Oatsvall, Steve
unknown – unknown
- Name variants
- —
- Record count
- 3
- Sources
- life_events
- Places seen
- Caruthersville, Missouri
- First event date
- 1977-08-15
- Last event date
- 1977-08-22
Timeline — 3 events
- 1977-08-15 About 20 years old, of Caruthersville; tentatively identified as the suspect in the early-morning attempted robbery and shooting at Crow's grocery in Caruthersville; fled the Caruthersville area, abandoned the getaway car at the Highway 80 interchange with Interstate 55, abandoned his car and girlfriend and fled on foot; subject of a large-scale manhunt including Highway Patrol officers, deputies from Pemiscot and New Madrid counties and bloodhounds.
- 1977-08-16 20; suspected of shooting grocery store owner Robert Wyatt with a small-caliber revolver at 7:45 a.m. yesterday, then fleeing on foot; apprehended after 60 to 70 law officers combed soybean fields near Matthews for hours; reportedly lived about two blocks from the grocery store
- 1977-08-22 Steve Oatsvall, 20, last of three escaped Caruthersville jail inmates, caught by Pemiscot County authorities at 6 a.m.; the three men escaped the Caruthersville jail after overpowering a jailer; Oatsvall allegedly attacked a grocery in Caruthersville and eluded officers in the Matthews area; now back in jail facing additional escape charges.
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