An Oklahoma City gay man was found dead in garage apartment last Friday night, Sept. 6, and family members say they believe he was murdered by someone he met on a dating app.
KOCO News Channel 5, the ABC affiliate in Oklahoma City, reports that officers found John White, 28, dead in a garage apartment in southwest Oklahoma City after responding to a call for a welfare check.
KOCO News said that because there were signs of a fire, arson investigators are working with homicide detectives on the case. They reported that someone had stolen White’s car — a gold 1999 Toyota Avalon with tribal tag CHO-8775 — his phone and his dog, a mini schnauzer/yorkie mix named Gizzy.
White’s sister said he was a “big advocate” on LGBT issues and was known to let people in need stay at his home with him. But the family also said they don’t think his murder was a hate crime.
White’s grandmother, Joann Kapella, told KFOR-TV that he had used the dating app Grindr three days before his body was found, and that she had told him then she was concerned for his safety.
Oklahoma City police have asked that anyone with information call the Homicide Tip Line at 405-297-1200.
Don’t be surprised if a Trump supporter gets blamed. They just don’t know us very well. We believe in the preservation of life no matter what. My prayers and condolences to the family.
Hi Barbara, just wanted to let you know that, in case you missed the date, which is easy to do, John White was murdered in September 2019. Within that same month, a man named David Sisk was arrested and charged with his murder. The two men apparently met on a dating app, and Sisk told authorities he killed White because “I do what want to do.” David Sisk was convicted in August 2020 of first degree murder and first degree arson (he hid White’s body under the bed and then set the apartment on fire) and was sentenced to life in prison. According to Oklahoma state records, as of this writing, Sisk remains incarcerated at the James Crabtree Correctional Facility in Helena, Okla.