Overview

• During a May 31 Zoom interview held in a Kansas wooded area, 54-year-old Michael Wayne Thomas ended his life about 45 minutes into questioning by Oklahoma City detectives.
• Thomas’s company checkbook was found at the Mitchells’ home after Julie Mitchell’s murder and he faced allegations of owing gambling debts to her husband, Teddy Mitchell, who later received a 27-month federal prison sentence for illegal betting operations.
• Police records show Thomas had been interviewed by investigators at least five or six times over the years before agreeing to the remote session.
• Julie Mitchell, 34, was discovered beaten to death in November 2010 with roughly $30,000 missing from a closet safe and her 13-month-old child unharmed at the scene.
• The Oklahoma City Police Department and the FBI confirm that the cold case investigation remains active as authorities continue to pursue new leads.