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 SOURCES1. Lisa's Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/233002973/lisa-marie-pennington#view-photo=2380072322. OKC Fox: https://okcfox.com/news/fox-25-investigates/state-fair-murders-the-30-year-old-mystery3. Watonga Republican: https://www.thewatongarepublican.com/obituaries/state-fair-murders4. Cheryl's Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/233002920/cheryl-ann-genzer5. The Daily Oklahoman: https://www.newspapers.com/image/454821160/?terms=lisa%20pennington&match=16. Rhetty for History: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kF8ughL4bWg7. The Daily Oklahoman: https://www.newspapers.com/image/452821529/?terms=lane%20henley&match=18. 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-justice10. The Daily Oklahoman: https://www.newspapers.com/image/453903312/?terms=molly%20keahey&match=111. Tapatalk: https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/missing87975/unsolved-child-murder-lisa-pennington-t2799.html12. 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%20lawson15. The Daily Oklahoman: https://www.newspapers.com/image/452399094/?terms=%22doug%20lawson%22%20drug&match=116. Amy's Obituary: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/alamogordonews/name/amy-mirabal-obituary?id=792834117. Oklahoma Cold Cases: https://oklahomacoldcases.org/charlotte-kinsey/18. KOCO: https://www.koco.com/article/oklahoma-state-fair-cold-case-unsolved/4141595119. 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=1jdjTZKkYVU22. The Daily Oklahoman: https://www.newspapers.com/image/451895980/?terms=cheryl%20genzer%20&match=1Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices