A Lincoln County District Court judge has sided with the family of a teen
found dead in her garage after her family filed a wrongful death lawsuit.
Alaunna Raffield died December 8, 2020. Her family found her in their garage with a gunshot wound to the head.
“About 6:15 that morning, Heather got up to let the dogs out, and I was in there getting ready for work,” Kevin Williams, Raffield’s stepfather told News 4 in a 2022 interview. “Heather was kneeling down next to Raffield. She was lying down on the ground flat out on her back,” he said. “So we called 911.”
Raffield’s family told News 4 they never heard a gunshot.
A gun that was found several feet from her body belonged to the family but has never been positively identified as the gun used in her death.
A gun powder residue test was never conducted on Raffield’s head or hands, but her clothing was tested only after a funeral home employee washed the sweater she was wearing three times.
Authorities and the medical examiner ruled her death as a suicide.
The Prague Police Department says they closed the case. The OSBI says they never opened one. The Lincoln County District Attorney’s Office told News 4 in 2022 the case was an open investigation but when News 4 reached out to the DA September 13, 2024 for comment, we never heard back.
Police said Raffield also had a relationship with an 18-year-old man, who admitted to police that he logged into Raffield’s social media account after her death to get pictures. He also admitted to investigators that he is the one responsible for multiple cryptic messages sent from Raffield’s account after her death.
An Oklahoma family was awarded a near $12 million settlement following a botched police probe and a wrongful death lawsuit over their teen daughter's death.
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Alaunna Raffield’s death in Prague, Oklahoma, on December 8, 2020, was the subject of a botched police investigation, as sworn in an affidavit by the lead investigator, Officer Matthew Hensley.
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Cody Baker, or "Cody Terrell", is the 18 yo who was obsessed with Alaunna.
There's a lot here... secret instagram accounts, misleading investigators, investigators NOT investigating and being - I hate to say it - plain lazy... lazy work on a case of any person let alone a child is unacceptable