OKLAHOMA COUNTY, OK. (THECOUNT) — Ernest Glenn Harlow, of Oklahoma, has been identified as the deceased suspect in a Monday morning murder-suicide involving a motorcycle crash in northwest Oklahoma City.
Harlow, 61, died in a motorcycle crash after allegedly beating his wife to death in a home in Oklahoma City early Monday morning.
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According to reports, Harlow texted family members saying he killed his wife and planned to take his own life. Family members called police who responded to a residence near Southwest 36th Street and South Villa Place in Oklahoma City around midnight. When they arrived, a woman was found deceased of blunt force trauma injuries.
Harlow, who has ties to Texas, was then involved in a fatal single-vehicle motorcycle crash near Interstate 44 and Western.
Police believe Harlow killed his wife then intentionally crashed his motorcycle into a concrete cable barrier.
Authorities have not officially released the victim’s name pending next-of-kin notification.
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