Reward Offered In Ax Killing

Friday, June 15th 2007, 10:18 am

By: News On 6

PONCA CITY, Okla. (AP) _ State investigators offered a $5,000 reward for information on the killing of a 19-year-old Ponca City man whose body was found in a ditch off a rural Kay County road.

Authorities believe an ax was used to kill Tommy Ray Coleman, Jr. A county road grader discovered Coleman's body on June 7 about 3 miles south of Ponca City, Kay County Undersheriff Bud Thomas said.

Investigators believe Coleman was killed somewhere else and then dumped in the ditch, according to Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation spokeswoman Jessica Brown.

Anyone with information about the case is urged to call the OSBI hot line at 1-800-522-8017.