Roy Gilbert Cutsinger

Date Found: May 23, 1974

Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma

Investigating Agency: Tulsa Police Department Cold Case Unit

(918)596-9222

55-year-old Roy Gilbert Cutsinger was found murdered in his apartment in Tulsa, Oklahoma on May 24th, 1974. His murder remains open and unsolved.

On May 24th Roy’s body was discovered by his apartment manager and maintenance worker in his apartment at 9:15 am. The worker had been by Roy’s apartment at 8 am and the door was closed. When he came back shortly after 9 am the door was open. The worker thought Ray may have left the door open when he left or his apartment had been broken into. When the worker and the apartment manager entered the apartment they found Ray lying on his side. His body was cold and it was determined he’d died from at least 15 stab wounds to the head.The murder weapon was recovered but what was used hasn’t been publicly released. There were no signs of struggle inside the apartment but it looked as if another bed besides Roy’s was slept in. Police believe that Roy was killed by someone he knew and while he was asleep. Roy was last seen the night before around 8 pm when he helped his neighbor bathe a dog.

Ray lived at 3901 S. Riverside Dr. in Tulsa. At the time he was the materials supervisor for Cities Service Oil Co. He was born in Lynn, Massachusetts on March 19th, 1919 to Gilbert and Ethel Cutsinger. Ray was a WWII veteran, having served from December 1945 to April 1948 as a Master Sergeant.

If you have any information in the long unsolved murder of Roy Gilbert Cutsinger please call the Tulsa PD at 918-596-9222. All information is helpful.