...[Yvonne Hart] Mansfield was a
corrections officer
with the Texas
Youth Commission
in Vernon, Texas,
and attended the
House of Prayer
in Blair...
...The call came from Jackson County sheriff's deputy James Mansfield stating that his wife had shot herself... The gun used was James Mansfield's service weapon...
ALTUS DEPUTY'S WIFE FOUND DEAD
Tulsa World, AP Wire Service.
Aug 19, 2004.
[Excerpts] Police officers found a woman dead after responding to a Jackson County sheriff's deputy's call that his wife had shot herself. Police found Yvonne Mansfield, 32, dead of a gunshot wound and her husband, Deputy James Mansfield, with a gunshot wound to his hand, just before 10 p.m. Tuesday... James Mansfield called 911 and said his wife had shot herself, police 911 logs show... The weapon that was used was James Mansfield's service revolver. Investigators haven't determined who discharged the weapon... Altus Police Chief Mike Patterson said his officers secured the crime scene but turned it over to the OSBI as soon as state investigators arrived... "This is a total surprise to me," Jackson County Sheriff Morris Roberts said. "James has been a good employee." James Mansfield had recently graduated from the Council of Law Enforcement Education and Training after serving as a patrol deputy for about six months. He was hired in 1999 as a jailer by former Sheriff Kenneth Lemaster.
WOMAN DEAD, DEPUTY SHOT; DEATH REPORTED AS SUICIDE
Altus Times
by Mike Andrews
Aug 20, 2004
[Excerpts] An Altus woman is dead and her husband, a Jackson County sheriff's deputy, is recovering from a wound in his hand. Altus police responded to a 911 call at 9:53 p.m. Tuesday at the Apple Creek Apartments on Ridgecrest Road. The call came from Dep. James Mansfield stating that his wife had shot herself, according to 911 logs kept by the Altus Police Department. When authorities arrived at apartment 1114 they found 32-year-old Yvonne Mansfield dead of a gunshot wound and James Mansfield with a gunshot wound to his hand... [Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation spokeswoman Jessica] Brown confirmed that the gun used was James Mansfield's service weapon. Brown said that an arrest is not imminent in the case and that it has not been determined who discharged the weapon. The Mansfields' 2-year-old son, who was in the home at the time of the shooting, is staying with relatives...
MEDICAL EXAMINER, OSBI INVESTIGATING SUICIDE SCENARIO
Altus Times
by Mike Andrews, Times editor
Publish Date: August 19, 2004
[Excerpts] The state medical examiner has determined the cause of Yvonne Mansfield's death to be a gunshot wound to the neck, but the determination as to whether it was suicide may take a couple of weeks... Jackson County Sheriff's Deputy James Mansfield has told investigators that his 32-year-old wife took his service weapon Tuesday night in their Apple Creek apartment in south Altus and that his hand was shot trying to prevent her from committing suicide... After final determination of Yvonne Mansfield's manner of death is made by the state medical examiner, it will be up to District Attorney John Wampler to decide how to move forward with the case... Sheriff Morris Roberts said he has not spoken to his officer but had spoken to Mansfield's attorney, who told him Mansfield would have surgery on his hand tomorrow in an Oklahoma City hospital... Roberts said that if the investigation clears Mansfield, he will be welcome to come back to work with the sheriff's department.
YVONNE HART MANSFIELD
Date: August 20, 2004
Yvonne Hart Mansfield, Altus, was born July 27, 1971, in Texas... and died Aug. 17, 2004, in Altus at the age of 33 years and 20 days. She was married to James Mansfield at Las Vegas on Feb. 13, 2004. Mansfield was a corrections officer with the Texas Youth Commission in Vernon, Texas, and attended the House of Prayer in Blair. She was a graduate of Blair High School and Western Oklahoma State College at Altus...
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Yvonne was my foster sister and came to live with my family when she was 5 years old. We loved her dearly and miss her so much. The 2 year old child was her son, not James Mansfield's. The ER nurses told me James reeked of alcohol that night. Why would a trained "Cleet" graduate leave a "suicidal" person alone with his gun. He claims he talked her out of shooting herself once and then went to check on the 2 year old and when he came back she had the gun again.
ReplyDeleteIs this a joke? Did he ever get in any trouble? I lived in the apt below them, I tried to talk to this woman several times, I was only 18 with a 1 year old at the time. All i know is that he was harming and beating her daily. I tried to talk to her several times. The night this happened I wasnt home, I came home to my apt being taped off with crime scene tape and a bullet in my bathtub (from him shooting himself in the hand) I cant say for a fact I know he did it, but I know 20 years later this is still bothering me. He beat the hell out of her all the time. This is sad, its sad that he got away with this.
DeleteYvonne was a member of my family that I remember, despite being so young when she was alive. I remember how happy and full of life she was. I remember her being laid and funny and loving her kids and family more than you could imagine. My family has spent 14 years missing her everyday. She didn’t commit suicide, everyone who knows her, knows this. She loved her children too much. She was also a Christian, and we genuinely believe in our hearts that she did not commit suicide.
ReplyDeleteI lived downstairs from this. When I got home, there was a bullet in my bathtub. I was 17 years old with a new born. All I know, this man beat the crap out of this woman every day. I tried to talk to her several times, and she just wouldnt talk about it. I know he did it, I just hope something was done about it. Sometimes I still think about it, here we are 20 years later and I lived below these people. I know he killed her. No one ever talked to neighbors or anything. I just hope he went to trial. I never knew what ever came of this. I just knew I came home, and my apartment was taped off too and a bullet had ended up in my bathtub. No one ever tried to talk to us or any other neighbors, and we all knew what he was doing to her.
DeleteShe is also on this page of the blog... without a photo. :(
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