OKC Mother Demands Justice After Daughter Killed On Scooter, Body Left In Truck Bed

Tameka Scyrus keeps returning to the same two hours.

Her daughter, 22-year-old Ranesha Scyrus, was riding an e-scooter home from her job at the OKC Outlets on the night of Sept. 10 when she was struck from behind, according to Oklahoma City police. The driver, a white 17-year-old boy, later told officers he thought he’d hit a deer, police said, as reported by News9 and Atlanta Black Star.

The teen didn’t call 911. Instead, he drove roughly two hours before pulling into a shopping center, where he called his mother, according to the Oklahoma City Police Department. It was only when the two of them examined the damage to his truck that they found Ranesha’s body in the truck bed— a detail Master Sgt. Gary Knight told KFOR was “pretty unusual,” noting, “that’s certainly not something we see every day,” as reported by Atlanta Black Star.

“I didn’t find out until she was already gone, like a day later,” Tameka Scyrus told News9. “She was gone. I can’t see her body. I can’t do this, I can’t do this.”

Police said the teen was on his phone recording video near the tracks when he struck Ranesha, who was riding in the roadway, Quirk said. Investigators said he showed signs of intoxication and was arrested that night on complaints of DUI, manslaughter, and leaving the scene of a fatal accident, according to KFOR. He refused testing at the scene, and police had to get a warrant to draw his blood, per News9’s reporting. Because he’s a minor, his court records are sealed and police have not released his name.

That silence is part of what’s eating at Tameka Scyrus. Her daughte— her only child—didn’t own a car. Scyrus said her daughter usually rode her e-scooter on the sidewalk near the tracks, but it ends right before them, forcing riders into the road, she told News9.

“So, what are people supposed to do?” she said. “Everybody don’t have cars.”

Now, Scyrus wants the teen charged as an adult, and she wants an explanation for the two missing hours.

“I never seen a deer around here,” she said. “And where did that two hours go? I just got so many questions.”

A judge set the teen’s bond at $100,000 and barred him from driving if released, News9 reports. The Oklahoma County District Attorney’s office will decide what charges he ultimately faces. A GoFundMe has been set up to help the family cover Ranesha’s burial costs.

For now, Tameka Scyrus is left waiting—for charges, for accountability, and for someone to tell her why her daughter is gone, with so many unanswered questions surrounding her death. 

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