Archive Record
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Metadata
Catalog Number |
2019.181.001 |
Collection |
Oral History |
Narrator's Name |
Heim, Roy A. |
Object Name |
Recording |
Date |
01/30/2019 |
Digital Link |
Click here to listen to recording. |
Scope & Content |
Recording of an oral history interview with Roy Heim at the Tulsa Historical Society by volunteer Lorretta Bertalot on January 30, 2019. The audio track is one hour in length. After high school, Heim enlisted in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War. After military service he returned to Tulsa and had a thirty-seven year career as an officer in the Tulsa Police Department. He talks about his training and interest in cold cases, forensic dentistry, bloodstain analysis and crime scene protocol. 00:30 childhood, education, family 12:57 Air Force training as a Loadmaster on C-130 aircraft 17:03 service in Vietnam flying missions to transport soldiers, ammo, equipment, food and bodies 24:22 hired as an officer in the Tulsa Police Department in 1969, worked in many assignments until retirement as a Detective in the Exploitation unit in 2003 36:04 worked on the case of four employees slain at Lee's Famous Recipe Chicken Restaurant (1992) 43:20 sent to Oklahoma City to assist in identifying victims (1995) of Murrah Federal Building bombing 46:10 Roy and wife in New York City after 9/11 attack as part of the National Disaster Mortuary Response Team (2001) 48:54 detective who helped solve the cold case of the death of thirteen-year-old Justin Wiles (1999) 57:20 police officers work each day to seek justice for family, friends and survivors of crimes |
Search Terms |
bombs & bombings crime & criminals forensic analysis military service oral history interviews police Tulsa Police Department veterans Vietnam War |
People |
Heim, Roy A. Wiles, Justin |