In September of 1987, two sisters headed to their local state fair in Oklahoma to commemorate the end of summer. But after they failed to meet their brother at the prearranged time and place, they were reported missing. When their bodies were discovered weeks later, a local’s account would begin a lengthy battle to find justice for the girls. These are the murders of Lisa Pennington and Cheryl Genzer, also known as the Oklahoma State Fair Murders. 

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CASE SOURCES

1. Lisa's Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/233002973/lisa-marie-pennington#view-photo=238007232

2. OKC Fox: https://okcfox.com/news/fox-25-investigates/state-fair-murders-the-30-year-old-mystery

3. Watonga Republican: https://www.thewatongarepublican.com/obituaries/state-fair-murders

4. Cheryl's Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/233002920/cheryl-ann-genzer

5. The Daily Oklahoman: https://www.newspapers.com/image/454821160/?terms=lisa%20pennington&match=1

6. Rhetty for History: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kF8ughL4bWg

7. The Daily Oklahoman: https://www.newspapers.com/image/452821529/?terms=lane%20henley&match=1

8. The Oklahoman: https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/2008/02/08/okc-slayings-suspect-hurt-in-fire/61636945007/

9. News on 6: https://www.newson6.com/story/5e35914fd41c957a5ef7b25f/parents-of-slain-sisters-still-waiting-for-justice

10. The Daily Oklahoman: https://www.newspapers.com/image/453903312/?terms=molly%20keahey&match=1

11. Tapatalk: https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/missing87975/unsolved-child-murder-lisa-pennington-t2799.html

12. The Oklahoman: https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/1990/08/29/charges-filed-against-man-implicated-in-1987-killings/62554088007/

13. Oklahoma Daily News: https://www.oklahomadaily.news/state-fair-murders-who-killed-cheryl-genzer-lisa-pennington/

14. The Daily Oklahoman: https://www.newspapers.com/image/453873711/?terms=douglas%20eugene%20lawson

15. The Daily Oklahoman: https://www.newspapers.com/image/452399094/?terms=%22doug%20lawson%22%20drug&match=1

16. Amy's Obituary: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/alamogordonews/name/amy-mirabal-obituary?id=7928341

17. Oklahoma Cold Cases: https://oklahomacoldcases.org/charlotte-kinsey/

18. KOCO: https://www.koco.com/article/oklahoma-state-fair-cold-case-unsolved/41415951

19. The Oklahoman: https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/crime/2022/09/21/case-of-missing-girls-from-1981-oklahoma-state-fair-remains-unsolved-cinda-pallett-charlotte-kinsey/69506580007/

20. The Oklahoman: https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/1991/03/30/murder-trial-ordered-in-slayings-of-sisters-who-vanished-at-fair/62532513007/

21: KOCO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jdjTZKkYVU

22. The Daily Oklahoman: https://www.newspapers.com/image/451895980/?terms=cheryl%20genzer%20&match=1