GUILTY OK - Lincoln Lewis, 19 mos, dies of head trauma, Oklahoma City, 17 July 2016 *arrest*

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Jennifer Pierce‏ @JenPierceNews9 Aug 28
MURDER TRIAL: Accused “baby killer” Bert Franklin, former Tulsa dentist is in day two of his murder trial. We’re listening to the prosecution’s opening statements. @NEWS9
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Jurors hear opening statements in murder case against former Tulsa dentist

August 29, 2018

"Jurors in a murder trial were told Tuesday that a former Tulsa dentist caused "catastrophic" head injuries to his mistress' 19-month-old son because of jealousy.

Bert Glen Franklin was “very jealous, very controlling, very obsessed” with his mistress, Roxanne Lewis Randall, Oklahoma County prosecutors said during opening statements....

Franklin's hatred and jealousy of the boy's father may have motivated the deadly assault, prosecutors said. Franklin also would get jealous when Randall put Lincoln before him, according to testimony....

During his opening statement, Assistant District Attorney Ryan Stephenson said Franklin is a “self-professed master manipulator.”....

Video evidence

During the trial, jurors will be shown a video that prosecutors allege depicts Franklin kicking Lincoln before slamming the toddler head first to the floor on the evening of July 16, 2016. However, what Franklin is kicking, throwing or interacting with cannot be seen due to a dividing wall inside the house...."

Jurors hear opening statements in murder case against former Tulsa dentist
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Long List Of Witnesses Expected In Bert Franklin Murder Trial (with clip)

Aug 28, 2018

"....Jurors heard testimony from five witnesses on Tuesday. The state’s witness list is long, possibly 50....

Jurors also heard from the toddler’s nanny, a mutual friend of Franklin and his mistress, the baby’s father and two family members.

Prosecutors expect the trial to last two weeks."

Long List Of Witnesses Expected In Bert Franklin Murder Trial
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Jennifer Pierce‏ @JenPierceNews9 6h6 hours ago
MURDER TRIAL: Day three of the Bert Franklin trial. His mistress and the mother of the child he’s accused of killing has been on the stand all morning. This afternoon jurors will hear the 911 call she made after finding her baby unresponsive. @NEWS9

(video clip: Jennifer Pierce on Twitter )
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Victim’s mother testifies in Tulsa dentist murder trial (with clip)

AUGUST 29, 2018

"OKLAHOMA CITY - An emotional Roxanne Randall testified for most of the day in the murder trial of Tulsa dentist, Bert Franklin....

Franklin is married with four children but was having an affair with Randall who lives in Oklahoma City....

Randall testified that she was upstairs and Franklin was downstairs with Lewis when she heard a noise.

“It was loud, a loud noise, a loud thud,” Randall testified in court.

She says Franklin told her he had thrown a ball to the dog and it wasn’t until the middle of the night that Randall noticed something was wrong.

She said she woke up and thought Lincoln was coughing.

He was having trouble breathing and was unresponsive....

She and Franklin rushed Lewis to the ER at Mercy Hospital where doctors told her he had a severe skull fracture and that it had to be the result of something intentional.

The ER doctor testified today that it was the worst skull fracture he’s ever seen....

The defense said in opening arguments on Monday that they will call to the stand a pediatric neurologist who will testify that it’s impossible to say for certain that Lewis’ injury was the result of abuse....

Randall is expected to take the stand again on Thursday."

Victim’s mother testifies in Tulsa dentist murder trial
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Mother Of Murdered Toddler Testifies Against Accused Killer Bert Franklin

Aug 29, 2018

"....The jury heard from Randall for most of the day. They also briefly heard testimony from the emergency room doctor who treated the toddler, and who said it was the worst head trauma he had ever seen....

Franklin’s defense is that the toddler fell down stairs days prior to the emergency room visit in July 2016....

The doctor also told prosecutors and defense attorneys the child’s injuries were fresh, meaning they had to have happened only hours before the child came to the hospital."

Mother Of Murdered Toddler Testifies Against Accused Killer Bert Franklin
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[HoneyWest]

His defense is ridiculous. I wonder if his wife believes it.

 

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Home Surveillance Re-enacted For Jurors In Bert Franklin Murder Case (with clip)

Aug 30, 2018

"OKLAHOMA CITY - Oklahoma County prosecutors said in court Thursday that home surveillance video is missing from the day 19-month-old Lincoln Lewis was severely abused.

It is alleged former Tulsa dentist Bert Franklin caused the child’s deadly injuries and deleted the video clips.

Franklin’s mistress, Roxanne Randall, has testified that she noticed several home video clips were missing in the days after her son’s death.

Defense attorneys showed jurors a re-enactment video created by Oklahoma City police detectives and Randall, the victim’s mother. The video was made due to some of the home surveillance video being missing. Randall believes Franklin, her boyfriend at the time, deleted the clips.....

Jurors will hear from the lead detective on the case on Friday."

Home Surveillance Re-enacted For Jurors In Bert Franklin Murder Case
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Jealous dentist ‘murdered mistress’s toddler son because the child looked like her ex’

31 Aug 2018

"...Franklin is said to have moaned to a friend that every time he looked at the boy, he could see the face of the child’s dad – Lewis Randall’s ex Millard Henry

He is also said to have complained about the attention shown to Lincoln by his mother, NewsOk reported....

Franklin gave Lewis Randall the cash to buy a home in Oklahoma City – then installed surveillance cameras so he could keep tabs on her, jurors were told on Wednesday.

He is said to have flown into a murderous rage after footage showed his mistress having a one night stand her baby’s father.

Henry told the court: ‘He said he was going to ‘Game of Thrones’ me.

‘He said he was going to cut my penis off.’..."

Jealous dentist 'murdered mistress's baby son because the child looked like his dad' | Metro News
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Jennifer Pierce‏ @JenPierceNews9 Aug 30
We’re in day four of the Tulsa dentist murder trial. Police and medical expert witness testimony today. I’ll have details @NEWS9 at 6. – at Oklahoma County Courthouse

(video clip: Jennifer Pierce on Twitter )
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Sept 4, 2018

Jennifer Pierce‏ @JenPierceNews9 4h4 hours ago
MURDER TRIAL: Heated exchange today between the DA and an expert witness for Bert Franklin’s defense. Franklin faces first degree murder for the death of his mistress’s child. More details @NEWS9 at 4 and 6.

Lili Zheng‏Verified account @lilizhengTV 4h4 hours ago
[VIDEO] Covering the murder trial against Tulsa dentist Bert Franklin. Court is in recess until 1:30. Recap of this morning’s testimony, including the defense’s first witness, coming shortly @kfor

(video clip: Lili Zheng on Twitter )
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Physician testifies in murder trial against Tulsa dentist

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

"OKLAHOMA CITY –...The defense called a physician, board certified in pediatrics and neurology, to testify in court Tuesday. He was hired by the defense to review Lincoln’s medical records.

The physician told the court the baby suffered a subdural hematoma with a blow to the left back side of his head.

“One-year-old’s don’t get subdural hematomas for no reason,” he said.

However, the physician testified there was no way to tell exactly what or when it happened based on cat scans alone. In his experience as a medical professional, he testified he had seen head injuries in other cases that were accidental.

It’s possible Lewis “took a tumble and nobody noticed” within the last day or so leading up to his death, the physician said.

During cross examination, defense attorney Scott Adams objected several times suggesting the state was not allowing the witness to fully answer questions before “interrupting and moving on to another topic.”

In one incident, a prosecutor questioned how many times the physician saw or treated patients with injuries similar to Lewis’ but did not die. He answered he had seen it but was unable to provide a specific amount or names.

The state also noted the physician was not a radiologist nor did he consult with other doctors about Lewis’s injuries to compare conclusions....."

Physician testifies in murder trial against Tulsa dentist
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Murder trial against Tulsa dentist enters second week (with clip)

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

"...The state called an investigator to the stand Tuesday for the solicitation charge. He told the court Franklin's cell-mate told him [investigator] Franklin wanted a woman killed and later learned the woman was Randall.

The investigator said the first thing he had to do with determine whether the tip was credible. Eventually, the investigator had a smuggled cell phone be given to Franklin.

Phone calls made on a phone smuggled into jail to Franklin were played in court. In one, Franklin is heard giving directions to Randall's home in Oklahoma City a man now identified as a confidential informant. In another conversation, money was arranged to be transferred.

The phone's search history was also presented in court....

The trial will continue Wednesday.

Judge Cindy Truong said the jury may go into deliberation on Thursday."

Murder trial against Tulsa dentist enters second week
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Prosecutors Lay Out Details Of Murder-For-Hire Plot In Bert Franklin Trial (with clip)

Sep 04, 2018

"....The jury heard multiple phone calls between Franklin, the informant and a felon on the outside, the alleged hit man. In one call, Franklin arranged to have $300 transferred online to the hit man. He was also heard giving specific directions to Randall’s home, that she has a dog, home cameras and a picture of her can be found on Facebook...."

Prosecutors Lay Out Details Of Murder-For-Hire Plot In Bert Franklin Trial
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Jennifer Pierce‏ @JenPierceNews9 11m11 minutes ago
MURDER TRIAL: We are in day seven of the Bert Franklin murder trial. His cellmate, also revealed to be an informant for the feds, is on the stand for the alleged murder- for-hire plot he says Franklin arranged to have his girlfriend killed. @NEWS9
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Jennifer Pierce‏ @JenPierceNews9 22m22 minutes ago
MURDER TRIAL: The state’s last witness in the Bert Franklin murder/murder-for-hire trial left the stand. The state rests but the defense has not. @NEWS9
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Lili Zheng‏Verified account @lilizhengTV 2h2 hours ago
NEW: This morning, jurors will hear closing arguments in the trial against Tulsa dentist Bert Franklin before deliberation. Franklin is accused of murdering a toddler in 2016 and trying to hire someone to kill the boy's mother. Recap: https://bit.ly/2NXeVsM via @SarahSkfor

State and defense rest in murder trial of Tulsa dentist (with clip)

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

"OKLAHOMA CITY - The fate of Tulsa dentist, Bert Franklin, could be decided as soon as tomorrow.

Both the state and defense rested in the case Wednesday afternoon....

The defense’s only witness was an out of state pediatric neurologist who had previously testified that Lincoln’s injury wasn’t necessarily the result of abuse and that the injury could’ve happened before Bert Franklin was around him.

“I think that’s all that we needed in this case. We just needed to show that there was a time that these injuries could’ve occurred other than they say when Bert did it which we clearly did that and now it’s time for the jury to make their decision,” said Franklin’s attorney, Scott Adams.

In the end, Franklin did not take the stand in his own trial...."

State and defense rest in murder trial of Tulsa dentist
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Jennifer Pierce‏ @JenPierceNews9 1h1 hour ago
MURDER TRIAL: Judge Truong is preparing jurors for deliberation. Closing arguments for the Bert Franklin trial will be held after the judge’s instructions. @NEWS9
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[HoneyWest]

Jury Finds Bert Franklin Guilty

Jury Finds Bert Franklin Guilty Of Killing Toddler, Murder-For-Hire Plot

OKLAHOMA CITY -

After deliberating for more than four hours an Oklahoma County jury has found Bert Franklin guilty for the murder of a toddler and arranging a hit on his girlfriend, the child’s mother.

 

[YESorNO]

RIP precious baby

 

[Jewels53]

Jury Finds Bert Franklin Guilty

Jury Finds Bert Franklin Guilty Of Killing Toddler, Murder-For-Hire Plot

OKLAHOMA CITY -

After deliberating for more than four hours an Oklahoma County jury has found Bert Franklin guilty for the murder of a toddler and arranging a hit on his girlfriend, the child’s mother.

Why would he arrange a hit on his girlfriend if he didn't kill her son. Glad the jury saw right through his lie's. He deserves to rot in prison the rest of his sorry life.

 

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Jury finds Tulsa dentist guilty

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[gregjrichards]

Just read the verdict so glad the monster was convicted and can never harm another child ever again.

Rest In Peace Lincoln.