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Tulsa beating victim dies, Tulsa police make arrest

Tyrone Woodfork, arrested in the murder of Nancy Strait in Tulsa KRMG Tyrone Woodfork, arrested for the murder of Nancy Strait in Tulsa, March 15, 2012 (Russell Mills)

Tulsa Police have arrested a suspect in the murder of an elderly woman on Wednesday.

19-year old Tyrone Woodfork was arrested Thursday evening after police served search warrants and recovered evidence at several locations.

Court records show he faces charges of first-degree murder, first-degree burglary, assault with a deadly weapon and two counts of robbery with a firearm.

He's jailed without bond.

Woodfork was one of four people found in or around a car which had been reported stolen from the home of the victims, 90-year old Bob Strait and his wife 85-year old Nancy Strait.

They were brutally beaten in a home invasion some time Wednesday morning.

Relatives discovered the bloody scene in the 3300 block of East Virgin Street about 4:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Police say Nancy Strait died Thursday evening at St. John Medical Center.

Tulsa Police Officer Leland Ashley says a citizen spotted the car about 1:30 p.m. Thursday near East 4th Street and South Yale Avenue.

The man followed the car, phoning police to report its location.

Woodfork, two other men and a woman were detained for questioning.

Tulsa Police Detective Dave Walker tells KRMG the other three people were not charged in the Strait case.

The car eventually drove to a duplex in the 5700 block of East Easton Street where police took three men and a woman into custody, including Woodfork.

Bob Strait remains hospitalized in critical condition.

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