Oklahoma : Frankie “Bonnie” Duvall
Photo Courtesy: Meghan Davis
This week’s case takes us to a town in Oklahoma that is so small, even wikipedia refers to it as a village. In 1986, when this story took place, the population of Loco Oklahoma was around 160 people. Since then, Loco has been in a steady decline. In 2000, 150 people lived there and according to biggestuscities.com in 2020 only 101 people called Loco home. The entire town exists in less than one square mile and sits about 80 miles south of Oklahoma City. It has one main road, no stop lights and only a handful of side roads.
In the early years of settlement it was actually a thriving farming community. In the early 1900s, Loco had 3 churches, a bank, 4 grocery stores, a general store, 3 doctors, a dentist, a drug store, a blacksmith, and a gin. Of course like most states, the oil boom helped the growth of Loco for several years and the population bloomed to around 600 people. Then in the early 1980s the population started to decline. This left many abandoned buildings including churches and schools.
As you can imagine, in a town this small, everyone knows everyone. Frankie Lyvonne Duvall was called Bonnie by everyone that knew her. She was a 39 year old mother, stood 5’8” tall and had beautiful brown eyes. Bonnie was a loving mother, sister and co-worker.
I had the pleasure of talking with her niece, Meghan, who never had the opportunity to meet her before she disappeared in 1986. The way Meghan speaks about her aunt shows how much the family truly cares about her.
Law enforcement has performed a couple of searches as recently as 2017 that warranted some sort of evidence that the OSBI collected, but the family is still in the dark on what it was they found.
The family knows the chance of finding Aunt Bonnie alive is slim but they are actively seeking answers. They know that she would not have left her children. She also left her vehicle, purse, and cigarettes at home.
Photo Courtesy: Meghan Davis
Someone knows something. Someone saw something. We are asking that if you know someone in the Loco Oklahoma area in 1986, to please reach out to law enforcement at Stephens County Sheriff's Office at 580-255-3131 or Oklahoma District Attorney's Office at 580-255-8627.
