Ring the Bells: The Stolen Life of Tammy Carter

A documentary film by Michael Barton

Tammy Carter

March 6, 1982

Tamara Denise Carter was a friendly 17-year-old senior at Moore High School in Moore, Oklahoma. She played the bells in the school band, loved rodeo, rock concerts and driving around with friends in her '69 Mustang. Her life was stolen as the result of a kidnapping and murder in 1982.

March 6, 1982

On Saturday March 6, 1982, Tammy disappeared from her part-time job at Sharp's Cleaners in Moore. Her partially clothed body was found the next day floating in a river a few miles southeast of town. She had been beaten and stabbed to death with a screwdriver.

The Trials

March 6, 1982

The Trials

Three men went to trial charged with her murder. Two were found guilty. One was acquitted of her kidnapping and killing. The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals later reversed the murder conviction of one of the men due to inadmissible evidence. One man still remains in an Oklahoma prison.

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

A documentary film by Michael Barton

Tammy Carter

March 6, 1982

March 6, 1982

March 6, 1982

March 6, 1982

March 6, 1982

The Trials

March 6, 1982

The Trials

"How could this happen to a friend in our hometown of Moore, Oklahoma? In search of answers, in 2009 I began interviewing Tammy's family, friends and the authorities that were involved in this case. On the 40th anniversary of this tragic event, it is still as puzzling as it was in 1982."

"Seventeen years we had her and we're grateful for the seventeen years. She loved life, she was a lot of fun and she was the best friend a friend could ever have."

"If you want to call it living in the stone ages (1982), we were living in the stone age of criminal investigation, scientific criminal investigation. The things we have now, which would have made our case then, didn't exist."

Produced by a high school classmate of Tammy Carter, the project began in 2009 as an inquiry into the questions surrounding her puzzling death.

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DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

A documentary film by Michael Barton

Tammy Carter

March 6, 1982

March 6, 1982

March 6, 1982

March 6, 1982

March 6, 1982

The Trials

March 6, 1982

The Trials

"How could this happen to a friend in our hometown of Moore, Oklahoma? In search of answers, in 2009 I began interviewing Tammy's family, friends and the authorities that were involved in this case. On the 40th anniversary of this tragic event, it is still as puzzling as it was in 1982."

"Seventeen years we had her and we're grateful for the seventeen years. She loved life, she was a lot of fun and she was the best friend a friend could ever have."

"If you want to call it living in the stone ages (1982), we were living in the stone age of criminal investigation, scientific criminal investigation. The things we have now, which would have made our case then, didn't exist."

Produced by a high school classmate of Tammy Carter, the project began in 2009 as an inquiry into the questions surrounding her puzzling death.

Contact Us

Send Message

Barton Productions, LLC

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