Funeral services Tuesday for Linda Laird, Tulsa woman whose son was arrested for her murder

Linda Laird

Linda Laird
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Posted: 01/29/2013

TULSA - The mother brutally murdered in her south Tulsa home will be laid to rest Tuesday.

Funeral services for Linda Laird are scheduled for 3 p.m. at Floral Haven in Broken Arrow.

Laird was found dead one week ago inside her south Tulsa home.  She was 56 years old.

Police have arrested two teenagers for Laird's mother, including her 17-year-old son, Hank Laird, and his friend, 19-year-old Josiah Sklar.

Sklar told police he watched as Hank Laird beat his own mother to death with the butt of a shotgun.

Police say Hank Laird was inside the house when his mother's body was discovered.  He then disappeared.

Neighbors in the area of 56th Street and Riverside where Hank Laird was hiding think their neighbohood watch may have helped police track him down.

Sklar is scheduled for arraignment Wednesday, followed by Hank Laird on Friday.

Both teens are being held for first-degree murder without bond.

 

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