The Death of Nima Louise Carter

In Lawton, Oklahoma, 1977, the parents of nineteen-month-old Nima Louise Carter put their daughter in her crib on Halloween night. The next morning, Nima was missing. She was eventually found a month later in a fridge in an abandoned home. To this day, her case remains unsolved.

Nima’s body was discovered by a group of kids while they explored an abandoned house. Her death was ruled as suffocation. A similar crime had occurred in Lawton to twins Mary and Tina Carpitcher, resulting in the death of Mary, according to Listverse. While their babysitter Jacqueline Roubideaux, who was also Nima’s babysitter, was suspected, there was not enough evidence to convict her.

The Carter home had also been vandalized and their dog had been poisoned months before Nima’s disappearance, leading them to believe Nima’s abduction had been planned by someone they knew, according to The Oklahoman. While Roubideaux would confess to the murder of Mary and her abduction of the twins, she was never prosecuted for Nima’s murder, as the DA felt there was insufficient evidence.

Roubideaux would be given a life sentence, where she would die in prison in 2005. Nima’s father George Carter made peace with the events, despite Roubideaux never being convicted for Nima’s murder, according to The Oklahoman.