Oklahoma State Senate candidate Barry Christian died by suicide but family disputes report over staged crash scene

An Oklahoma State Senate candidate who was found shot to death inside a crashed pickup truck died by suicide – but family members are disputing the official report due to an alleged “staged” scene.Barry Christian, a Trump-supporting Republican vying for the District 38 Senate seat in western Oklahoma, was found dead from a gunshot wound to the head on April 30, the Oklahoma Office of the Chief Medical Examiner announced in a preliminary report Tuesday.The manner of Christian’s death was ruled suicide, a single-page report obtained by NonDoc said.The 54-year-old’s body was found after a hunter alerted the Beckham County Sheriff’s Office to a truck that had crashed in a ravine off Highway 30 near the Sandy Sanders Wildlife Refuge and the Texas border.The statehouse hopeful was reported missing when he didn’t show up to a meeting on April 28.Christian’s family, who said his death turned their world “upside down,” accused the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation of mishandling the case — three months after his death.“I am very emotional writing this, but I’m done being quiet.

I’m extremely angry.The OSBI has botched this investigation,” Christian’s ex-wife Farrah Christian wrote on Facebook.“Barry was right-handed,” she said.

“He ‘allegedly’ shot himself with his left hand.”Officials were investigating whether Christian’s death was staged after finding his truck riddled with several bullet holes, his family said.“They think he shot his truck before turning the gun on himself.Funny thing is, they did not test his right hand or sleeve for gunshot residue, only the left.

So why would he shoot up his truck with his left hand?” she asked.“The OSBI even TOLD US they know it was staged.Let’s face it.

Oklahoma politics and law enforcement are as crooked as a $3 bill.Money talks.

They’ve obviously been paid off,” Farrah Christian claimed, calling for a better investigation for the sake of their children and grandch...