News photos of the murdered girls.
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30 Years Later the Horror Remains
It sounds cliché, but it was a dark and stormy night in June 1977 when one of the most tragic and horrific crimes ever committed in Oklahoma happened. Girl Scouts from the Tulsa area had come to Camp Scott, about three miles from Locust Grove, OK, to enjoy camping, hiking, swimming, and fishing.On the evening of June 12 three little girls went to tent eight in the Kiowa section of the camp. They were Lori Lee Farmer, 8, Michelle Guse, 9, and Doris Denise Milner, 10. Their tent was located at the outermost edge of the wooded camp and was somewhat isolated from the other tents.
The first night of camp is usually an exciting one for little girls and perhaps some of the girls found it hard to sleep because they were nervous about being away from home or anticipating the fun days ahead of them, but Lori, Michelle, and Denise and the other girls at Camp Scott had no fun days ahead of them. The blinders of childhood innocence were about to be ripped from their eyes.
Counselors heard noises from some girls about 2 am and went to tell them to hush and go to sleep. They were surprised, but apparently not alarmed to hear campers reporting that a man had looked into their tent, and other campers say that a man had grabbed them on their way to the bathroom. One of the other girl later said she had heard someone scream "Momma, Momma" at 3 am. Without looking for the strange man or checking on any of these reports, the counselors sent the girls to bed and went back to their own tents.
Barbara Day, who was the camp director at the time, knew of the camp receiving threatening notes that claimed four little girls would be murdered, but said she did not consider the notes to be serious.
Early the next morning, Carla Sue Wilhite, a counselor at Camp Scott, was on her way to shower when she made the discovery that would send a shockwave of horror throughout Oklahoma and the nation. Under a tree in the woods she found Denise Milner's nude body. Next to Denise, still zipped into their sleeping bags, were the bodies of Michelle Guse and Lori Farmer.
- Three Girl Scouts were murdered at a camp in Oklahoma in 1977.
- Gene Leroy Hart was charged with the crimes, but was acquitted by a jury.
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Lee
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11/30/2009
There was another GS murder in 1963 at the Flying G Girl Scout camp in Colorado. The counselor, Margaret Beck, a 16-year old girl, was found in her sleeping bag, strangled. It is a cold case
Wendy
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08/24/2009
by how sweet the other children were, but there was a definate sadness. If I remember right. One of the other children had an artifical arm. This family has had their fare share of tragedy.
Wendy
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08/24/2009
I was a camper at the Girl Scout Camp where the three girls were murdered in 1975. I remember that one of the nights in my tent%2C I was having a hard time sleeping. We had been up late at night telling stories and giggling. All of the other girls were asleep%2C but I could hear footsteps outside the tent. The flap on the tent opened and a flashlight shone around our tent then the man shined the light up on his face. I quickly closed my eyes and pretended that I was asleep. I was too scared to move. The next morning%2C I asked the other girls if they saw the man who opened our tent. None of the girls saw what I saw. I was horrified to learn that a few years later%2C of the three girls murder. It still sends shivers down my spine to think of it. I ended up babysitting for the Farmer family a year after the murders. I had not realized that they were the family of the little girl who was murdered until the Lori Lee Farmer%27s sister told me the story of her sister who died. I was struck b
Sharyn
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07/05/2009
Payton - I think you and your mother are misinformed about the previous owners. The land where Camp Scott was was donated to the Magic Empire Council by the family of Dan P Scott. They own or owned a store in downtown Tulsa called Dan P Scott and Sons. The land was donated and had been Camp Scott for a 50 years prior to these awful murders. The Scott family was in no way connected to the murders and the family that lived there as caretakers did not run either. They were throughly questioned and ruled out as suspects. Amazing how rumors get started. I am now 50 and was a previous camper and had plans to go after I got back from church camp that summer. The counselors didn't do it, the caretakers didn't do it. No one will ever convince me that Gene L Hart was not responsible.
Whoever wrote that Hart was murdered in prison is wrong. He died of a massive heart attack and even if you believe that he was not guilty of these crimes...he was a convicted rapist and in my honest o
Sharyn
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06/24/2009
I went to Camp Scott for years before 1977 and was to go that year as well. It was more remote than it appears now. The turnpike was not there. It was a great place to go. The counselors did nothing wrong! It was common for girls to try to scare each other saying that someone was walking around. I remeber one year a girl said she felt like she was being watched while she was in the shower. We talked after the murders. It is quite possible that Hart or whoever else may have been there was just waiting for his chance.
Gabrielle
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02/08/2009
My father was friends with those girls or knew them atleast. It has changed his life, I live in Locust Grove (Murphy) and I hear this story many of times and the place is still there and it gives me creeps! A very sad story, imagine the family, the hell they went threw. Knowing that this Native man was on the loose and had just killed their children. Its something you see all the time these days.
Leah Favors
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11/05/2008
I live in Alabama and the death of Michelle Guse has impacted me deeply. I think of her often. She was in my brownie troop and we were friends. Her family moved to Oklahoma and I never saw her again. I miss her and her smile so much!
hi .......im from Locust Grove.....and i was reading blogs over the murders .......i didnt know that people even thought about this and im happy they do because this needs to be talked about.....im only 15 i wasnt even born yet, but if someone was to come up to you and said "I have hard evidence to the 1977 girl scout murder that would close the case for good",and has cold hard proof that Gene Leroy Hart was not the murderer,and after the 29 days that Gene Leroy Hart was in the pen.......he was murderd.....that he didnt just die....he was murderd.That the real killer is steel out there and they know just were to find him.That his every move is being watched and taped,that every bit of evidence is being collected, from the DNA on his ciggeret butts to the he trash that he throws out...What would you say or how would you react if a random person.... that you did not know........just came out of nowere and told you that?
payton
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06/02/2008
I think the people that first owned the camp did it. My mom said after it happened the first owners up and ran according to reports. i'm curious if they took them and asked them about it. Thats kinda of weird they up and ran. I plan on bring these little girls justice. so step and help if possible.
Howdy
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04/12/2008
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