Larry Douglas Jr. is the name attached to two separate Oklahoma and Texas cases that are often conflated in public records. Larry O. Douglas Jr., a Tulsa man, was suspected by police of hiring the gunman who killed his wife, Amanda Douglas, and her roommate in 2014, and was later convicted on federal drug kingpin and witness-tampering-related charges and sentenced to 21 years in prison. Larry Darrell Douglas Jr., a 26-year-old held in the Potter County Detention Center in Amarillo, Texas, died in March 2022 of a ruptured appendix after days without adequate medical care, and his parents settled a federal wrongful death lawsuit against the county in June 2025.1Amarillo Tribune. Parties Settle Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Potter County Public records link the two through overlapping details, but they appear to be different people. Both matters are covered below.
The 2014 Tulsa Murder-for-Hire Case
On November 26, 2014, the day before Thanksgiving, 26-year-old Amanda Douglas and 37-year-old Jennifer Sudar (identified in some reports as Jennifer Sanders) were found shot to death outside the Bristol Park Apartments near 44th Street and Garnett Road in east Tulsa. Sudar lived at the complex, and Amanda Douglas had recently moved in with her.2KTUL. Women Murdered at East Tulsa Apartment Complex Identified
Tulsa police treated the killings as a contract murder from early on. Detectives testified that they believed Amanda’s husband, Larry Douglas Jr., had solicited her killing, and prosecutors later alleged he had hired a man named Quantell Jamar Alverson to carry it out.3Tulsa World. Tulsa Man Who Police Believed Solicited His Wife’s Murder Now Faces Federal Charges Sudar was not a target; investigators said she was killed as a witness.
Surveillance video from nearby convenience stores captured Alverson that morning, and cell phone records placed him near the scene.4News On 6. Police: Tulsa Man Charged With Double Murder Was Hired Killer A stolen 2006 Pontiac Grand Prix used to transport the shooter was recovered on December 11, 2014, after a Crime Stoppers tip and found partially burned about two weeks later.5News On 6. Police Locate Car Connected to Murder of Two Tulsa Women Alverson was arrested in January 2015, tried in April 2016, and convicted on both counts of first-degree murder. Judge Doug Drummond imposed two life sentences without the possibility of parole plus two $10,000 fines on May 2, 2016.6KTUL. Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for 2014 Double Murder An Oklahoma appeals court upheld the conviction in July 2017.7News On 6. Tulsa Man’s Murder-for-Hire Conviction Upheld
No charges related to Amanda Douglas’s death were ever filed against her husband. Prosecutors cited a lack of evidence.3Tulsa World. Tulsa Man Who Police Believed Solicited His Wife’s Murder Now Faces Federal Charges
Federal Drug Kingpin Conviction
In March 2018, the FBI arrested Douglas in the Kiefer, Oklahoma area on suspicion of witness tampering. An FBI affidavit filed in U.S. District Court in Tulsa described a witness who said Douglas had threatened to kill her and her family if they cooperated with investigators, had physically abused her, and had shown her surveillance footage of her minor child getting off a school bus. The same witness said Douglas told her he had paid $25,000 to the person who murdered Amanda Douglas to keep that person quiet.8News On 6. FBI Arrests Man for Witness Tampering in Kiefer
The federal case that moved forward focused on Douglas’s role running a drug operation. Charged under the federal Continuing Criminal Enterprise statute, commonly called the drug “kingpin” law, along with conspiracy to carry, brandish, and use a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, he was identified in court records as Larry O. Douglas Jr. Prosecutors described an enterprise that ran from September 2012 through March 2018 and involved crack cocaine, methamphetamine, and marijuana, with firearms and physical force used to intimidate witnesses. He was sentenced to 252 months, roughly 21 years, in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release and a $200 special assessment.9U.S. Department of Justice. Project Safe Neighborhoods Prosecution Results in 252-Month Sentence for Violent Federal Drug Trafficking Defendant
The 2022 Jail Death in Potter County, Texas
Larry Darrell Douglas Jr., 26, died on March 9, 2022, while held in pretrial detention at the Potter County Detention Center in Amarillo. He had been arrested by the Potter County Sheriff’s Office on February 25, 2022, after a traffic stop, on charges that included failure to identify with intent to give false information, a warrant for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, a parole violation, and Justice of the Peace warrants for driving without a valid license and failure to yield.10ABC 7 Amarillo. Potter County Inmate Dies in Custody, Autopsy Ordered
According to court documents filed in the wrongful death case, Douglas began complaining of stomach pain on March 2. On March 5, jail medical staff treated him for a suspected urinary tract infection and prescribed an antibiotic and ibuprofen. His condition worsened over the following days. Other inmates reported that he was vomiting and in severe abdominal pain. On the morning of March 9 he was prescribed Zofran for nausea and fell in his cell around 9:30 a.m. Staff moved him to a single-occupancy medical observation cell to wait for a nurse practitioner the next day.11MyHighPlains. Family Sues Potter County After Man Dies in Jail of Ruptured Appendix
Emergency medical services were never called, and Douglas was never taken to a hospital. Security footage showed him striking his head on a wall around 10:00 p.m. His last apparent movement was at 10:17 p.m. Officers found him unresponsive at about 10:23 p.m. and began resuscitation. He was pronounced dead at 10:46 p.m.10ABC 7 Amarillo. Potter County Inmate Dies in Custody, Autopsy Ordered An autopsy listed the cause of death as acute peritonitis due to a ruptured appendix and acute appendicitis. The Texas Rangers and the Texas Commission on Jail Standards both investigated.11MyHighPlains. Family Sues Potter County After Man Dies in Jail of Ruptured Appendix
The Wrongful Death Lawsuit and 2025 Settlement
In February 2024, Douglas’s parents filed a federal wrongful death lawsuit against Potter County in the Northern District of Texas, Amarillo Division. The complaint alleged that the county violated Douglas’s constitutional rights through “deliberate indifference” and “objectively unreasonable” policies and practices, failing to provide adequate medical care as his condition deteriorated over the course of a week. The parents sought an undisclosed amount in damages.12NewsChannel 10. Parents of Man Who Died at Potter County Detention Center File Lawsuit
Potter County denied the allegations in a March 2025 response, stating that “no custom, practice, or policy of Potter County or the Potter County Sheriff’s Office proximately caused injuries/damages to Larry Douglas, Jr.”1Amarillo Tribune. Parties Settle Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Potter County
In late April 2025, the parties filed a joint motion to stay deadlines after reaching a proposed settlement. On June 7, 2025, they notified the court that a confidential settlement had been finalized, and Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk closed the case on June 9, 2025. The terms were not disclosed.1Amarillo Tribune. Parties Settle Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Potter County