 Linda Kay Reaves, pictured before her death | |
| Date | January 24, 1985 |
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| Location | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S. |
| Outcome | Stouffer executed via lethal injection on December 9, 2021 |
| Deaths | Linda Reaves, 35 |
| Non-fatal injuries | Douglas Ivens, 33 |
| Convicted | Bigler Jobe Stouffer II, 42 |
| Convictions | First Degree Murder Attempted murder |
| Sentence | Murder Death Attempted murder Life imprisonment |
On January 24, 1985, in Oklahoma City, 35-year-old schoolteacher Linda Reaves (November 5, 1949 – January 24, 1985) and her boyfriend Douglas Ivens were both shot by Bigler Stouffer (September 25, 1942 – December 9, 2021), the boyfriend of Ivens' wife who was targeting Ivens for his $2 million life insurance policy. Ivens survived three gunshot wounds to his body, but Reaves was mortally wounded and died from two gunshot wounds to the head.
Stouffer was arrested and charged with the murder of Reaves and attempted murder of Ivens, who testified against Stouffer in his trial. Stouffer was found guilty of murdering Reaves and sentenced to death, and he was additionally given life in prison for shooting Ivens. Stouffer, whose death sentence was overturned in 1999 before it was reinstated in 2003, was incarcerated on death row for 36 years before he was executed via lethal injection on December 9, 2021.