Ex-husband in 25-year cold case found dead from suspected suicide

DELAWARE COUNTY, Okla. — A lead in a 25-year cold case ran dry this week in Delaware County. Authorities in the Texas Rio Grande Valley confirm tha...

May 19, 2023
9:32 AM

DELAWARE COUNTY, Okla. — A lead in a 25-year cold case ran dry this week in Delaware County. Authorities in the Texas Rio Grande Valley confirm that James Lee Sweeten – who was married to Peggy Sweeten at the time of her disappearance – is believed to have taken his own life Thursday, days after what was thought to be a key discovery in the investigation. Delaware County Sheriff James Beck told 2 News that James Sweeten – the man believed to be the last person to see his wife Peggy at home in Grove along Grand Lake in January 1998 - was recently renamed as a person of interest based on info his office's cold case unit reviewed.

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