bones behind his home, which is about 70 miles north of where the bodies of Scott and Swearingin were discovered.

The sheriff said the bones were too decomposed to tell the race, gender or cause of death. A forensic anthropologist is working to identify the remains. There is no proof at this time that it is Pease.

[...]

A man also disappeared who was friends with Marks. That man was Ondre Ogans, 36, of Tulsa, Okla. He was reportedly supposed to testify in court against Marks but disappeared Feb. 28, 2007.

One anthropologist believes the bones belong to a man, Sgt. Michael Moore with the Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office said Friday. The investigators are waiting for DNA testing to determine the identity.

 

[Marg from Oz]

Were these bones ever identified?

 

[PommyMommy]

Were these bones ever identified?

I believe so as they no longer appear in NamUs. Also per NamUs, Andre is still missing.

Missing Person Case (namus.gov)

Missing Persons and Unidentified Bodies (oklahoma.gov)

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Andre Ogans
Missing Person 02/28/2007


Andre Ogans was last seen in February 2007 leaving his place of residence on his bicycle. He did not take any personal belongings with him, and stated he was meeting a friend. Foul play is suspected. Andre is an African American male, 6'1" tall, about 175 lbs., brown eyes, and age last seen was 36.


Anyone with information about this case is encouraged to contact the Tulsa Police Department Missing Person Unit.

TPD Unsolved Crimes

 

[PommyMommy]

OCT 1, 2022

In letter, Marks questions evidence, reporting in his capital murder case

In a four-page handwritten letter to the Temple Daily Telegram, Cedric Marks talks about his pending criminal case but doesn’t include the names of Jenna Scott or Michael Swearingin, the

kdhnews.com

In a four-page handwritten letter to the Temple Daily Telegram, Cedric Marks talks about his pending criminal case but doesn’t include the names of Jenna Scott or Michael Swearingin, the Temple residents he is accused of killing in 2019.

“My name is Cedric Marks, and I am currently a pre-trial detainee at the Bell County Jail accused of several very serious crimes, to all of which I have maintained my innocence,” Marks said in the letter dated Sept. 13.

[...]

Marks also is being looked at in connection with the disappearance of his former girlfriend and mother of one of his sons, April Pease, from Bloomington, Minn., on March 17, 2009, Bloomington Deputy Chief Mike Hartley previously told the FME News Service.

Pease was 30 years old when she disappeared and has never been located. At the time she went missing, she and Marks were going through a bitter child custody battle, after which Marks was given that son’s custody, court documents said. Foul play was suspected in the disappearance in Tulsa, Okla., of Andre Ogans, Tulsa Police have said. Ogans was scheduled to testify against Marks in a Tulsa court case.

Marks — who was convicted of attempted robbery with a firearm in Tulsa County, Okla. — reportedly told Scott he killed Ogans and buried him in an Oklahoma cemetery, the Telegram previously reported. ...

[...]

In addition to the capital murder and burglary charge, Marks remains in the Bell County Jail with bonds that total more than $2 million. He also is charged with tampering/fabricating physical evidence with intent to impair, interfering with an emergency call, making a false report to a police officer and violation of a protective order with bias/prejudice, a case that involved Scott.

In his letter, Marks compares journalism on criminal justice cases to the civil legal cases of InfoWars founder Alex Jones and actress Amber Heard, both of whom were found legally liable for defamatory or false statements each made in public.

“So, this is not any kind of threat nor attempt to intimidate or even change (a reporter’s) motivations or opinion, but this again is only a courtesy request to discontinue printing false evidence + statements that have to do with reports or my counsel,” Marks said. “If that cannot happen, then I will follow up with legal action, especially since if the false info from the autopsy report is printed again after your office has been alerted that if is plainly false, it will fall under defamation, false reporting and other subjects better placed in a suit by my attorney. If we have learned anything from Alex Jones and Amber Heard is that words matter. If justice is to be had, let it be from the truth, not from lies, misquotes and purposeful information.”

[...]

 

[DebW]

OCT 1, 2022

In letter, Marks questions evidence, reporting in his capital murder case

In a four-page handwritten letter to the Temple Daily Telegram, Cedric Marks talks about his pending criminal case but doesn’t include the names of Jenna Scott or Michael Swearingin, the

kdhnews.com

In a four-page handwritten letter to the Temple Daily Telegram, Cedric Marks talks about his pending criminal case but doesn’t include the names of Jenna Scott or Michael Swearingin, the Temple residents he is accused of killing in 2019.

“My name is Cedric Marks, and I am currently a pre-trial detainee at the Bell County Jail accused of several very serious crimes, to all of which I have maintained my innocence,” Marks said in the letter dated Sept. 13.

[...]

Marks also is being looked at in connection with the disappearance of his former girlfriend and mother of one of his sons, April Pease, from Bloomington, Minn., on March 17, 2009, Bloomington Deputy Chief Mike Hartley previously told the FME News Service.

Pease was 30 years old when she disappeared and has never been located. At the time she went missing, she and Marks were going through a bitter child custody battle, after which Marks was given that son’s custody, court documents said. Foul play was suspected in the disappearance in Tulsa, Okla., of Andre Ogans, Tulsa Police have said. Ogans was scheduled to testify against Marks in a Tulsa court case.

Marks — who was convicted of attempted robbery with a firearm in Tulsa County, Okla. — reportedly told Scott he killed Ogans and buried him in an Oklahoma cemetery, the Telegram previously reported. ...

[...]

In addition to the capital murder and burglary charge, Marks remains in the Bell County Jail with bonds that total more than $2 million. He also is charged with tampering/fabricating physical evidence with intent to impair, interfering with an emergency call, making a false report to a police officer and violation of a protective order with bias/prejudice, a case that involved Scott.

In his letter, Marks compares journalism on criminal justice cases to the civil legal cases of InfoWars founder Alex Jones and actress Amber Heard, both of whom were found legally liable for defamatory or false statements each made in public.

“So, this is not any kind of threat nor attempt to intimidate or even change (a reporter’s) motivations or opinion, but this again is only a courtesy request to discontinue printing false evidence + statements that have to do with reports or my counsel,” Marks said. “If that cannot happen, then I will follow up with legal action, especially since if the false info from the autopsy report is printed again after your office has been alerted that if is plainly false, it will fall under defamation, false reporting and other subjects better placed in a suit by my attorney. If we have learned anything from Alex Jones and Amber Heard is that words matter. If justice is to be had, let it be from the truth, not from lies, misquotes and purposeful information.”

[...]

The man is delusional, as well as maniacal. Nice combination.

 

[PommyMommy]

APR 15, 2023

Death penalty case: Testimony begins Monday in Marks’ capital murder trial​

Foul play was suspected in the disappearance in Tulsa, Okla., of Andre Ogans, Tulsa Police have said. Ogans was scheduled to testify against Marks in a Tulsa court case.

Marks — who was convicted of attempted robbery with a firearm in Tulsa County, Okla. — reportedly told Scott he killed Ogans and buried him in an Oklahoma cemetery, the Telegram previously reported.

 

[PommyMommy]

MAY 11, 2023

Day 18 of testimony begins in Cedric Marks Capital Murder trial​

Testimony in the Cedric Marks Capital Murder Trial continues in Bell County’s 426th District Court on Thursday, May 11.

It’s been a relentless day with Cedric Marks’ former girlfriend Maya Maxwell still on the witness stand.

[...]

Maxwell said Marks made these confessions to her on their trip from Oklahoma back to Michigan.

Maxwell says Marks first confessed to killing cats and kittens.

Marks allegedly told Maxwell he killed a boy when he was a minor.

Maxwell says Marks killed a man in prison in Oklahoma with others off camera to not be caught.

Out of prison, Maxwell says Marks killed Andre Oggins for hitting on him while in the Oklahoma prison to cut his body into pieces and burn them.

[...]

Maxwell also says Marks alluded to killing April Pease.

Marks allegedly told Maxwell he was having legal battles with a female trying to take his kid away from him in Minnesota.

[...]

Maxwell alleges Marks took her to a women’s shelter upon their arrival in Michigan to show her how easy it is to access a women’s shelter for Marks to allegedly say he’s done it before.

Marks countered these statements to say Maxwell corroborated with police making the claims he murdered April Pease and Andre Oggins.

[...]

 

[DebW]

Cedric Marks, you’re going down. You’re dark secrets are all coming to light.

 

[Atombudd]

Oklahoma's Cold Case Files: Andre Ogans

It was a cold and brisk day in February of 2007, and Andre Ogans was last seen riding his bike away from his home never to be seen or heard from again.

www.kjrh.com

 

[PommyMommy]

Ondre Vondell Ogans – The Charley Project

Details of Disappearance​

Ogans was last seen riding his bike at approximately 6:00 p.m. on February 28, 2007, in the vicinity of Admiral and Sheridan in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He has never been heard from again. Ogans left behind a note, saying he was going to see a friend. He didn't take any of his belongings with him. His family reported him missing in March.

Ogans has a prior conviction for sexual battery. The same month he was reported missing, he was charged with failure to register as a sex offender. It's unclear whether his criminal history has anything to do with his disappearance, but his family stated they thought he could have been a victim of a hate crime due to being gay.

He had some checks coming to him at the time of his disappearance, and never came back to get them, something his family finds concerning. Foul play is suspected in his case.

Last updated September 3, 2023; details of disappearance updated.