Bert Franklin, a dentist, was convicted of murdering his mistress’s 19-month-old kid and colluding to murder her from behind bars.
A tragic incident involving the death of a toddler at the hands of a dentist prevailed in Oklahoma. Lincoln Lewis, an Oklahoma City baby, was murdered by a Tulsa dentist in the midst of the last year.
Bert Franklin, the dentist, was charged when video footage surfaced showing him throwing the newborn to the floor and then kicking the youngster in the head.
Amid this, Franklin, then 35, was arrested and jailed with first-degree murder in the death of Lincoln Van Henry Lewis, who was 19 months old at the time.
Dr. Bert Franklin’s Wife: Who Is She?
Dr. Bert Franklin had a wife and children at the time of his extramarital affair with Rozanne Randall, according to sources. His wife’s and child’s names and identities, on the other hand, remain unknown.
Franklin did, however, graduate from the University of Oklahoma College of Dentistry, where he was awarded the Dental Wellness Partner Scholarship, according to a profile on the dental practice’s website.
He also graduated from Oral Roberts University with a bachelor’s degree in biological chemistry.
Dentist From Tulsa Killed Roxanne Randall’s Son: But Why?
Controlling and wealthy Bert Franklin, an Oklahoma man, had purchased a home for his mistress Rozanne Randall, but he was envious of the attention the youngster (Rozanne’s son) was receiving.
Besides, she also claimed that her boyfriend despised Lincoln’s real father and had vowed to kill him, ‘skin him in Bricktown,’ and chop off his pen*s, according to Fox 25.
Roxanne Randall, the baby’s mother, has filed a lawsuit against Franklin and the Victory Christian Center, a church where Franklin served on the board of directors, nearly a year later.
Moreover, she believes that Franklin had a history of being abusive and aggressive and that the church tried to hide his behavior. A youngster reported Franklin to a teacher at the church’s school some months before Lewis’ murder, according to these charges.
Furthermore, Franklin’s daughter reportedly claimed physical abuse from him, and the complaint claims that the church tried to cover it up in order to protect Franklin.
Dr. Bert Franklin Video Evidence And Trial Update
Franklin had assembled CCTV to keep an eye on Roxanne, but when police analyzed the footage, they saw him kicking newborn Lincoln only hours before he became unwell and died.
Then, while awaiting his murder trial, he attempted to hire a hitman to assassinate his mistress so she would not testify against him.
However, an inmate he approached informed the authorities about Franklin’s hit attempt. After that, Bert Franklin was convicted guilty of first-degree murder in the 2016 killing of Lincoln by an Oklahoma County jury.
While he was in prison, the jury convicted Franklin guilty of procuring the murder of Lincoln’s mother, Franklin’s lover, Roxanne Randall.
Further, he was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of release.