True Okee: The Death of Charles McArthur

By Richard Marion
Lake Okeechobee News

Posted 6/13/25

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True Okee: The Death of Charles McArthur

Posted Friday, June 13, 2025 4:57 pm

By Richard Marion
Lake Okeechobee News

A private detective in Miami receives a call from a man in Okeechobee who says he's in fear for his life. The man's name was Charles McArthur. Charles is a millionaire, the president of one the largest independent dairy farms in the state, and in the early stages of planning a run for governor and eventually president of the United States.

But three days after that call to the private detective, Charles McArthur was found shot dead in Okeechobee.

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True Okee is a podcast featuring true crime and weird stories from the forgotten heartland of South Florida.

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