By MICHAEL SMITH Movie Critic on Jul 11, 2011, at 3:45 PM Updated on 7/11 at 3:57 PM
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Gene Leroy Hart, March 1979
Four weeks after the Tulsa World broke the story of a planned movie in which a screenwriter claims he will solve the murders of three Girl Scouts in Mayes County in 1977, the story has expanded in interest to national media.
That means the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, which led the original search for a killer in this case, has been receiving a lot of phone calls asking: Are you still on the case?
They are, as OSBI spokeswoman Jessica Brown confirmed to me that the agency's director, Stan Florence, has spoken with the filmmaker.
John Russell Penn, the screenwriter and an ex-con, confirmed to me that he gave Florence the name of the man he says confessed the crime to him in prison.
On Monday, the OSBI issued the following advisory:
"Over the past several weeks, the OSBI has received numerous phone calls from media asking about the bureau's reaction to recent news of a film and book on the Girl Scouts murder case.
"The OSBI's comments are as follows: The OSBI continues to investigate the 1977 Girl Scouts murder case due to the acquittal of the main suspect. We urge anyone with information that would help progress the case to call the bureau at 1-800-522-8017.
"The murder of the three young girls has always weighed heavy on the hearts of Oklahomans. Agents will continue to aggressively investigate any lead that could provide answers for the victims' families."
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