OK OK- Edgar Eddington, 51, trainer champion dogs, stabbed & beaten/puppy stolen, 5 Feb.1997

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April 29 2021
https://www.kjrh.com/news/oklahomas...as-cold-case-files-who-killed-edgar-eddington

Photo by: Photo from Eddington's family
''TULSA, Okla. — In the 1990s, Edgar Eddington raised and trained champion pit bulls for show competition.

''But one February night in 1997, someone brutally murdered him inside his home, leaving investigators to wonder if the motive was his prized dogs.''

"He sold dogs, trained dogs, all kinds of ribbons and trophies. And, you know, made different things on how to pull 'em," said Watkins.''

''The Tulsa County Sheriff's Cold Case Unit said the crime was brutal.

"He had been stabbed multiple times and beaten," said Rick Lawrence, a cold case investigator.

They said Eddington fought hard to getaway.

"Eddie appeared to have jumped out the window of the mobile home he was living in. But, somebody apparently caught him, drug him back in the house," said Lawrence.

Investigators believe at least two people were involved in Eddington's death.

"Because of the fact that there are several different shoe prints that was found outside the mobile home," said Lawrence.

And they have a possible motive.

"There's a possibility that there was one dog that was taken at the time, but we're not absolutely 100 percent sure at this time," said Tressi Mizell, Tulsa County cold case sergeant.''

''Anyone with information about the death of Edgar Eddington, contact the Tulsa County Cold Case Unit at 918-596-5612.''

 

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"He sold dogs, trained dogs, all kinds of ribbons and trophies. And, you know, made different things on how to pull 'em," said Watkins.”

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“His wife came home, and she pulls into the driveway and she sees that a window is broken out of their mobile home. She goes inside the mobile home and what she finds inside is an absolute nightmare.''

“We come, and we begin our investigation and what we find is just a completely brutal scene. There is actually a window broken out of the trailer where it appears that Edgar had tried to escape the home, but he was captured outside and pulled back into the mobile home where his assailants killed him. There were multiple shoe prints outside the mobile home which leads us to believe that perhaps more than one person was involved in the attack and also just based on the absolute brutality of it,” said Roebuck.

Following the attack, investigators say one of his dogs was missing and so was his wallet, so robbery could have been a motive in this case.

“We have a lot of blood evidence at the scene, and we have the injuries to Edgar’s body. We know that he was stabbed and beaten pretty severely. We have the footprints outside of the mobile home and they suspect at least two people may have been involved,” said Roebuck.''

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