Tommy was drawn to Eastern Oklahoma for some reason, I remember after his stint in the Airforce, Windover Utah, He worked at a farm somewhere around here, and had a collision with a deer one night east of Tulsa. He moved back to Stillwater in 1984? Where he worked for KICKER on north Perkins road for a couple of years. We roomed together for a short time but we drifted apart as I was engaged at the time and got married in 1986. Tommy moved to the North side of Sapulpa with his girl friend that he met in Stillwater. They had two children (boys?) together, and since I only met her twice, (once in STW, and then the funeral), I can't remember her name. I attended the funeral (in Sandsprings/Prattville) with Mike Mayar (class of '84) and Bill Roberts (class of '81). His mother Glenda and sister Valerie were living in Tulsa at the time, and I think Jimmy and Tate (brothers) had moved to Arizona by that time. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to find many other details about Tommy's life and family. Tommy was always a good friend to me
Below are the details of his murder, and the link to Pickens appeal.
http://www.oscn.net/applications/oscn/deliverdocument.asp?citeid=165212 ¶2 In the early morning of February 4, 1990, Pickens robbed the Mr. Quick 21 convenience store in Sapulpa. He shot the store clerk, Tommy Lee Hayes, four times. A customer found Hayes' body between 2:00 and 3:00 a.m. Hayes died from two of the gunshot wounds to the chest and abdomen. Three .38 caliber unjacketed lead bullets were found at the scene, and two more were recovered from Hayes' body. The store manager determined $180.33 was missing, and the last sale shown on the cash register occurred at 2:06 a.m.
¶3 Pickens was arrested in Tulsa on February 9, 1990 on unrelated charges.4 Tulsa police officers found a .38 caliber F.I.E. Titan Tiger Six Shot revolver in his car. At the time of his arrest, Pickens asked officers if he was being arrested for the Creek County crimes. Ballistics tests connected the revolver found in Appellant's car to the Tulsa crimes but did not positively identify it as the weapon used in the Sapulpa robbery/murder. However, on March 9, 1990, Pickens confessed to the crimes when he was interviewed on the Sapulpa charges.
Jeffery P. Banks
Tommy was drawn to Eastern Oklahoma for some reason, I remember after his stint in the Airforce, Windover Utah, He worked at a farm somewhere around here, and had a collision with a deer one night east of Tulsa. He moved back to Stillwater in 1984? Where he worked for KICKER on north Perkins road for a couple of years. We roomed together for a short time but we drifted apart as I was engaged at the time and got married in 1986. Tommy moved to the North side of Sapulpa with his girl friend that he met in Stillwater. They had two children (boys?) together, and since I only met her twice, (once in STW, and then the funeral), I can't remember her name. I attended the funeral (in Sandsprings/Prattville) with Mike Mayar (class of '84) and Bill Roberts (class of '81). His mother Glenda and sister Valerie were living in Tulsa at the time, and I think Jimmy and Tate (brothers) had moved to Arizona by that time.Unfortunately, I wasn't able to find many other details about Tommy's life and family.
Tommy was always a good friend to me
Below are the details of his murder, and the link to Pickens appeal.
http://www.oscn.net/applications/oscn/deliverdocument.asp?citeid=165212
¶2 In the early morning of February 4, 1990, Pickens robbed the Mr. Quick 21 convenience store in Sapulpa. He shot the store clerk, Tommy Lee Hayes, four times. A customer found Hayes' body between 2:00 and 3:00 a.m. Hayes died from two of the gunshot wounds to the chest and abdomen. Three .38 caliber unjacketed lead bullets were found at the scene, and two more were recovered from Hayes' body. The store manager determined $180.33 was missing, and the last sale shown on the cash register occurred at 2:06 a.m.
¶3 Pickens was arrested in Tulsa on February 9, 1990 on unrelated charges.4 Tulsa police officers found a .38 caliber F.I.E. Titan Tiger Six Shot revolver in his car. At the time of his arrest, Pickens asked officers if he was being arrested for the Creek County crimes. Ballistics tests connected the revolver found in Appellant's car to the Tulsa crimes but did not positively identify it as the weapon used in the Sapulpa robbery/murder. However, on March 9, 1990, Pickens confessed to the crimes when he was interviewed on the Sapulpa charges.