Family Desperate To Find Tulsa Woman Last Seen With Accused Murderer

A Tulsa family said they will not stop searching for a 24 year old woman who's been missing since January. Police say Tyra Whitaker hasn't been seen or heard from since she got into a truck with Terryl Brooks. He has since been arrested for killing two other women.

Renee McCaskill said her niece Tyra Whitaker is a loud and strong-willed woman -- who is the best mom with the best laugh. "She does have this laugh that is loud, it commands the entire room, even if it's something that's not really funny, her laugh is going to make it funny, or make you laugh or say 'girl hush,'" she said.

Renee said they are a close family, so they knew something was wrong when they stopped hearing from Tyra early this year. Her family reported her missing.

"She went to work on January 19 and she asked her mom to come pick her up, and her mom came to pick her up, and she ended up going with the person she went with," she said. Police say her boyfriend at the time, Terryl Brooks, picked Tyra up from work.

Brooks was recently arrested and accused of killing two other women -- Elizabeth Dillard, his then girlfriend, and Star Rainbow Dancer, a woman he had known for only a few days.

"We are afraid, we're hopeful, we're remaining prayerful and faithful, we are also realistic, so we are preparing for the worst and praying for a different outcome," she said.

She said they aren't giving up on finding Tyra, and doing everything they can to hear her laugh again. "I do have a hope that I will see her again, I just really hope that it's on this side of Heaven," she said.